Still windy, haha

But I'll get some stuff done outside once hubby leaves for work. I love him to death, but he wants to leave for work so early that I don't get much done around here outside, and I'm a little tired of that. I kid y'all not, we don't start shift until 5PM, so at worst, we'd have to leave by 4PM to get there, park and go in around 15-20 minutes ahead of time. That's plenty for me. I'm there 8 or more hours a day anyhow working, I don't really want to live there, no matter how much I like my job (especially with the shift premium and the little bit of overtime I get now). Him? As soon as he's done with getting ready (starting at 10AM, when we get up), he wants to be out the door. We've tried for a week of having him wait a little longer, leaving about 230 or 3PM ... he's mostly okay with it, even though he'd rather leave no later than 1230 or 1PM - yes, folks, FOUR HOURS before he has to be there!

It hasn't worked well. It's gotten me behind on things I need to do, it's leaving me feeling rushed because he is constantly asking why I didn't do something earlier (maybe because there was something more important on my to-do list?), and he feels like I'm just "goofing off" and "wasting time." So it's back to two cars, so he can leave when he wants and I can leave when I want, and no disputes about it. Truthfully, it'll be more relaxing for us both. We haven't fought about it, but there has been a bit of snipping at each other, and that's not good. While I appreciate that he's trying to save gas and give me more knitting time, it just isn't working out like we hoped. Hey, we gave it a good shot. Besides, I really need to drive myself in to fight what traffic there is (not much, country living does have it's serious advantages), so I get that bit of adrenalin rush to wake up for work. Not driving myself is leaving me dragging all the time, lol!!

On the other hand, once I get outside with the camera (likely after I post this so no shot of it today), I can show you some of what I've gotten done in the way of found items for raised beds/containers. (Sorry, had to interrupt writing to cuddle Bouncer, he wanted loving on, and y'all know I can't resist that sweet kitty face! Yeah, I'm a sucker ... I am so pwned by the cats.) I was a bad girl yesterday, too. We had to stop at the Dollar Store for a couple of things on the way to work yesterday, and Quentin had to go to a different store in town for something else. He dropped me off ... bad idea when they have cheap seed packets. Yeah, I got more, lol. Sparkler White Tip radish (great for a bit of kick in potato salad), Jalapeno pepper (for sale at the market and seed saving, I can't eat the things), Seven Top turnip (can't find rutabaga which I prefer, but these get mashed with taters), Sugar Baby watermelon (I can't stand melon of any kind, and Quentin doesn't like it as he got tired of it as a kid, so this is a market/seed saving item), more Chantenay carrots, Vates collards (market/seed saving), Black Beauty eggplant, and Large Red Cherry tomato.

I also got lucky with a seed contest on one of my Facebook groups, simply by picking the correct/closest number from a range, and have six packets of seed coming from that. Two types of squash, anise hyssop, mixed peppers, yellow pear tomato and Goji berry! So that will add to the stash a little bit. I am going to be adding to my seed stash as much as I can ... what I don't want can always be trade items or grown for market/seed saving ... which means more for sale/trade from saved seed. Now if I can just get all my ideas going to produce income. I have one income stream right now that is bringing in around $100 a month. If I can get it to double that, plus four or five more doing the same thing (or 8-10 doing around $100 a month), I'll be making enough to be able to quit the plant and go back to being a stay at home. Which would mean more time for gardening and crafting (fun and sale) and all the other things I'd like to do.

Right now, however, I need to find you guys some freebie books and get some work done writing the two I'm slowly chugging through. The one requires a research, the other requires just time and effort, but they are going slow. If not for work, I'd be a lot further along a lot faster, lol!!! But they'll happen, just not as fast as I'd like!

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