Wishing Again

I really need to write more than just Wednesday!  LOL 

But, I completely love this week's wish: What do you wish for your future?

I'm going big.  For my future, I wish to "have it all".  I wish for my love to be true, complete, forever. I wish to be productive with my gardening talents - helping those who need it.  And I wish to be ecstatically happy.  (Like I am now!)

Happy Wishing

Oh, I do so love Wednesdays!  I've begun wishing, most of the time, just randomly.  LOL  But, since I've been neglecting my blog here lately, I'm going to use Jamie's prompting for this week.

What does my spirit wish for?

My spirit wishes for a vacation.  I have a friend that lives in Los Angeles and we're making plans to get together over Memorial Day weekend.  I wish that I can pick up some extra hours at work and that all of the plans will fall into place so that the vacation works out.

My spirit is so happy now.  I love my gardening class, I'm sticking with my running and have been able to get some really good time in with my kids.  I was blessed to win a Sparkles scholarship and I did every single one of the tasks.  :)  I don't consider myself "artistic" so I was a little leery at first, but I had a blast.  I really recommend them!!  It's a great way to shake the winter dust off and get ready for spring!

February

I enjoy February.  Not only for the Valentines and birthday gifts/enjoyment, but for the seed shopping!  Oh yea, let the garden p*rn begin!  I love the newness, the excitement, the planning!!  It's like painting with plants! 
And yes, I will admit it, sometimes it doesn't work out.  It's sometimes horrific, but even then....it's wonderful.  The starting, the growing, the weeding.  I love it all.
And February is the first step.

My parents got me the cutest teapot for my birthday.  It's like a french press teapot.  I can't wait to make my own teas this summer! That one little teapot has opened up a whole new arena of planting this year.  LOL

And then, my class starts in a couple of weeks.  I'm aching for the book so that I can start early.... :) 

It's a great year!

Back To School

As it always happens, I searched my local extension office's website and discovered that they are having a Master Gardener class/certification beginning next month.  I had three days to get my application in and that space was limited.  (After a weekend of panicking) I called first thing Monday morning and found out that there were spaces available!  woo woo!!

I am in the Master Gardener program!  woo woo!!  (the really cool part is that it starts five days before my birthday.  Happy birthday to me!)

I've had twists and turns in almost all of my relationships this week.  I'm saying that it has to do with the huge solar flares.  :)  I have been knocked on my butt a lot this week.  It makes it difficult to go with the flow for this Pisces, but I'm trying!  It will honestly be interesting to see where this is going, but right now, it's a pain in the *ss. 

We were hit with strange weather these last couple of weeks and it's forced my running indoors.  I haven't been able to take many pictures, but I really do love the treadmill.  :)  The key is to cover up the time and distance with a magazine.  If I can't see how far or how long, I run for the joy of it like I did as a kid.  It's like being back in a great game of Kiss and Kill.   (I know, I know!)

Hope everyone has a great week!

Year of the Dragon

I'm not exactly sure what that means for me, but considering that I love dragons, it's probably good.  At the very least, I enjoy seeing all of the dragons everwhere I go!

I discovered this morning that I'm signed up for the local county extension's master gardener program!  woo woo!  You can't imagine how excited I am.  I can hardly contain myself.  The best news is that it begins five days before my birthday!  What a great present!!!

We were hit with a ton of snow that shut down school for a day and  left us with about 20" on the ground.  The sad part was that it was followed by a day of rain.  :(  My snow is no longer fluffy and the running dogs now sounds like the herd of buffalo!  They (the dogs) are still enjoying being outside and chasing one another around the yard. 

Happy New Year!!! 

Sorley Maclean

Tric 's mi gabhail air Dùn Èideann
baile glas gun ghathadh grèine,
's ann a lasadh e led bhòidhche,
baile lòghmhor geal-reultach.


Translation:

Often when I called Edinburgh
a grey town without darting sun,
it would light up your beauty,
a refulgent, white-starred town.

First Friday

There's been a lot of excitement in the air the last couple of days.  I'm not sure if everyone is happy about the new year,  the weather being pleasant or what.  Whatever it is, I'll take it.  I'm having a flat out blast!

I have been running on a fairly regular schedule (achilles dependent) and yesterday I sent in a blurb for my work newsletter to get a relay team together for the local marathon.  Teams of four, varying distances, we run the whole 26.2!  I think it's a great team builder (even for people who aren't running - a lot of people have already asked if they could work an aid station) and with the way I'm running these days, I'm opting for the hill section!

I read an article on how to make fingerless gloves and since, I have been knitting like mad.  I find it therapeutic and it's great to give as gifts.  (And now people are beginning to request them!)

I hope everyone has recovered from the holidays and are gathering the seed catalogs for the upcoming year!  (squeal!)