Still Here...

Hello!  Can't believe almost 2 months have passed since Caleb was born and since I posted here.  I'm hoping to jump back into blogging.  I've definitely missed it!  I started this blog not long after Sydney was born, and now I'm feeling the urge to continue it for the same reasons.  Motherhood can be tough sometimes.  I think the part I struggle with the most is missing the sense of accomplishment I used to have.  Now everything is undone 5 minutes after I finish it - changing the baby, feeding the baby, doing laundry, doing dishes, cleaning up toys...nothing seems to last!  Hopefully my blog can document for me and you the small projects I've work on, the ideas that inspire me, even the books I've read (see new sidebar addition.  Turns out nursing a baby provides ample reading time!) 

Can you believe it's Fall already?  It has felt like it here since the first of September, so we've had a little time to get used to the idea.  I love the colors and scents of fall and the inherent need to just be cozy this time of year.  I recently harvested the only things I was able to grow this year - herbs.  I've got them all drying in the garage, except for the basil which was made into pesto right away and frozen.  There is nothing like the smell of pesto in the dead of winter to make you think Spring is just around the corner.  We've been freezing a lot of stuff around here to "get ready for Winter." Sydney loves to imagine us holed up in our house all winter like Laura and Mary.  We might live out on the prairie like the Ingalls, but really the grocery store is open all year round!  We frozen a lug of peaches, made several pounds of apples into applesauce and made my favorite pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.  Not all of those made it into the freezer I guess, but we tried!  I would have loved to can stuff this year, but my husband made me realize this might not be the year for it.  I guess I need to learn to accept that having a newborn means not everything on the list is going to get done.  And life goes on in spite of an unchecked to do list.  Hopefully I will be back here soon.  I've got lots of pictures of Caleb's nursery that I want to share with you.  I love how it turned out, and especially love that I did it all on a budget!  See you soon...