Friday, October 29, 2010

Halloween

Some will say... "Here she goes again!"

I think this Mom said most of why we are not celebrating Halloween.

http://www.momtastic.com/parenting/features/108146-a-case-for-not-celebrating-halloween

I especially agree with her that we should not be taking our kids door to door and then also what I stated in another post about our kids getting too much candy.

Garden update

Ok, there are a few things.

First of all, there has not been a frost yet. I know that we really like this warm weather, but I am getting impatient. I really want to get the garlic and shallots in the ground before they start sprouting in my kitchen!

Second, Eric has convinced me to try a row of Yukon Gold potatoes, so I have reserved the last 3 that we bought at the Farmer's Market a couple weeks ago that have begun to sprout. I am excited to see what happens. It's a good thing he said something again, since I have to plant them with my other fall vegetables.

Third, I am not happy. I realized last week that if I had thought about it, I could have had a fall harvest of carrots already this year! I just wish I had planned better. Oh well, next year I hope to have an over abundance of fruit and vegetables.

Fourth, I am contemplating... The strawberry plants that we have out front are doing wonderful, if you can count the MANY shoots and green leaves. The thing is, I have had them out there for 3 years now, and I still have yet to get a real harvest out of it. Yes, I did have about 30 berries this year, but from a 12 foot section of probably 100 plants?? My new Idea is to have Eric build me a raised bed out front in the spring, probably only a 16'x2'. I want to grow blueberry bushes and then have a new variety ( or maybe even transplant the ones I have - I can't stand wasting them) of strawberries as a ground cover for them. I have been researching and found a blueberry farm that also sells blueberry plants in Mansfield. I'm just hoping that they have 3-5 year old ones so we can have blueberries this coming year.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Nick Names

I know a lot of people like to give their kids nicknames, but why do people feel the need to shorten everyone elses name without permission???

I absolutely can't stand it! You give your child a name that you ponder over for MONTHS, just to shorten it and then later confuse them that their REAL name isn't even what you have been calling them?

I know my name and my daughter's name are frequently shortened. My daughter is NOT a cat, so do not ever call her "Tabby", you will be on a bad list if you do so. We have tried to go out of our way to find baby names that couldn't be shortened or babified and I guess we still have failed. Grady has been called "Gray/ Grade". I truly do not understand this. Can you not say 5 letter name????

Why do people go through the trouble of naming a child something just to twist and screw it all to pieces to make it sound cute? If you really like this other name, then that is what should be on the birth certificate.

I have made up my mind that the next person to shorten mine or my children's names are going to wish they hadn't said a word.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Misc update

Well, it is definitely cold around here. I am so anticipating planting the garlic and shallots in the garden in the next week or two.

Mom is moving out next weekend...

John and Mary are going to Florida this week. It's going to be pleasantly quiet around here.