Mother's Day and a really dirty house

I had a fabulous Mother's Day. I went to bed at 8 pm and even had a nap. We had a great day at church and my MIL went with us for lunch. The only time I stepped foot in the kitchen was to get a drink. I got what I asked for. I wanted canning jars. Not exciting but needed. Thank you wonderful kids and hubby. You make my world spin. You make my heart sing and most of all you make me love my job.


Well since I did NOTHING all weekend my house is a total shambles. I hope that I can get a grip on this monster. I have finished my outside chores so I can now spend the day making the Dragonfly house shine and sparkle. I know you are saying "But Fluffymuffy, if you are on here you are not cleaning". Guess what you are right so saying that I am out of here. Have a fabulous week.

Newsbreak

The chicken girls love love love strawberries. This caused a small riot. More of the news at 10.

Oh my girls

My little girls are getting so big. I can not believe that they are only 2 weeks old. Sweet hubby is working himself ragged trying to get their little Maison de Poule ready. I am hoping that in 2 weeks it will be ready for the girls. I am on the look out for some very sweet smelling vines to grow around the coop. I want to mask the aroma that they will be living in. :) Of course it can not be too dense because I do not want unwanted snakes to hide in there. Wisteria is nice but I just am not too sure yet. Any ideas?


On the garden front. Most everything is in including the herb garden. There are still a few more plants I need to get. I also want to get some for pots. Hummingbird feeders are full, just waiting for those fabulous little birds. While I will be gone this weekend, I am hoping that I will come home to a Martin house. My garden just needs to get its groove on. I think my radishes might be getting close to being ready. Wish I like radishes.


Hubby has made himself a larger workroom. My mind is running with ideas for his old workroom. I hope I can weasel my way into there. I am thinking a garden shed. My obsession this week will be finding some that I can pattern mine after. First I have to get in there. Wish me luck


Have a great week,
Fluffymuffy

Dragonfly Farms ? {maybe}

I have been mulling over this idea for awhile. First let me tell you that I have a"backyard garden, a backyard orchard and backyard chickens." Everything is micro. What I have could not even sustain my family of 4 but this is what I would like to do. When I make jams, jellies, baked goods etc... I want to put a label on the jars, bags, whatever I use. When I give these things away there will be a cute label on them. Hopefully people will start to talk about my things and create a buzz. Eventually maybe I can start my own business. Who knows. I am trying to think of names for my little micro farm. Any thoughts? Have a fabulous week.

Chickens and the allergy twins

These are two of my new babies. Within a span of one week I have 2 new kittens aka The Allergy Twins and six of these little wonders. Every spring I have the need for something tiny and new. My sweet husband just accepts these things and rlls with the flow. Let's begin with the little felines. {pics soon} They are named Fiona and Rex. My son has become very enthralled with them. I am highly allergic to cats but that never stops me. Luckily they hang out in my sons room. My little chickies are A~DORABLE !!!!!! They are living the life of luxury. They hang out in the sunroom for now. Their little abode is in the process of being finished. Shout out to the fabulous Heather Bullard of www.heatherbullard.com for her inspiration. We are taking her most awesome hen house design and tweaking it to fit us here in Mayberry. BTW these little beauties lay pastel eggs.

One more weekend full of kids activities and then we have a month long break before things kick up again. I know the kids need a little break and mom does too. This taxi service needs a little vacation. Speaking of vacations ~~~~~ we are not having one this year. We may run off for a weekend but the kids are jammed packed this summer so family time is out. I am hoping to get a few days at the mountain house. Hubby thinks we may get a few days at the beach but nothing in stone. Back to my free month. I need to take the opportunity to get things done before our craziness picks back up. SPRING CLEANING !!!! is first and foremost. I think I need to make a list for the month. My mind is running. I think I will go start now. Have a great day.

Simplify

Right now, in my little world, life is caotic to say the least. When life is spiining out of control, I feel that as humans we look for ways to slow it down so we handle life. My way is to simplify things. I look to the past to help with the present. We are constantly on the go and never see one another. I am almost always short and gruff with my youngest. She is so wonderful and forgiving. I smile everytime I look at those emerald green eyes. I never see the oldest except for the two days this past week that he was stuck in the car with now me. My heart sings whenever I get those moments. He will be off on his own journey soon and I will not get to look into deep soulful eyes every day like I do now.


My blog reading has dramatically changed within the past year. I used to solelly read ones about clothes, shopping, etc... but it is more about family, home, church, etc... I am comfortable in this role that I have made. I may not always be in this role but for now this is what works. I am a HORRIBLE and I do mean bad, housekeeper. {just keeping it real} Knowing this and knowing where I want my journey to go that must change and change quickly. I have been working on things in my mind for weeks if not months on how I need life to be and now it is time to implement these things.


You may ask, where are you going with this rambling? Well let me tell you. Since I have my life map done, I hope to use this as my accountability tool. My fabulous husband occasionally reads this ,{hi, honey} so he will certainly make sure I do what I say. Of course in the end I only have to prove this to my self. Eventually I will have this blog up and running like everyone else but it will take time. I am not computer literate. Ok enough of this sappy mombo jombo. I am off to clean the kitchen. Have a great spring day. Next post will not be such a downer, I promise.


fluffymuffy

Dreaming

Lavender
Larkspur
Hydrangeas
Violets
Fresh eggs
gardening
decorating the happy home
mint
herbs
BAKING
sewing
knitting
LOTS of reading
finshing school
volunteering
amazing dinners
great lunches
hearty breakfasts
PRAY
date nights
lose lots of weight. {like 70lbs}

Thank goodness this is not my to do list for today. I do want to tackle these by summer. The weight thing will not totally happen but I will get a jumpstart on it by then. I hope to have the 1/2 of the weight off by then. I want to do it smart. I think I need to print this list off and carry it around with me for inspiration. what is your inspiration?

fluffymuffy