Walking

This little beauty (one of Montana's beautiful spring flowers) is called a Shooting Star.  (yes, I began singing Earth, Wind, and Fire's song too)  I went for a walk on the northside hills and when I was huffing and puffing up the hill, I stopped and noticed all of these little purple flowers covering the hill.

It's interesting that I would have missed them completely if I hadn't stopped to look around.  :)

Wednesday!

Yay!  It's that time again - Jaime's Wishing Wednesday.  Today, she asks, What do you wish to jump into?   This one evolked (did I spell that correct? I don't think so) a big response, which let me know that something was amiss.
So, I thought about it all night and early this monring and then it dawned on me. 

I wish to jump into my life.  Like that leap off the dock into the lake, I wish to jump into my life and swim around in it.  Feel it all over, do backflips in it, float around.  Immerse myself. 

I don't want to worry about drowning, just swim and enjoy.

Making Paper

Does anyone make their own paper?  I love the thought of it, but it appears to be a daunting task.  I'm looking all over the web for easier, less "equipment" type of papermaking.  Is there something that I'm missing?
I'll keep looking and see if I can find anything worthwhile to post.  :)

Gardening Limbo

This year, I'm in a strange gardening limbo.  I'm taking my master gardener class, but I've yet to buy seeds or get my garden up and rolling.  It's not like me, but I feel like I'm just sort of waiting.  I'm waiting to see what will happen in May, what comes about in work....waiting!!
Plus, last year, the puppies completely trashed my garden!  OMG!  It was disappointing, but the problem is now solved. 
And I'm still putting off starting seeds, planning, tilling. 

I did go and pick up some herbal use books.  Which got me excited and wanting to play around with herbs. 
But still did not go racing out into the garden.

Strange.

Wishing - Yay!!!

Good Morning!  I'm monstrously happy these days, it's disgusting to be honest.  I'm really working hard getting all of my ducks in a row (paperwork, a budget! yes, a budget, exercise), but still have a couple of things that I need to work on....mainly procrastination.

Jamie Ridler asks 'What do you wish to rise above?' and I wish to rise above procrastination.  I hate it and it's sucking the happy out of my life!  I need help!  I know that I need to be pro-active, not reactive and yet, here I am, plunked in front of the computer. 

Again.

So I'm calling in the big guns (so to speak) and asking for wishes.  I wish to rise above this procrastination and do everything I need to get done!

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!