gardening....

at the beginning of the summer i was planning on putting in a raised bed garden that i've been wanting to have for a few years. BUT instead we ripped out a huge bush that had seen its better days on the right side of our deck and this is where my garden was this summer.

its tricky in our backyard we get 100% sun from noon until about 8pm in the summer- i don't know how anything can survive back there... especially with this summers heat wave. the 1st year we moved in i had planted all over my backyard and about halfway through the summer realized this was a bad decision- it took me hours at night to water everything to make them come back to life.

i planted the following this year in my garden:

tomatoes- big bertha, roma, cherry

banana peppers

jalapeno peppers

corn

basil

cilantro

garlic chives

sunflowers

sage

cosmos

morning glories

i am still harvesting my tomatoes and  banana peppers but everything else has reached its peak. ended up with one sunflower after battling the wild life- one is better than none! my corn has been cut back and drying to use in my fall decorating and i didn't find anytime to make salsa this summer. next year i am planning on putting in a few flowering plants in that space (peonies or hydrangeas) and putting in a raised bed garden- but i have to get my dad to help me first.

i'm back!

i'm back and ready for fall! good bye summer- you were way to hot and i was way too busy (with work). looking forward to updating my blog and what's been going on.



my one and only sunflower this summer!



OOO....

I will be OOO (out of the office) for awhile.... slammed at work, slammed with life :)!

Will be in touch when things slow down.... promise!

Calling all Scotters....

This weekend is the last Scott Antique fair at the Ohio State fair grounds until next November.  I'm going to try to attend early Saturday AM when they open. Maybe I will see you there??

on vacation be back soon....

leaving on a much needed vacation tomorrow- i will be in touch when i get back - relaxed and refreshed.



hard decisions... hoping the right decision

today was a rough day for me... we told our sitter that we have decided move to a preschool- this was extremely hard for me as my sitter has been my saving grace. when gavin was born i never wanted to send him to a daycare facility but after interviewing several (at least 25) in home providers we never felt comfortable leaving him at someones home.

while gavin was in daycare we came across many challenges but than met a wonderful women who saved my life. she was so kind and cared for all the kids but she and gavin had the best connection- it was meant to be! shortly after he moved into his next room she decided to leave and stay home with her grandson- i called her right away to find out if she wanted to watch more kids (meaning GAVIN). my lucky day!

at the time i didn't know where she lived and found out it was past where i work- so on an average night it would take us an hour and half to get home. first i thought this was fine- gavin and I would get more time together but than as the winter season came it was tough (bad roads- even longer ride home) but summer came fast too. gavin got to do so many things that i wanted him to do that at a daycare he would never do (go to the local library, get ice cream at the ice cream shop, go on picnics).

here we are a year and half later and we had to let her know that we are leaving. i hope that i can help someone else by sharing her name because she is wonderful and you would be so lucky to have her in your life too. many of my friends tell me that he is going to grow up and go to school one day- i said yes but right now i don't worry about a thing! he is safe and sound and cared for! i hope we are making the right decision!

spending my time on...

another project that has been in the works for some time and i am working hard to finish... i have been in love with making my own cookbook online with the help of tastebook. you enter all your favorite recipes and in the end you have a personalized cookbook of just the recipes you love and use. you can even add quotes and pictures to each page.

so far i have entered about 26 recipes and probably have at least 25 more to go. i try to enter a few every other night so it doesn't seem like its such an overwhelming task. if i continue at this rate i will be finished by the middle of march.

here is the cover i have picked so far.... any ideas for the title? (for now i have yummy :))