JMO - I Still Live By the Air Force Core Values

In Basic Training, the Air Force core values are repeated over and over and over again: Integrity First, Excellence in All We Do, and Service Before Self. I still live by those core values and actually lived by them before I joined.

JMO - Not Enough Yeses in This World

     Is it me, or is there just not enough yeses anymore? It seems that all I seem to hear is "no", "that cannot be done", "that is not possible" and so on. I have become so accustomed to hearing that and now I do not even try to changed it to a yes.

I Love Holiday Weekends!

I absolutely, positively love holiday weekends! Not for the same reason that most people do. You see I live in a tourist area, so on holiday weekends our beaches are packed and traffic is terrible. We do not have friends that barbecue or party. Therefore, on holiday weekends we start checking projects off our list. Three or four day weekends are perfect for this because most projects only take a day or two at the most. Then, you still have a day to rest.

My Garden Heroes

 I think my wonderful husband and daughter might have saved my veggie garden this weekend. We had other plans for upgrades to the house, but my garden was in a sad state and if we did not do anything about it, then it would be lost for the season. 

Whatever is in the Cabinet - Beef, Veggies, & Rice

My children's favorite meal is "whatever is in the cabinet." This all came about a couple of years ago. My kids always ask me "what's for dinner" as soon as I step foot in the kitchen. Well, there was a night that I did not have an answer for them because I was just tossing something together trying to use up left overs and produce before it went bad. The answers "I don't know" or "food" was not working anymore. So out of sheer frustration, I said "what ever is in the cabinet."

The Progessing Slowly Patch o'Land

Spearmint that a friend of mine gave me last fall.

Abraham Lincoln is believe to have said, "The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land." Now, I am not trying to earn money from my land, but I would like to get to a point of supplementing my pantry with it. This year it seems to be slow growing. Kairah and I are working on figuring out why, but in the mean time here is a quick update on our garden.

I Am Angry With Food Right Now

It's almost summer and many people have been "dieting" since New Years. I have seen some great successes and some huge failures. Dieting and exercising has been one of my struggles for many years now. I have tried fad diet after fad diet and I absolutely do not find joy in exercising.