Productivity at last!

It's Saturday . . . I can sleep in. . . But NO!!!   I'm up at 4 am, Man you can get a lot of stuff done if you get up at 4 am and don't have to go off to a job or two jobs (8-12 hours).

So, Dishes, Laundry, Fridge Cleaned-out, Floors Vacumuned, Floors mopped, Organize items for outing tomorrow, Plants watered, Clutter organized, Beds made, . . .

Showered and ready to go and its only 11:00 am
Wonder what time I will hit the wall and crash and burn????

Well I best go enjoy it while I can time and energy can both be fleeting.

New Spaces from Old Places

There is a change in the air.  The grass is greening up and the natives are getting restless! The familiar spaces beg for change as I thumb through the decorating ideas in magazines and internet...aka pintrest.  Everything I look at becomes a blank canvas in need of my imagination and creative touch.  Complacity is not good, we need to evolve from the comfortable to the wow factor.

So yesterday after a dizzy spell that sent me reeling...touch of flu, allergies? not sure what that was about, but let myself get some rest.  Then, totally energized, I began to dig out.  I dug out the deck table and chairs from the potting shed.  The benches from the screenhouse. I even dug out some flower pots to get the seeds started towards blooming.

Then I decided it was time to dig out the basement.  Al had rearranged some furniture and other items in the basement for more convienence to the corn stove.   I got it back in order and filled my plant starting shelf with some new items.  There is still much more planting to do, but I realized I need more plant starter trays and cells. 

It is going to be 70 today, that is crazy for March 22, it is also what is spurring me on.  At this rate, we are going to be mowing the grass by next week. Hopefully Anna and Tim will bring back the tiller soon so we can get some more garden space ready.  Even though we are doing the new raised garden I still need to have the old garden space just for pumpkins, squash and some tomatoes...all things that need space to sprawl.

Well enough blogging for me for now. We are heading to Isle today for Saturday morning outting then I am working my support staff job till supper time, so I best get my regular house stuff done early.

March rain brings April Flowers?

This awesome weather and cleansing rain, works for me.  I am sooooo darn eager to get to the garden.  It won't be long (under 50 days) before school is out and I want to be ready.

Meanwhile, on this rainy Monday night. I made some delicious granola....It started with a recipe and then deviated with what I had and liked.  So here it is...

Grab and go granola

3 cups old fashioned oats
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
1 teas vanilla extract
1/4 teas cinnamon
2 cups of your favorite add ins...heres mine: sliced almonds,Special K cinnamon pecan cereal, golden flax seed, dried cranberries,
Instructions
1 preheat oven 325
line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment I used foil
2 whisk together oil, honey, molasses, cinnamon pour over oats and toss well
3 spread mixture on baking sheet bake 20 minutes or until golden brown, stirring every 5 minutes

I pressed warm mixture into an oiled glass deep pie plate so I could cut it into bars

Last step...ENjoy!

store in airtight container for up to 2 weeks....like it will last for 2 weeks without being scarfed down?
This is a delicious snack with chamomile tea with Honey

Think Spring!

With temps in the upper 70's it is hard to remember that we could get a major snow storm at any given moment...So I say, Savor every moment & think of the things to come.

I am so eager to start & organize my seeds, but time is not allowing for anything but work, commitments and sleep.  Hopefully this week will be better. There is less on my calendar and We have some rain days forecasted too, which will keep me indoors.

I was at an all day womens retreat at church yesterday where we visited facebook and pintrest.  Oh dang you, Pintrest...you stir up all my creative juices and send me on a mission of decorating and design.  Now I got the bug to paint several rooms, rip out carpeting and add wood floors. Oh yeah don't forget the gardening ideas...I'm going to need a separate journal just to keep all the ideas straight....curse you internet!

And Thank you too XOXO

Got to go it's time to get planning