An Update, a Planned Return?

It has been well over a year since I posted here.  What can I say - life happens.  Generally, right after I posted last, M & I found out that we were expecting a baby in the early part of 2012, so things progressively got crazier and crazier.

They're not less crazy now, but I am seriously considering a return to this blog.  Mostly because now that I've been through pregnancy and a few months of parenting, some have asked me for advice, and I feel like I want to put that advice down someplace so that I don't have to re-type it over and over again, and instead, I can just come link to it, and then update it as necessary.  I think the blog might just be a good place for that.

And well, maybe it will inspire me to write more - other things for public consumption.

We had Quinton on January 29th, 2012.  He's seven and a half months old now, and he's extremely cute, if I may say so, myself.  We're pretty lucky.  Riley is finally bonding with him, too, and it warms my heart to see (even if some of her ideas of "play" make me nervous sometimes...). 

I'm back at work, and while I miss being home with Q all day, I do love my job.  I wish I could find some way to work part time and be a SAHM part time, but Mike is now in school full-time, so that goal is at least a few years off while I'm the primary bread-winner in the house.

Time Flies

It has been over a month since I have written here.  I blame vacation, spring busy-ness, kiddos in school, among other things.  My baby plants have sprouted in the window and I'm hoping that they will limp along just fine until I plant them outside this weekend, along with seeds, and hopefully after Mother's Day, some other plants as well.

In the meantime, I'm on a heavy stint of freezer de-stashing - we must make space by using up last year's goods so that we can pack away this year's goods as well.  I am looking forward to freshly grilling meat and veggies on the BBQ all summer - I think that it's one of my favorite parts of summer.

Riley has asked to give her mom some chives and a pepper plant from our baby plants for Mother's Day.  Hopefully she will enjoy them and maybe they'll even give her an actual pepper or two... ;-)

I also decided that it was time to start re-covering furniture in the house.  I have the material, and now I need some trim, some velcro, and a lot of patience (I have a zipper).  But it will be (or hopefully will be) beautiful when it's done.

Pondering on Growth and Change: New things ahead!

So after letting this blog sit empty for a long time, I think I know what I want to use it for.  I'm not the type to dedicate a blog to just one thing, but I don't really want to use it as a journal, either, so instead, I'm going to dedicate it to a number of things, namely:

• Gardening: I always told my mom I'd never be a gardener.  And really, I don't feel that I AM a gardener.  Last summer, though, we planted some veggies and some herbs and I really enjoyed that, and eating the fruits of our labor, so we're going to do some more of that.  Mom has outfitted me with seeds, and while I unfortunately think I killed my perennial herbs last fall (since I didn't realize they were perennials, oops), it means that all we need are some herbs and my tomato plants.
• House & Furniture Renovations: We're pretty much where we want to be with the house until we make the call of "add-on or move" next year, but there is always room for some furniture renovations and some last fixes in the meantime.
• Cooking: I am learning to cook and bake (both healthy and just tasty, but I try to find a balance where the two meet), and sometimes my finds are just a little unusual.  Plus, the Munchkin (aka R) is 9 and while not nearly as picky as she once was, still a little trepidatious about liking new things unless they masquerade as familiar items.  We're getting there, though.

So, starting soon, I plan to post more, likely mostly on these three topics. :-)

Rebuilding.

You might have noticed that all the old posts when *poof*.  Then again, you might not have stopped by here for a while, who knows.

In any case, I felt like the blog had gotten FAR too fragmented and decided to scale back while I decide what direction to go with it.  Stay with me, I'll come back.  If you have any suggestions, you're welcome to leave them, too.