"Busy Bee" Doesn't Cover Half of It!

Wow- so somehow, after sleeping well and having two fantastic dreams- One where Beau gets an awesome job somewhere awesome; Another where I ship wreck on a beautiful island where everything is set up for organic farming and living off the grid- no real reason to want to find my way back, it was paradise! Anyway... what was I saying? Oh yeah... somehow after all that and a delicious, healthy (say what?) breakfast of steel cut oats, honey, and fruit and some eggs with Tabasco sauce I managed to get struck by a domestic lightning bolt that drove me to do so very many things today that I really had not intended on doing. (See the PS note at the bottom) I just did them. It was strange. And, really, I got a TON done today... and now I am writing this blog which will eventually allow me to get my thinking cap on so that I can dive into my homework- hopefully with as much enthusiasm as I had for my domestic duties.


This is what I have accomplished thus far on this beautiful (air conditioned) Sunday:


I did the dishes. (Not pictured because they are clean and put away... because I did the dishes.)


And then I decided I wanted to can the left over soup I had been forgetting about in the fridge, but in order to do that I had to make paper because the shredded paper was soaking in water in the pressure cooker pot. (Not pressure cookering, I just needed a large pot to hold it.) So I made paper first. 

Paper... it is drying.

Paper with Coriander (Cilantro) Seeds in it. Use it. Plant it. Awesome.

And then I cleaned the pressure cooker so that I could can the soup I had been forgetting about in the fridge. 

Mmmm soup.

And then I decided to finally make the bath salt I had offered to make for my friend who is pregnant and had been putting off this last week. So I did some of that. While I was there making her bath salt, I broke the jar of one of my other bath salts so I had to transfer it. I wasn't happy about it. That was a really nice (albeit recycled) jar. Also while there, I decided to fill up the bathroom air freshener that was almost gone and the deep breathing spray I use on our pillows every night to help us sleep. Both were running very low, so this was a great time to get that done. So I did some alchemy.

Gotta keep those droppers clean!

Then I thought, what a beautiful day to plant some herbs and vegetables! So I gardened a bit. While I was there I thought, "When was the last time I posted a photo of all the vegetables I had planted in the Fall?" Pretty sure I haven't had a garden update in a while, so this counts as such.

The ferns are kind of getting out of control, but I love all the green they add!

Le Carrots

The Garlic is almost ready! No really, all those dead looking
pieces is a good thing!

I grew these snapdragons from seeds! I'm so proud.
Moving on up in the gardening world!

Spinach! It is growing like crazy! Yummy. I also grew these from seeds.
Again, I'm proud.

Ok, now this frisky fella was not planned. He was an "accident" to put it nicely.
I didn't plant him this year, but here he is...
starry eyed and ready to produce some tomatoes.
He grew, somehow, from leftovers of the tomato plants I had last year.
I'm pretty excited.

This is a garden fairy. She has junk in her trunk.

These are the seeds I planted. I love Baker Creek's Heirloom Seeds.
You should too.

What I planted today: Hopi Melons, Sweet and Red potatoes (I know it isn't the correct season, but I did it anyway... I'm a rebel like that), Chamomile, Lemon Balm, Lemon Grass, Feverfew, Cilantro, Bell Peppers: Charleston Belle, Golden California Wonder, and Emerald Green; Tabasco Peppers (hot). Yum yum yummy!


After gardening I came inside... because honestly, I am tired and I thought "I really want to blog about my adventurous day!" So here I am. Now I must get to homework. Because it is important too and I need to use my remaining energy on Nutrition, Physiology, and Writing for Publication. 


Before I go, here are some photos of the babies from this last month:

Ada, our little princess.

Izzie, also our little princess.

Porter, our brooding young lad.

Hope your day was just as productive,
~ Birdie


PS- I would like to note that when I woke up this morning my first thought was "I want to go lay by the pool." This did not happen today.