Ok. Step one - purchase straw...check
Step two - lay straw in proper placement so that existing herbs do not get crushed...check
Step three - plant veggies...um maybe tomorrow.
Pics to come shortly!!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Glitch
Okay so...not so much on getting the straw yet. I will though I swear!
Tonight I just kinda need to get this off my chest. Five years. It has been five years since I held my sons, baptized them, sung to them and said goodbye forever. Five years. It has been five years since I tried to take my own life and leave behind a husband, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother...you get the idea. Five years can really change a person. I am so very happy these days. Yes, I miss my boys. I think sometimes the missing them intensifies with time while the grief dissipates. I want so much to see them with Elisabeth and Kyle it hurts. I watch Kyle play with Ryan and Rudy and my hearts breaks a little. I listen to Elisabeth call Alianna her adopted sister and know that I will never again feel life inside me. I will never again hold my own newborn child. It hurts. BUT! I am home for my children, I get to enjoy my weekends, I am in school, I am looking to be a teacher in the future, I am more in love with my husband then ever before. I am happy. I am truly happy. I am amazed at how far I have come in these five years. I hope someday I am able to use the past to help others. I am one lucky lady. Thank you Lord for second chances and for blessing me with the most fantastic family and friends. Thank you!
Tonight I just kinda need to get this off my chest. Five years. It has been five years since I held my sons, baptized them, sung to them and said goodbye forever. Five years. It has been five years since I tried to take my own life and leave behind a husband, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother...you get the idea. Five years can really change a person. I am so very happy these days. Yes, I miss my boys. I think sometimes the missing them intensifies with time while the grief dissipates. I want so much to see them with Elisabeth and Kyle it hurts. I watch Kyle play with Ryan and Rudy and my hearts breaks a little. I listen to Elisabeth call Alianna her adopted sister and know that I will never again feel life inside me. I will never again hold my own newborn child. It hurts. BUT! I am home for my children, I get to enjoy my weekends, I am in school, I am looking to be a teacher in the future, I am more in love with my husband then ever before. I am happy. I am truly happy. I am amazed at how far I have come in these five years. I hope someday I am able to use the past to help others. I am one lucky lady. Thank you Lord for second chances and for blessing me with the most fantastic family and friends. Thank you!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
A Brand New Adventure - 'Cause you know...I need something else to do!
I guess working 12 hour days, going to school online, being an attentive mom and awesome wife, cooking 3 meals a day and cleaning the kitchen almost as much, I needed another hobby. So...after seeing the suggestion from McMama at www.mycharmingkids.net, I have decided to try straw bale gardening. I will be blogging about it so that I can remember any hints needed for next year and to encourage someone else out there to give it a try. It is 100% organic, easy on your back and just pretty darn cool. We also have a compost container and need to figure out how that works too. So, I guess the Shanahan's are goin' green! Won't you come along for the ride?
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