The 25th Hour ~karenjcardoza.com~

As you know, I’m a garden nut and in addition to my new compost bins, I purchased a couple of rainbarrels to use to collect water for my organic vegetable garden and potted plants.  I’m attaching a soaker hose to the one near the garden which I’ll snake among the vegetable plants and will open as needed. The other one is on the other side of the house and I plan on using it to fill my watering can for my hangers and pots.

I ordered them back in May and got them last weekend when they became available for pickup. I finally borrowed a hacksaw to cut my downspouts and just missed a huge downpour today by about 15 minutes.  I’m sure there will be plenty more and I’m glad that my lawn, garden,  and flowers got a good soaking  but it would have been nice to grab that run-off from the roof  as well to use on a dry day.

I recently did a quickie Muse with Me Podcast about being green.. You can listen (and watch) the enhanced show #7  here:

Muse007: On Being Green

I’ve been super busy offline but hope to get another one done this month at some point.

Meanwhile.. I’m waiting for a nice rainy day to fill those barrels and maybe  catch up on my reading.  (Actually, I’ll even take a sunny day with no commitments to just sit by the pool!) As a friend mentioned to me today, I never seem to have as much free time in the summer as I think I will.  Hopefully, that day will come soon!

…but I’m ok with that!  I’m still in catch-up mode but the relaxing is coming soon, I can see it!  I took the girls for another early morning walk at Lincoln Woods which was a great way to start today. When I got home, they napped and I set to work in the yard. My flower beds and garden are fully weeded and are looking fiiiine!

Later, I put together the two compost bins and moved my compost heap back. I’ve got a nice blister as the result of my efforts but tis ok with me. It’ll be nice to have the compost contained and easily accessible from the bottom when it’s ready rather than having to dig up entire piles to get to the good stuff.

Then I ran some errands: library, school to feed my fish, Jacob drop-off(s) and pick-up(s), etc.  We got some rain tonight which nixxed my evening walk at the Monastery with the girls but was welcome just the same. I love the green look of spring and early summer.  It totally puts me at peace and makes me smile.

This evening, I finally did a quick PatriotWorld Podcast. I’ll do another as soon as the Training Camp schedule is released and there’s more going on. Now that Pats news is focused on the future, I’ll be tuning in once again.  I haven’t turned on the NFL Network or listened to any sports talk radio all offseason. I like to focus on the positive so I steered clear of the Monday morning quarterbacking and debacle news.

Tomorrow, I plan on walking the girls, staking some plants, getting my laundry on the line early and hopefully spend a bit of time relaxing and reading by the pool.  It hasn’t happened yet, but getting things accomplished makes me very happy.

The crew at Commoncraft are at it again! Here it is… in plain English!

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The schedule is out and I finally have something to talk about (besides spilt milk!) so check out Show # 146.

Pre-season:

* subject to flexible schedule
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Last night I was able to bang out two podcasts while the kids were out and the pups were sleeping. There’s not much going on in Patriot Nation but I did a brief Offseason Update. I also was inspired to get my thoughts out there and did a new Muse With Me about my feelings sparked by reading Eckhart Tolle’s book A New Earth and taking Oprah’s web seminar.

It’s a rainy Saturday so it’s time to do some webwork but I’m having trouble with my Frontpage Extensions again with my host for my website so I’ll be working on fixing that now (AGAIN) to make an update. Then, I’m determined to learn how to separate my rss feed from my website and automate it so that I only have to rely on wordpress and podpress to get a show out. Wish me luck!

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Thanks to the girls arising before dawn I managed to put out a podcast during the quiet morning hours. Today’s a weird day.. it started out snowing then turned to rain and now the sun is out and there is major meltage going on so my yard is a slush puddle…

Doing the Cinderella thing and some school work so it’s a good time to catch up on podcast listening. Hope you’re having a great weekend thus far.

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Haven’t been online much at all this week but have been really busy with appointments and commitments instead. The time that I did spend in front of the computer have been revamping my website and cleaning up lots of loose junk. In the process I must have deleted the corrupt file that was preventing me from updating the entire thing with a single push of a button. (/me does the Happy Dance!) It hasn’t worked since July and I’ve been forced to update each and every file manually which has been a total pain.

As for this weekend, I brought home my planbook and of course the Assessment stuff so I’ll have to spend some time tomorrow and Sunday on it. I also hope to get lots of reading done since I have many books that are due on March 3rd that can’t be renewed again. Plus, I’m currently reading Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose and will be doing the online class beginning Monday night along with Oprah’s Book Club so I want to read more of it first.

NFL Free Agency period has started and the moves are starting so a podcast is imminent, but for now, I’m TOTALLY psyched about Tedy Bruschi and Lonie Paxton’s re-signings. ( I should just do a show now, but my pillow is calling so it’ll have to wait a bit.)

So… usual Cinderella stuff planned for the weekend and things are pretty status quo around here. TGIF!
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It’s hard to have patience when I’m so excited! Less than 36 hours from the greatest game in the history of the NFL. Today is going to be filled with pre-game prep. I’ll be shopping, cleaning and getting ready for our Superbowl party and the Big Game.

Website updates are done, Patriotworld podcast is done, and believe it or not, I even had time this morning (thanks to puppies who wake up at 5:30AM every day of the week) to record Muse with Me 005.

Time to turn on the NFL Network while I clean… Go Pats!!

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