Busy month

It has been a busy month! Kyri's baptism went well with me being only the LAST person to arrive at the chapel due to trying to get 3 other little girls' hair done and trying to drag a sleepy 2 yr old along. But I knew they wouldn't start without me, right? But Kyri really enjoyed all the attention and has tried super hard not to drive me crazy with her attitude since. (we have "issues" at times)
Our newest project: a greenhouse! We are getting a hoophouse version with our tax return. Think a tall, see-through tunnel that is supposed to get hot yet keep the bugs out. But not the weeds. Why is that? How do weeds slip in but not bugs? Must be something in their evil design. But now I get to battle them year round. Joy.
I finished another painting and have an offer to sell prints of it on an LDS website. I just don't know if I am ready for that. It would cost a lot to make said prints and what if no one buys them? I am such a wimp.
Finished my dragon head--it looks scary enough that my 2 yr old won't touch it. That tells me I did my job.
This month is full of chicks hatching, chicks being sent and prepping for turkeys next month. Sounds fun!

Spring is a' Comin!

I have the most sure fire way of knowing spring is about to begin. And its is better than that silly groundhog shadow thing. Want to know my secret? Itchy feet. Not literally (I don't have a fungus or anything) but the symbolic kind. As everyone knows, I love new projects. I love planning them, thinking of ways to finish them and ways to convince Doug to let me start them. And this time of year, that excitement grows dramatically. My body has a built in timer that lets it know that winter is almost done and "PING!" spring will arrive any second so I have to be prepared for all the new projects to be done outside. I start sleeping less and daydreaming more. I begin to make sketches of my new ideas like the treehouse I want to build for the girls this summer or the new turkey coop I need to design. I start making random stops to Home Depot to check out prices. And Doug starts getting nervous. Crazy? Ya. But it makes February bearable as I watch spring slowly wake up outside. It is a' comin.. my feet are itching terribly this week.

All this for a Plastic Medal?!

You know, parents can be crazy when it comes to their kids. I am a parent so I understand this from a unique perspective. I am in charge (under protest) of a art program at my daughter's school called Inspirations. Basically, it is a contest once a year where kids send in their "theme" photos, art, film ,etc and I find judges to pick the winners who get a little medal/trophy. Sounds simple, right? Well, it is until parent's egos get involved. Than, the cheating begins. Or the accusation of cheating. Yelling matches insue and screams of "no fair!!!" fill the air. And that is from the adults. The kids? They are delighted with the chance to enter and the party afterwards that all the kids get to go too. Ya--the trophy part is neat, but not worth screaming over..that is unless their mother convinces them it is. Why do we create competition and future hurt when there is none? My daughter had a blast painting her picture and I need to remember THAT is the most important part of the contest. The rest is not worth screaming over. And that trophy would would just be one more thing to dust.

What will the new year bring?

And another year starts. Time does move faster as we get older, doesn't it? 2010 was a busy, unique year; the economy kinda decided to wake up but looks to be sliding back into that drunken stupor of 2009, the government made a lot of outward changes yet really didn't change anything that mattered, and Mother Nature got a bit grumpy at us with weather and earthquakes. What will 2011 brings us? Hopefully, more in the peace and calm department! Personally, I just hope 2011 brings less hospital visits, less raccoons/skunks, and less general chaos. But I probably just jinxed myself. Where's some wood to knock on...