Disappointment With A Slice Of Life

This years vegetable garden is a bust. Except for my potato plants which are thriving. We feel lucky to even have these at all. Managing properties takes a lot of time, and work. Just showing a house takes a lot of time. I once told myself that being a landlord/property manager would be cake...true, but it's time consuming cake. So anyways, the time spent this spring and summer so far is time away from my garden. And sadly, it shows. I haven't even had time to weed. Now if it would stop raining, I might just get on that.

Even my other projects are being neglected. I bought this dresser and have been sanding it down to bring out the beautiful wood, and it too, is sitting. Partially sanded.

On top of all that, my husband was really sick for a few days and so I spent my days trying to keep the girls away from him so he could sleep well. I baked, and cleaned the house, all while it rained outside. I was also really bad at getting any pictures. Oops!

I had my birthday last week and I got a cool new Kindle! I love it! Over a month ago, my husband told me I couldn't order anymore books, and I was confused and thought maybe I was spending too much. Now I know why. It will hold thousands of books, it's lightweight, it has access to games, magazines, newspapers all over the world and so much more. The books that you buy in the Kindle store are way way cheaper. A book I almost spend $19 on, cost me $4.68. Awesome!

Aside from "sick cooking" like making soups etc; I made some dinners that didn't turn out so well. Once I made Gorgonzola Linguine with walnuts. Made it before but this time I added way too much Gorgonzola. It was very overpowering. I also made sort of a shrimp scampi served over rice. I put too much lemon in with the shrimp, and I didn't cook my rice properly. In fact, I made the wrong kind of rice alltogether. Needless to say, I didn't cook the next day. I'm hoping I can get back on track to edible and tasty foods this morning. I plan on making a giant breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, and cake pancakes.

Meanwhile, my daughter turns into a cat all too frequently, and I have been forced to learn the language.