The 25th Hour ~karenjcardoza.com~

I’m the kind of person that likes to plan and know what’s going to happen. I’m conscientious in my job and I like to be organized in my classroom and life. This has been one crazy year and I haven’t been able to control much of it.   I’m already thinking about things coming up at the end of the summer and in the fall and can drive myself nuts spinning my wheels planning, but ultimately I have no control over some things. Here’s the lesson that I need to learn and live by so I don’t waste any energy needlessly!

Where has the time gone?  It’s hard to believe that we’re even old enough to be married 24 years! <3 U!!

I finally got my plants in the ground after recruiting Al to turn over the garden a couple of weeks ago. I use my own compost and rainwater that I collect in New Englander Rain Barrels. I did need to supplement with some extra organic soil this year, probably because of all of the rain we had in early spring.  I planted some cucumber, tomato, pepper, lettuce  and couve seedlings and directly sowed bush beans, radishes, zucchini, basil, lettuce and snap peas.  I also have some perennial herbs which I’ve already been harvesting. I still want to get some eggplant and some more herbs and look forward to my strawberries ripening…

Here’s to another  summer of fresh, free, organic produce….

sewing seeds

planting seedlings

herbs

strawberry patch

compost bins

rain barrel

My little organic garden

And.. some of nature to bring in the house…

Good things come in threes... (Or is it just Bad things come in threes?)  Anyway…  I’m going to be optimistic that it’s good things too!

On Friday, I got a Facebook message from a fellow teacher and organizer of our district’s 25 Week Club Scholarship Dinner that I had won $100 in the final drawing!  Sounds great to me!!

This morning, I opened my email and saw that I won  the grand prize drawing on RedLady’s blog for some Debbie Macomber books and a $25 Visa card sponsored by Big Honcho Media.

Now… I lost my new glasses some time this week when I put them in the case and took them with me when I went out with Al to run some errands. I’ve called every place we’ve been, torn my house upside down, (including under couch cushions), and Tweeted a prayer to St. Anthony for help.

I would love, love, love to have the third thing be to find my glasses… but, since the four of us are heading to Twin River tomorrow afternoon for some family fun after our Mother’s Day meal at Faial, hitting big on the slots wouldn’t be too hard to take either….

It’s Big B’s 3rd birthday today!  I love that furry girl, so much. <3

Bella’s first day home.

Walking with the birthday girl.

While I was out of commission, my kids were doing their thing at Bryant University with the Special Olympics.  Great work, Athletes!

One of my dear friends and biggest inspirations, Randy “Zip” Pierce has been chosen as the winner of a $10,000 award to help him meet his goal of hiking all of New Hampshire’s mountains by 2020. Not a small feat for anyone, but especially for someone who is completely blind. Randy never lets his disability dissuade him from doing anything and is one of the most positive people that I know.  Read about it here. http://www.pitchengine.com/free-release.php?id=60140

Today is the 21st anniversary of the best day of my life…. the day I became all I ever wanted to be, a mom.  Happy Birthday, Kelsea Leigh.. I’m so proud of you and love you so much! <3 xoxoxo