Robin's Nest

 When I first arrived in Colorado via the gracious hand of Uncle Sam, it snowed every weekend. It would be nice all week and I would stand there on the tarmac wondering what fun the kids and I would conjure up on Saturday. When Saturday arrived, the snow came with it and not just a little snow. Usually enough that my little Ford Festiva was not able to be driven very far. No trips into the mountains, barely any to the grocery store across the street from the townhouses that we lived in. Friday's whiteness The minimal amount of snow that has fallen this winter and spring, is pitiful comparatively speaking. This lack of moisture has prompted my plan to container garden this year. So far, I have green beans sprouted and buttercrunch lettuce, a few tomato plants, two types of watermelons, pumpkin, Brussel sprouts, sweet peppers and cabbage. The broccoli is still not sprouting. The sweet peppers just began so there is hope for the others to still come up. this tray has a variety of seed...

Things have been a bit crazy around here for the past month. Too many things have happened that cannot be covered in one post. Just about the time I think things are settling down and a routine is on the horizon I am quickly put into a tailspin. With that being said this blog gets more attention than the rest of my endeavors. The baby has been in the hospital for a couple of days now so I technically have had days off. But not really as I have had her older sister in exchange since mommy must stay with the baby and daddy still has to work.   We have worked on baking, organizing pill time and tried to work on sleep hygiene. Not really doing the best on that, but trying real hard. I attempted making English muffins and they weren't too bad! It seems SIL really likes the ones that are sold in town at the fast food place but her SIL doesn't like to drive 25 miles for breakfast food. Her SIL also can't seem to remember to buy English muffins at the store.  So that is how we ca...