Sunny skies




It's been frigid here, but the sun has been shining every day, so I'm not complaining. While we were on break from school one of the swordtails had some babies so most were eaten by their tank-mates, but hopefully the balloon molly will wait a day or two to have hers so I can scoop most of them up on Monday. We're using a little net fry tank that hangs inside the larger tank - so far, so good. I have grand plans to put away Christmas this weekend and I'm hoping Georgia doesn't get too upset - at her age she probably figures the tree and decorations are permanent fixtures. She's been busy palying non-stop with her "new" toys, especially my old dollhouse we brought up from the basement. The furniture has undergone some survival of the fittest action, and now she has a few rooms of furniture that can stand up to her toddler ways. I'm still on the lookout for a nice sturdy wooden bathroom set and "mama's bedroom" set.

E and friends have been playing lots of Wii sports, and today we rented the surgery game, which is pretty cool so far. My mom and I went through most of Gi's old clothes today and managed to pare it down to four bins, one 0-12 months, one 18-2T, one 3T, and one 4T and up. There are still a few bags downstairs, but the bulk of the sorting is done. E and my dad worked on cleaning up the garage and barn, since it's been too frigid and windy to get out there the past few weeks. I need to move out my canning supplies to some shelves E cleaned off this week, and tomorrow he'll put a final coat of paint on Gi's new dollhouse bookcase. I've always loved the one at pottery barn kids, and was able to find an unfinished wood one at the craft store right before the holiday much, much cheaper then the pbk price. She needs more room for her ever-growing book collection, and then I can put her small bookcase in the baby's room with "baby" books on it that she doesn't read anymore.

I finished our rough seed/planting list for next year and we definitely over-ordered! last spring, so we'll be using up a bunch of that seed and over-sowing to account for any loss in germination. We'll still be buying tons of root crop seeds, especially radishes: cherry belle and french breakfast or d'artignon and a load of onion sets and seed potatoes. Right now I think we'll order from Johnny's and/or Seed Saver's Exchange - both have decent bulk prices and plenty of organic seed options.

Off to relax a bit more before bed - tomorrow I'll be spending most of the day finalizing my forensic science final, as well as coming up with a study guide and answer key. All in a day's work....

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Posted: Fri - January 4, 2008 at 07:37 PM        

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