*sigh*

Instead of posting a photo of my (still) messy spare bedroom I decided to paint my dining area. I'm only half way done. Why can't I focus? Oh yeah, I have a 16 lb distraction who desires my attention ALL. DAY. LONG.

Vacation

We almost didn't make it to Florida.

I accidentally scheduled our flights for the 8-14 while we were on vacation from the 1 to the 6. The nicest woman at the Southwest desk changed our flights without charging us. After we paid over $600 for the tickets the break was nice to say the least.

Erik and I are really enjoying ourselves. We are staying in my Grandmother's old double wide community home and I kind of like it. It makes me think about our (comparatively) giant house back home and feel weird. We don't need as much space as we have. Its really too much to take care of while we both work full time and have Rhea.

When we get home I'm going to really push to clean out the house from all the extra stuff we don't need. There is no reason for all the extras we have. Especially the clothes. Oh my lord the clothes! It's not like they are nice clothes either. How many t shirts do we really need? Not as many as we have that's for sure.

Next week I'll bite the bullet and post a photo of our disaster of a spare bedroom. Hopefully that will motivate me into organizing/cleaning.

(We paid over $200 for tickets to Sea World and Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum. With a military discount. THATS BULLSHIT!)

2 more days until Florida! I promise a large post then.

Rhea and her Papa

Sometimes, the love I feel sneaks up on me and just about knocks me off my feet.

CSA

I think buying a share in a CSA will be something we do next year. Erik really wants to do a meat share too...

http://simmonsorganicfarmri.com/csa/

I don't think we will be able to make enough veggies and definitely not enough fruit for the summer so this seems like an interesting option.

I love eating fresh and locally grown but I doubt I will ever have the skill or patience to grow on my own. I'll keep this in mind.

I feel as if I have been waiting for spring/summer for years. Something about the sudden approach of blue skies and hot weather is different now. Or maybe it's me. I feel like I've spent some much time waiting this past year. Now everything is finally here.

Creative parenting:
Sit your baby up in the middle of your bed (well barricaded), search cartoons on YouTube and get 20 minutes of extra sleep.

*feeling guilty that you have already poisoned your child with cartoons is essential.