This past week I've been getting the house in order from our visit to family. Sometimes I wonder why I go away since it's always so much work when I get back.
This week I was fortunate in that the man got back from work early enough so that I didn't have to go pick up the rental car - yay! Unfortunately, his work was having the annual employee breakfast meeting on Saturday so he wasn't around for the whole morning. It would be so nice if he could just be home for one whole weekend, is that really too much to ask?
One of the exciting things that happened this weekend is that Prima had her first official horse riding lesson. I really like the barn where she's taking lessons. She has been to a couple horse camps before but not actual lessons so I can't really compare the lessons to those at other barns. One thing I love though, is that Prima is learning how to safely get the horse from the field (without letting the other horses our too). She's learning how to properly tack the horse and lead the horse and all kinds of other things about handling horses. Prima really enjoyed her lesson and is excited to go back in two weeks.
I've been focused on getting the yard work finished before the ground freezes and the snow falls. I like to get everything tidied up before it gets covered in snow. I have a few plants from my sister's house that I still need to get in the ground plus some of my own plants that still need to be moved around. I had hoped to order some fall bulbs this year but I think that will have to wait for next year. I'm so excited about my garden next year though. It will be fun to see all the plants from this year come up in the spring. My goal is to never have to mow our front lawn and it's so nice to see the progress.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Starting out . . . again.
I've started a few blogs over the past couple of years. I'm usually good about posting near the beginning but then they peter off. I've never been completely satisfied with them because I've found them somewhat confining. Each of the blogs I've started has had a fairly specific topic. While this approach works wonderfully for some people, it doesn't fit me. I'm interested in all kinds of different things and I'd like to post about many of them. So how do I make them all fit together.
My husband recently started a blog of his own. It was inspired due to his recent career change. He is now a professional truck driver and his blog shows a little glimpse into some of his experiences. The title for his blog is simply, "I'm Driving a Truck Now". Building on his theme, I've entitled mine, "I'm Driving a Van Now". I figured that the fact that I drive a van pretty much sums up what a lot of my life is currently about.
We purchased our mini-van when our fourth child was born. Up until that time we drove cars and, for a time, we were car-less. We also drove a snowmobile too. The birth of our fourth child was a cross-roads for us. We would no longer all fit in a car. (I would have really liked a Volvo with the rear-facing seats in the back but those things are super-hard to find.) Most SUV's are built to haul stuff and not people so we settled for a 2004 Ford Freestar. I wanted roof racks and a rear seat that folded flat. Flat-folding middle seats would have been nice too but I also wanted to pay cash and those options seemed to be mutually exclusive at the time.
Anyway, the point is, I drive a minivan. Why? Because I have four children. Not everything on this blog will be about my children but many of the things will be inspired by them. For example, I would have been interested in things like healthy eating even if I had never had children but the desire to feed my children well has increased my interest in healthy eating.
The last little bit of introduction will be introducing my family. While nothing on the internet should be treated as all that private and I'm sure people could find out their names if they really wanted to, I'm not comfortable calling my children by their names on a public blog. Honestly, trying to come up with a blog name and screen-names for my children are the main reasons I've been putting off this blog for so long. I have taken inspiration from the movie Stardust for the screen-names for my children. My oldest will be Prima, the next will be Secundus, the third will be Tertia and the fourth will be Quatrus. (If you haven't figured it out, it goes girl - boy - girl - boy. I still have to come up with a name for my husband.
My husband recently started a blog of his own. It was inspired due to his recent career change. He is now a professional truck driver and his blog shows a little glimpse into some of his experiences. The title for his blog is simply, "I'm Driving a Truck Now". Building on his theme, I've entitled mine, "I'm Driving a Van Now". I figured that the fact that I drive a van pretty much sums up what a lot of my life is currently about.
We purchased our mini-van when our fourth child was born. Up until that time we drove cars and, for a time, we were car-less. We also drove a snowmobile too. The birth of our fourth child was a cross-roads for us. We would no longer all fit in a car. (I would have really liked a Volvo with the rear-facing seats in the back but those things are super-hard to find.) Most SUV's are built to haul stuff and not people so we settled for a 2004 Ford Freestar. I wanted roof racks and a rear seat that folded flat. Flat-folding middle seats would have been nice too but I also wanted to pay cash and those options seemed to be mutually exclusive at the time.
Anyway, the point is, I drive a minivan. Why? Because I have four children. Not everything on this blog will be about my children but many of the things will be inspired by them. For example, I would have been interested in things like healthy eating even if I had never had children but the desire to feed my children well has increased my interest in healthy eating.
The last little bit of introduction will be introducing my family. While nothing on the internet should be treated as all that private and I'm sure people could find out their names if they really wanted to, I'm not comfortable calling my children by their names on a public blog. Honestly, trying to come up with a blog name and screen-names for my children are the main reasons I've been putting off this blog for so long. I have taken inspiration from the movie Stardust for the screen-names for my children. My oldest will be Prima, the next will be Secundus, the third will be Tertia and the fourth will be Quatrus. (If you haven't figured it out, it goes girl - boy - girl - boy. I still have to come up with a name for my husband.
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