Books...

Well, so far I have not been as productive as I had hoped this week. But laundry is pretty much caught up and put away in the newly organized closet and I have watched hockey every day this week. :)

On the reading front, I am hoping to get Beautiful Creatures on my Kindle this week and have just started, the actually real book,  Her Fearful Symmetry. I love my Kindle but there is just something different and special about holding real book. I was reading quite a bit for a while but have not been recently, need to start again...goal for the next week 30 min a day.

Sunday - Weekend and the week ahead

Started out with a great productive morning today, made a great sausage/potato/egg scramble for breakfast today then used the leftovers to fill crescents and made some baked Scotch eggs that basically have breakfasts covered for the week. Started a pot of soup for this week and got some cleaning and organizing done then somehow after 2, I don't know where the day went. Always more to do then there is time to do it...
 Going to be busy with the house and baking over the next couple weeks, have 2 birthdays at work that will be getting cupcakes and a friend's 30th birthday that I have been asked to make a cake for (which I am looking forward to :) ) and I have also had 2 other people ask me about cupcakes in the next couple weeks.
On the to do list for this week is to work more on getting kitchen put together and playing with my new airbrush, getting some organization going in the bedroom with the new closet organization system we got in this weekend and working on the living room and my office/craft room. Company next weekend so I have to stay motivated this week!!!

Plan for the week-
Monday - laundry/bedroom (and watching hockey)
Tuesday- extra bedroom and office
Wednesday - living room and maybe some baking :)
Thursday- clean for the weekend
Friday- relax!

2013

Really seriously going to try to get back to this and stick with it! The plan is to have a different theme for each day of the week and to use this as a journal for myself and to share with anyone interested.

Ideas for my themes:
Sunday - ponderings
Monday - photo of the week
Tuesday - what I'm reading and want to read
Wednedsay - recipe of the week
Thursday - current art and craft projects
Friday -
Saturday -

Still have a couple days without themes and some days may move around but this is my general plan.

Garden 1 Week (well, almost...)

I won't be around to post this weekend but wanted to post a garden update before leaving tomorrow...It is amazing what can happen in 6 days!!!

 At first glance, the plants all look healthy and a bit bigger...

and then when you look closer....

 there are itty-bitty baby tomatoes !

 And the green beans are starting to poke up...

 along with their trellis-mates the sugar peas.

 Even the spinach is poking up to say hi!

The little blue gnome and the garden fairies are doing great so far! I think I'm going to enjoy this little garden.

Wednesday Recipe

This week in keeping with the trying to work out and eat healthier theme I have decided to share a recipe that has become a breakfast staple for me. The great things about this recipe is that you make it ahead and can vary it in so many ways...

Basic Overnight Oats
1/2 cup Oats (not instant or quick cook, I prefer Country Choice Multi Grain Hot Cereal from Trader Joe's)
1 cup Vanilla Almond Milk

Combine the oats and almond milk in a covered bowl and place in the fridge overnight. Add desired mix-ins and enjoy!

The basic recipe has 220 calories, 3.5 grams of fat, 45 grams of carbs, 6 grams of fiber and 6 grams of protein.

Some of my favorite mix-ins are:
1/2 banana
blueberries
1 tbsp nut butter
fruited Greek yogurt
cinnamon
vanilla extract

Hope you enjoy!

5 Favorite Pics from Falls Park

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of spending the evening at Falls Park with my camera. It was a beautiful day with great company (Thanks Aunt Linda!) and I hope you enjoy a few of my favorite pics from the day!

It was a great day in the park and I am looking forward to going back soon!

May? Really???

I totally can't believe it will be May tomorrow, since I started in my current position at work the time has flown by. There have been some good things too, I have been taking a photography class that has been great and I will post photos from the class soon but today, in keeping with the spring theme we have my most recent undertaking...a garden!

This is my first attempt at a raised bed/ container garden and we have all the important stuff....

Tomatoes & Cucumbers! (There are also a few green bean and sugar peas planted along the trellis)

 Cherry Bomb Peppers...

Basil...a necessity with fresh tomatoes... 

 Chives & Cilantro

A Strawberry... and there are also spinach seeds planted  (yumm, spinach salad!)

And a little blue Gnome to watch over it all!!!

Watch for updats and new pics and things sprout and grow!  :)