I want to keep plants alive....

I love to garden and have had three very successful summers. I must admit though that my husband does do a lot of the work which makes me a little worried. He has recently told me that this summer, the garden will be more of my responsibility because he has a lot going on. Yikes! Exhibit A, this picture displays my forgetfullness. This plant that is shown, my mother in law had for thirty plus years! We have had it for close to four years. Look at it!!! What happened? I cut off the really dead parts in hopes of rebuilding but it doesn't look good. I want to keep this poor plant alive!!! I want a green thumb!

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I want to sit on my porch!!

Today was a beautiful day. One of the first, spend as much time outside as you can days. And we did. We sat in the backyard playing with the dog and then surfing the internet. We sat on the front porch reading the neighborhood's newsletter. We even grilled our dinner and ate outside. As we sat, I realized how much I have missed my porch. I love my porch and cannot wait to spend more time out there as spring aproaches us. The winter helps us appreciate lucky days like today. When spring is here, we must stop and soak it up and continue to appreciate the small moments.

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I want to shop at the farmer's market!!!

This picture shows just a few of the goodies I bought this morning at the farmer's market. I had to leave because I could no longer hold all my bags. Too heavy!! This place was beautiful and I am now in love! I loved seeing all the produce and all the people talking about how their products could be used. Talk about community! I will definitely be back next week. This may be a little of a challenge stretching this food out through the week but I am up for it! Next week a bigger challenge will be getting my husband out of bed to join me. I need more arms!!!

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I want to hate sweets...

I am weak. I can't say no. When somone offers me something that is chocolate and full of deliciousness, it takes everything in me to say no. I don't crave fried food or big pasta dishes, I could go on with out those things and be fine. But with chocolate, it's a different story. I had been getting better, but today was not a good will power day. I do know that treats are good but I want to go by one of Michael Pollan's rules which is, "Treat a treat, as a treat." So simply said and so simply understood, but so hard to follow. In my way of thinking, everything deserves a treat! Great, I was recognized at work, time for a treat. Yay, it's Thursday, a treat sounds good. Awesome, it's 2 o'clock, thanks for the treat. Ahhh! It must stop. But as this issue repeatedly happens, I will start tomorrow. I will hate sweets!!

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I want to cook good food....

I love sitting down to the dinner table, taking a bite of what I just cooked and hearing my husband say, "this is good stuff." I want to do that and hear that everyday. I like to cook- trying new recipes, chopping, and mixing. I just seem to run out of time more days than I like and we end up eating something thrown together. I had been picking out what to cook for the week so I didn't have to come up with something every evening. It was going well but it takes so much time planning and preparing. But I must say, when I do it, I love it. And today was one of those days- Black bean burger with sauteed squash and roasted potatoes. Far from gourmet, but putting it together made me happy and eating it made my stomach smile. I must remind myself, good food, is good for me. So tomorrow I'm thinking polenta cakes....

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I want to go to bed early.....

I am known to be a morning person. I jump right out of bed without hitting snooze, ready for the day. I have even been described as "peppy," which for most, can be a lot to handle in the a.m. Even on weekends, to sleep until 7:30 is a dream. After late nights and some extra wine...I still get up!

Every now and then I wake up and I think about how I cannot wait to go to bed that night. I think about it all day-no matter what the day, hectic or relaxed, I look forward to pulling those covers up and falling fast asleep. Most nights I do try to go to bed early, do some reading and fall asleep before I can even bookmark the page. My favorite, which is rare, is crawling into bed at 8:30. Which I do realize most school age children go to bed later than that!

It's not even that I love sleep because I don't. I don't like naps or take naps- it's just being in bed that makes a perfect end to the day. So tonight- I will not get easily distracted, I will sip on some bedtime tea, and hit the hay.

Yay bed! Peppy for bedtime, for a peppy morning:)

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