This past week was a busy one at work. Tomorrow is the first day of school so last week was everybody doing lots of prep work. It wasn't a bad week overall but with a busy work life and a few different things happening in the personal life, I was tired. Thankfully there weren't any…
My Weekend
Camping at Monarch Park Campground
The housemates and I went camping last weekend. I haven’t camped much in my life but I think that may change - at least a little. I had such a fun time. I was relaxed almost the entire time and really enjoyed myself. We camped at Monarch Park Campground, a campground 30 minutes past Salida,…
Visit to Kaitlin’s
Yesterday morning I went to Kaitlin and Kevin's house to help out with EG and Ollie. I loved getting to see all of them but gosh was I tired after, and I was only there for a little over 24 hours. What a different life it is to be a parent. EG is awesome (she…
Past few days
Yesterday we made homemade mashed potatoes. First time ever. #Adulting. The consistency was odd but the taste was decent, could have used more salt and butter in my opinion but Gene cares about his health so recipe quantities it was. I’m guessing we stirred the potatoes for too long as they were a weird kind…
My weekend – July 21 & 22
And now back to normal life. On Saturday, Elisabeth and I got up early and went to the Chatfield Botanic Garden's Lavender Festival. Neither of us had been before and tickets were super cheap, especially since we got the member price, so we figured we should see what was up. Turns out the lavender part…
My day – July 8
Plants are one of my weaknesses - I can always create an excuse to purchase a new plant, there's always room somewhere. Today I went to Nick's Garden Center and got myself a few goodies - some plants to put in Pippin's catio so he'll have more fun in there and my first ever vegetable/herb…
My day – July 7
Because it was going to be so extremely hot today I watered my plants this morning to give them a bit of a buffer from the heat. While I was out in the front, our lovely giant bee friend stopped by to hang out with my flowers. I was able to get a fairly decent…
