wandering mind

I signed up for Green Beans bookworm challenge and am in the middle of reading 'Last Child in the Woods' by Richard Louv. Couldn't really finish the book yet, but the first half has provided me with plenty of food for thoughts. The book says how the outdoors are out and indoors are in and how we might possibly be scared of nature. Scared of nature? Not me - I love nature :) Well, couple of weeks ago my daughter asked me join her on a nature hike to see her favorite spot in the whole wide world. Our house backs to a lot of land that is owned by BG&E. The back yard slopes down and there is a small creek at the bottom. It gently slopes back up into a valley that ends far away at the edge of I-95. All in all, quiet pretty. Well, my daughters and one of her friends have been disappearing into this vast expanse of land :). They usually avoid playing outdoors, but they love going to the creek. They usually take a couple of my tomato stakes, and set out on this hike. It is no...

Never really considered myself affluent until Arduous sent me to this site . In case you are wondering about the new green apple on my side bar, read this post . yes I make my own bread, yogurt and even my own dinner - well, most nights :)

Most mornings when I get up and find it raining outside visions of crawling beltway flash through my mind - " the traffic is going to be horrible again " " the puppies are going to drag all kinds of mud through the kitchen floor again " " oh maaaaaannn ".... ....but not so this morning. You see, for the past 6 days straight I have been getting up at 5am to fit in a 2-3 mile run/walk before work. I am trying to build some stamina for when the real training for the half marathon starts in two week. I try to run and walk - with each day, increasing the amount I run. Yesterday I was able to fit in several workouts during the day - I ran in the morning, had another 2 mile stroll at lunch time because my lunch buddy became overly enthusiastic about walking for some reason, and then came home and pulled weeds for an hour and a half (it is my task all summer as I won't let my husband spray any chemicals). I finally went to bed at 11 and then one of the puppi...