A Tuesday Tribute to preparing my vegetable garden

photo Vegetable Gardening Guru

It's finally Spring and I'm giddy with excitement as I clear the crispy remains of last year's plants off the white trellis (because I didn't get to it last fall) and plant my sugar snap peas (late, again like every year) in my cheery lime green garden boxes. I live in a newer house with a mini yard, and I can STILL plant my own food. The space challenge almost makes my home garden an adventure. How much and what kinds can I fit where? I really love this time of year! What kind of bounty will you bring us this year, Garden? Two years ago I planted a Butternut squash in my front flower bed and although it nearly engulfed the front of our home, it provided us with 20+ delicious squash! 20 opportunities for a yummy curry soup or warm cozy casserole. Last year I tried my hand at pesto and fell in love. . . this year, who knows! The strawberry plants have multiplied and are creeping beyond their designated "spot". I know Y will soon be hunting for any hint of pink and plucking many a not-yet-ripe berry, insisting that she likes them. The sun is shining and I'm ready!

A Tuesday Tribute to Teething

I'll be the first to admit, I suck at follow through :( I'm super good at grandiose ideas, but not as amazing at accomplishing them. Thus, this is only my SECOND Tuesday tribute of the year :) Never the less, here ya go:

A Tribute to a Teething Baby

Little teething baby, you cut 2 big buckaroos the past week and I'm so glad you (and I, and your daddy, and sister) survived. And now that we are at the finishing line looking back, I can truly say you took it like a champ. . . man, you're a good baby! It's hard to believe it sometimes. You cried a lot more than normal (which for you isn't too bad . . . I say NOW :P) and you required being held and coslept with almost non-stop for a little over a week. I was sorry you weren't feeling well, but loved having a constant cuddler. In a way, I am brokenhearted by the way your two toofas changed the look of your face, because it means you're already not a little baby--and i'm not sure how that happened so fast. But your new goofy look is quite possibly the cutest thing I've seen, and when you smile with that only slightly alarmingly large gap in between those two teeth I can't help but feel like the luckiest mamma in the world to be the one to comfort you through these baby battles.
Now you made it, little sweetie! You're back to sleeping in your crib, never crying, and not demanding to be my 24/7 tote-along. You almost make this baby thing seem easy enough to make me want another . . . but why change what a good thing I've got going! Here's to you until our next teething marathon!

a tribute on tuesday

i must admit, i'm kinda a sucker for little bloggy day of the week recurring articles. you know what i'm talking about. menu monday, get your craft on tuesday, what i wore wednesday . . . that sort of thing. so, i've decided to implement a few of my own over here at sometimesshesleeps :) i have so many great things in my life all deserving of their very own tribute, so, from here on out, i'm going to honor one person, place, or thing in no particular order with a tribute on tuesedays :)

A Tribute To Rite Aid

Seriously, Rite Aid? You're seriously going to run multiple deals this week where I can actually MAKE MONEY shopping at your store? When I find myself and my family in some deep financial stress, your crispy paper ad comes along gleaming with better-than-free Special K cereal and essentially free pasta. You don't solve all the problems, but your sweet grocery deals put my mind at ease a little bit. At least we won't ever have to go hungry, I think to myself as I happily cut my buy one get one free coupons. And that's another thing, your coupon policy clearly states: "if a customer presents a buy one get one free coupon for the purchase of two items that are on a buy one get one free promotion; we accept the coupon essentially making both items free" . . . man, you're cool! Thanks to you I have a good sized stack of diapers in my baby's closet! Diapers that you let me buy using both a store coupon AND a manufacture coupon AND then you gave me money back for buying them, which I could then turn around and buy more with! Sometimes I think your deals are so good that by the time I get my act together and finally make it through your doors that your shelves will be bare, leaving me a victim of those super hard-core couponers that clear shelves, but you even stay well stocked for those of us that can't make it out at 6 am on a Sunday morning! You are a casual couponer's dream! Thank you for keeping shopping fun and household items affordable!