Winter blues... my house plants are dying :(

My plants seem to be dying…

Winter is always hard on my plants; my plants are like children or pets to me.  It’s winter in the great Pacific Northwest and we don’t get a lot of sunlight, and I keep the blinds shut a bunch because I don’t like to see the dreary days.  It’s warmer inside my apartment in the winter because I hate being cold, my apartment is drafty and it’s hard to keep it warm.  The plants sit in front of closed blinds right next to the baseboard heaters… this does not make for a good combination.  I am sad because I love my plants, my last African violet died a few weeks ago and two other plants are losing leaves fast.  I will be in mourning for my plants for some time, please don’t ask me about my plants.

The mom compliment??

Is it a Compliment?

I’ve been given the compliment (a few times, by various friends & family) “you would have been a great mom.”  While I know they (friends and family) mean well and truly mean it as a compliment, my feelings are always a little bruised after it is said.

It was always in my plan to have my own kids and to have quite a few -- I wanted a house full (not 2 or 3).  Sometimes things just don’t work out the way we dream and scheme them out when we are younger.  So I borrow my niece and my friend’s children when I feel the need to be mommy (and I hope they don’t mind).  I also became a teacher; I’ve adopted lots of children in my heart and mind.  The children that come into my life are ‘my children.’ 

Oh, and I still want children of my very own… what the heck I’m only 40!  As long as my body keeps working I’d still have kids…

Yes, I’ll take it as a compliment!

Difficulties...

Things that can make 'hanky panky' difficult... I almost slipped it off and threw it the other day ;-)

New Year's Resolutions -- Conclusions...

I feel so guilty; it’s been over a year since blogged!

Guilty pleasures, no that is not what we are writing about today! 

I don’t do January 1^st resolutions, I do January 9^th resolutions (my birthday for those of you not in the know!), over the years I have noticed that when my resolutions start on my birthday I am more apt to follow through with my goal.  I have also learned to only have one very specific resolution, too many or too complicated and I am doomed!

Last year, I had two resolutions.   The first resolution was to stop drinking all soda pop, basically because it is so unhealthy – and truthfully I want to lose weight and I’ve always read how much weight you put on while drinking soda.  My second resolution was to lose weight (well duh, what did I say in the previous sentence?) mainly by eating healthier (again duh, cut out soda).

Conclusions for last year’s resolutions, I still have not drank a soda pop and we are into the second year!  I still crave soda pop; the grocery store (really any store that sells pop) is still really difficult for me.  If only I could stay out of stores, which is funny if you know me well – I hate any kind of shopping!  Ok, those of you who really know me, know that I love office supply stores, hardware stores, and garden stores!  Second resolution, lose weight, I did lose and keep off 20 lbs.  I would have preferred to lose more weight than 20 lbs, but I am happy with what I managed to lose and will keep working on losing. 

I am somewhat superstitious about new years resolutions, so I won’t tell you what this year’s resolution is – there is only one and it is very specific!