Today is a special day. Today is Chris' 40th Birthday. I remember back 2 years ago when he relentlessly teased me about turning 40. I have spared him the same in return. I think turning 40 is a wonderful experience. I can honestly say that I have changed and have really started to figure out who I am and what I really want in the last few years. 40 is something to look forward to, not fear! One memory I have of one of my aunts was sitting in her apartment with my parents and she was just beside herself because she was turning 40. I had that in my mind for years and thought 40 was the end of the world. LOL It's not the end.
I just want to quickly say Happy Birthday to my BEST friend. I love you lots!
It's also Thanksgiving in Canada! So Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Have a blessed day!
On today's agenda I am cleaning my pantry, rearranging my pot/pan cupboards, cleaning the dogs crates, working on the chicken coop with Chris,(the cluckers are restless in the master bathroom and need their own space), weed the garden, make some homemade chicken noodle soup and starting my meal planning for the next 2 weeks.
Maggie and I are also making an apple pie for Chris' birthday. Maggie isn't too happy about it. She was bound and determined to make daddy a watermelon cake with lemon juice. And once she gets something in her sweet little head it's near impossible to get it out. Some say she gets that from me. But I deny it. ;)
I've been kickin' around on the 'net searching out for more good blogs to read. I found a few I would like to share with you.
The first I would like to talk about is From Seed to Table
Michelle is a California gardner who has a very inspiring garden. I love all the photographs of not only her garden but of her harvest too! I kinda doubt that my garden will ever be like hers, but it's nice to have such inspiration right at my fingertips!
The second one is The Tie That Binds Us Brenda is a homeschooling mama to 5. I found her by doing a search on chickens. I clicked the link and found the taj mahal of chicken coops. Luckily for Chris I saw the pictures AFTER our coop got started! She has some great downloads too, so go check her out!
The third one I can say I have literally spent HOURS on. I am hoping when she looks at her status of readers and sees how much time I have spent on her blog she doesn't think I'm a stalker! LOL
Rhonda Jean at Down To Earth is who I want to be when I grow up! LOL She and her husband live in Queensland, Australia. She has everything I could ever want to read right on her blog. One stop blogging! Everything from budgeting to gardening to stockpiling to canning to some of the best recipes I have ever read. I copied a bunch of recipes and can't wait to try some of her bread, lemon butter and orange coconut cake. She would be the perfect mother-in-law, aunt, close relative! LOL
Stop by these blogs, I think you will really enjoy them all!
Maggie and I are now going to sit down and enjoy our hot pot of tea!
Have a blessed day!
Hi Bobbi, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment and thanks for the wonderful mention in this post! I've opened up my planting record blog to public viewing so you can take a look. It is rather sketchy and I've neglected it a bit lately, but it will give you an idea of what I'm growing and when. I do experiment with planting times and try to push the season limits so that might be a bit of a problem for you since you're one zone colder than I am.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your cup of tea. Maybe I'll have one myself after I'm done getting the garden ready for the storm that's coming in. Gotta get back out to the garden now...
Thanks for stopping by Michelle!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to take a look at your planting record! :) I am such a newbie that any ideas from other people are so helpful! Even if our zones are a little different it still gives food for thought and sparks questions/thoughts/ideas I may not have had before.
Keep up the good work! I am going to be making a new blog section here so your link will be going up! Looking forward to reading more from you!