It’s Quite Possible That I Am Out of Control

By
Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Posted in: My Suburban Space

I’m just sayin’.

Between the fact that my husband was laid off for a period last year and had to start all over at a new company, my husband was also diagnosed with hd this year, and the fact that my mom died last year, and I appear to be channeling her need to hoard food and have fresh vegetables, I am out of control with needing “just one more plant” which leads to one more container.  No matter what happens, I should at least be able to grow some food for us.  At least it gives me something healthy to obsess over.

So exciting…the beginning of a new love….my vegetable container garden. I had no idea what I was getting into.  (5/13/2010)

It was quite a day.  (5/13/2010)

OK, I am starting to get a little excited now. 13 days later, and I have managed to not kill anything, and it’s GROWING! (5/26/2010)

Three weeks later and still going strong. (6/2/2010)

Four weeks and two additional containers later, and I think I am out of control.

I can’t go anywhere without wanting to bring home another plant.  I’m in heaven. (6/9/2010)

I’m not going to apologize for my excitement.  I’m not going to apologize for my compulsion to keep adding more plants and containers.  And if you want to know why, look here to see how FAR I have come this year!

About Extraordinary in the Ordinary

I am a professional photographer who lives and works from her heart. My goal is always and in everything to be better today than I was yesterday. I’m an ordinary person dealing with what I like to believe are ordinary issues, but in all the ordinary days, I want to live an extraordinary life. I am the mom to two grown sons, and there has been nothing I have loved more than being their mom and being home with them. And while you are always a mom, there is a certain part of that time in my life that is over now that they are grown. I miss hearing them play and having them with me all the time and having all their friends over, but it is time to move to the next stage of life or at least trying to figure out what that is. I am making a list of personal goals, connecting with friends, and still nesting even though the children are grown. I think I will always be a "nester". Home is where the heart is. I love home and love making it a healing place of peace and comfort.