Plants are Growing!

I love seeing my seeds grow into beautiful plants. So far they are just getting their real leaves, but I'm so excited that I haven't killed them yet.

Do I Need Coffee?

Well, I wouldn't say I "need" it, but I am very slow at waking up and don't feel motivated right away. In fact without my coffee, I just want to veg on the couch for an hour before I do anything. With an almost 2 year old, I don't have that luxury, so I've turned to coffee, asking it to please help. Just this morning, I got the Little Man his breakfast and some milk to drink. Then went and started my coffee. Enjoying the smell of this fresh coffee, the Little Man was done eating and went to go play. I'm trying to pick up a little bit and then I decide I'm going to pour my creamer in my glass and get ready to drink it. Well, I get my glass and as I'm putting creamer in, I see the crystal light it was sitting next too. I'm thinking, oh that looks good too, but I need some caffeine in me first. So I put the creamer away, and without thinking, grab the pitcher of crystal light....and poor it in with my creamer, the smell of chocolate caramel creamer mixed with strawberry banana orange crystal light hits my nose and knocks me to my senses. All I can think of is, "wow, maybe I do need my coffee."

Keeper of the House and Wrangler of the Children

I am the Keeper of the House and Wrangler of the Children. It's a hard job, but that's what I do.

I was told Monday night that The Man would appreciate it if I made brownies, or even my famous Brownie Cookie Cake, by Tuesday night to bring in to work. Well, I started making it Tuesday night when The Man and Little Man went to sleep. I was already making my brownies and realized that I am out of cocoa powder, and I already had it all mixed together, so then I look over my recipes and try to find one that uses the amount I already had mixed together of sugar and flour and hopefully 2 1/2 sticks of butter...well, I settled on making a double batch of my peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. Now a single batch makes too many cookies for us to eat in a week, so half of it will be frozen. I ended up burning the first batch I baked, so I had to turn the temp down a few degrees...our oven is hard to set properly, I really need a thermometer in there. So after I made enough cookies (that weren't burned) for his co-workers to have 2 each, I cleaned up and went to bed...this was at 2am. The little man wakes up anywhere from 7 - 8:30, and was up till almost 10 this night, so I was hoping for at least 8:30, if not later, well, he was up at 7:30. So I get up, even though I've been dealing with painful Mittlesmertz the whole night, even with meds and a heating pad. I then get him fed and get my coffee, I need that coffee.

Now I'm working on my second cup of coffee and waiting for a nap (please don't skip one again) so I can start my tomato seeds and sew a diaper and list diapers for sale on line. All of this is on top of being Keeper of the House and Wrangler of the Children (Child). This is a busy life, but I do enjoy it.