Thought for my day

I desire to walk down this path of love each day, not my paths of ingratitude and expectation:
"The greatest honor we can give to God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love." (Julian of Norwich)

Planting Day

Today Leah and I planted our veggie seeds. Well, most of the veggie seeds. Potatoes were planted a few weeks ago and are already green sprouts.

This is pre any work this morning. In the middle is some spinach that got planted awhile back. I had it for lunch today...very delicious! And the potatoes are shooting up...still have a ways to go before we can eat them, but great progress none the less.

Post planting...I know it looks sooo different. We added a little of the good stuff to the soil (peat moss, manure, soil for veggies), stirred it up and planted away.
What did we plant?

Last year everything was too close together and some things, like carrots and squash, never had a chance at sunlight. So this year we spaced better (we think) and did less of everything. Potatoes, 2 different kinds of green beans, squash, cucs, snow peas, and lima beans. I'll plant some tomatoes too in a few weeks. And our blueberry bush is back and green, so we will see if this year it makes any blueberries.

Funny how these fellas will turn into green yummy things in a few months time. So excited!

Johnny Appleseed

Remember the Johnny Appleseed song? I grew up in a house where we sang blessings and then went to camps (and still do) where we sing blessings. And this was one we sang: "O the Lord is good to me, and so I thank the Lord, for giving me the things I need, the sun and the rain and the apple seed. The Lord is good to me"
Is it really this simple? I forget the Lord's goodness every day and become ungrateful and impatient and look at everyone around me and what they have that I don't have. Yet, if I did stop and look at my own life, I would see all the ways the Lord is good to me as well. Everyone's lives and blessings just look different. 
If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own son, but delivered him over us all, how will he not also with him freely give us all things? Rom 8:31-32

One more week

One more week of school for the semester! Yay! Then a month off until the summer starts up. I am still glad I am doing school, just still very unsure of where I will end up when it is finished. But I guess we never really know where we will end up with anything. So on I will go.
Hoping to get outside and start doing some planting this weekend. I love love working in my yard and it is calling my name. Things are already blooming and getting greener, but there is always room for a few more things.
Oh and Adrienne and I have pulled out a classic to watch tonight: Return to Oz. If you have never seen it is a bizarre 80's sequel-esque addition to the Wizard of Oz. It is weird, but it is bringing back some classic memories. Why we ever thought it was good is beyond me. How many horrible movies did we put my parents through growing up?

Blurg

30 Rock has become one of my favorite shows. It is stupid humor, but just really funny too. Tina Fey is so creative and hilarious. I find myself laughing out loud and sometimes embarrassed by what I am laughing at. They definitely cross some lines in terms of things they make fun of. Still one of my favorite episodes is when they make fun of facebook calling it youface. If you watch, you know that Liz Lemon's go to phrase is "Blurg" (not sure if that is how you spell that sound). If something goes wrong she says blurg under her breath. The more I watch the show, the more I find myself mumbling or thinking blurg when something goes off track during the day.
I read yesterday that 30 Rock may be having it's final season, which would be really sad. I am hoping this is just a vicious rumor people.com has started.

Wedding Excitement

One of my closest gals is getting married in a little over a month. It has been really fun to be a part of the process and I have done more than I have so on any other wedding. Now to clarify, I am not making any decisions or things like that, just get to be around for the fun stuff like looking at ideas for the decorations, or picking things out, or giving opinions on shoes (ha ha!), stuffing invitations, etc. Today I got to go see her in her wedding dress while she got it altered. Mark...better look out buddy..she looks gorgeous in it!
It is especially fun because both of the betrothed are close friends and I have gotten to be a part of their lives together for awhile. I am so excited for the big day and for getting to be a part of the life that starts afterwards.

Beautiful Birthday Day

After a week plus of rain and cold the sun has finally come back out to play, just in time for my birthday. After our slumber party (yes, you read that right) Adrienne and I went out to Percy Warner to hike. This time in spring is one of my favorite times to be out there because of the ground cover. Before all the trees get outfitted in their leaves the ground gets all the sunlight and gets to show its beauty.

There are pink, purple and white flowers all over the ground all along the trail.
I will hopefully to get to chat with everyone in my family (minus John since he is in the Middle East), got to video chat with the Moyers and get to watch basketball. Fun day with friends and enjoying outside. Bring it on 31.