It's been a while...

Man! I sure have been busy lately! I'm sure there won't be much slowing down in the future either!

Unfortunately, I didn't get my onion seeds sewed last Thursday but hope to tomorrow or Tuesday. I also still have to build my compost bin. I had to "trash" the stuff I had been composting for a month because I couldn't properly take care of it because of weather and what it was in :-/

Baby girl and I took our last out of town visit to my sister & brother-in-law's house this weekend before baby boy arrives. We had a nice relaxing time. No hour by hour itinerary or real schedule...just a go with the flow weekend! Little miss LOVES my sis' dog. She woke up in the mornings and the first thing out of her mouth was "DOG". She's such an animal lover like her mommy! YAY She was pretty interested in the cat too but the cat wasn't so much a fan of her, lol.

I'm pretty excited to have turned my cousin onto blogging...she's outdoing me now, LOL! It's nice to read the thoughts of others rather than "what you're doing" posts on fb 25443248 times a day! Real stuff!

My due date is fast approaching! Eeek! My oh my life is going to change a lot. I have an appointment with my midwife tomorrow & will also be ordering my birth kit for a planned homebirth! It's getting real ya'll! Our shower is this weekend and our home visit with the birth team is next weekend. After that, my due date will only be a few weeks away! I yi, yi! I'm starting to get a little dreadful for the pain. I've had several bad pains this weekend just with moving certain ways etc and boy oh boy...they caught me off guard and silenced me for a minute or so. I'm so hoping for a better experience this go round...not that I had a bad experience with my first labor/delivery but the medical folks definitely put a damper on things for me!

It's getting late and I have to get up pretty early and get out the door before 9. Happy bloggin!

Daily blogging didn't last, LOL

After two consecutive days of blogging, I fell off. I think that's okay though. It may not be very realistic of me to try and post everyday but maybe every week. 

I really don't know of much to post about today other than an update of staying off FaceBook. I have only signed on 1 or 2 times in a week and that's been just to check messages, check close friends' pages & photo posting! I'm okay with that. Definitely not getting lost in scrolling through my news feed seeing what everyone else is doing.

Next week I will begin my gardening journey for the year. Last year I did not have success with a potted garden. I will start my onion seeds next week. I hope that I can have success this year as organic produce is SO expensive. We eat very healthy in this house so it can get very costly. 

As far as this blogging goes I hope to post some type of informative/creative post soon other than bore folks with my daily ramblings. I think I will have to make two separate blogs for the sake of you all, lol.

Until something more interesting comes along...happy day!

Day 2 of blogging...

Day TWO! Let's see how long this lasts! 

I still haven't figured this blogger website out completely yet but I just saw that I could make another blog...wondering if I should make one for personal daily posts and one for informative posts or just keep them all in one place. I suppose I shall wait a little longer to see how many of each I post and go from there. Who am I "talking" to?, lol. I sensing that this is going to become a personal journal before it becomes anything else. 

So, today was a typical day in our household. Made breakfast/coffee, watched Kathy Lee and Hoda, baby girl napped & I browsed the computer for a few things/paid some bills, played, ate lunch/snack, cleaned dishes, played, started preparing for dinner, washed diapers, made dinner, ate, played, straightened up, folded clothes, played etc etc etc. Ya know, everyday activities around the house.

For dinner I cooked two new to me foods...dried baby lima beans & pork ribs (yes, organic, lol). The beans were good. The meat grossed me out. I only ate a very small portion of the meat. It had great flavor but I just can't get down with the whole eating off the bone thing so....I didn't. A lot of the pieces I cut off and cut up still had fatty material and that is disgusting, IMO. Little miss wasn't a big fan of the meat either. I'm planning to make bone broth with the leftover bones! Pretty excited about that. I also saved the broth from boiling the ribs before sticking them in the oven.

Instructions I used for cooking the ribs

I made my own sauce which included Ketchup, Dijon Mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Soy sauce, sesame oil, Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika & raw organic honey. I didn't measure any of it. I just taste as I go.

Welp, that's really all I have to say for now, haha...until tomorrow or whenever!

Finally jumping on the blogging bandwagon & laying off FaceBook.

My very first blog! Wow, lol!

I set up this account almost a year ago with intentions of helping people who are interested in the same things as myself since I've learned so much from other blogs as well as to get my own thoughts out of my head and into the world for my sanity.

FaceBook has become such a negative part of my life because I have let it. I'm finally putting my foot down against myself and limiting my use of it. I Love the idea of keeping up with old friends, distant relatives and even the people I'm close with but I am sick of reading about others' drama, complaints, negative lifestyles, ignorance and my own "obsession" of scrolling through my newsfeed during a commercial or at a drive thru etc. It's really ridiculous behavior but some people are far far worse than myself and they don't even realize it (sad). I deleted the FB app off of my phone months ago but that still didn't stop me from logging on numerous times throughout each and every day. Last night I downloaded the Blogger app so that I can be reminded to blog and steer clear from FB, lol.

FaceBook is the topic of conversation so very often and it is so annoying. I'm guilty of bringing it up, too. "Did you see ____'s fb?" "I saw that on FB" "let's take a pic so we can post on FB" "I can't wait to post this on FB" "quote of the day to go on FB" "have you checked FB?"  SHUT UP! and GET OFF FACEBOOK!!! OH M GGGGG-uh! (that's how I feel, lol)

Okay...enough FB ranting.

I'm not sure yet how I will organize all of these blogs. I'm sure it will be easier to keep rants, raves and ramblings separate from informational blogs...so, maybe I will start there, haha! I'm also uncertain of how much personal information I will share due to my blogs being public for everyone and their brother to see. (you all know there are some drama searching folks out there looking for a rant to go gossip about)

So...should I end this first "introductory" blog now? I guess so. I don't want to bombard you all with a novel of whys and hows in this first post.

Feedback/suggestions/advice on how to get going is welcome!