Kittens!

Our beloved farm cat had kittens!

Aren't they adorable?!? Our farm cat, Sluggo (my husband named her....in case you are curious), is an amazing cat. She is our only farm cat and she's very special. When we were completing our house addition, she accidentally hitched a ride in the back of a construction worker's pickup truck. Thinking that she was just an old farm cat that we didn't care about, he dropped her off in the ditch on the side of the road on his way home once he noticed she was in his truck (many, many miles away from our ranch). We were so sad to notice she was missing, and she was gone for about a week when she showed up again - boy were we surprised, and the construction worker, when he saw she had returned and proceeded to tell us his story in disbelief that she made it back home.

Anyway, here is a picture of the beautiful momma...

Child's Bean Bag Chair

Had to share this great project I had made for Lily's 1st Birthday. She loves to perch on this chair and watch Saturday morning cartoons. I found out pretty quickly that bean bag pellets are pretty pricey....so I just filled the bag full of scrap fabric and tore up an old comforter that I was about to send to Goodwill. Click here for the tutorial.

Ready, set, wait

I planted all my cold weather veggies a few weeks ago. Each night when Lily and I get home, we run over to the garden to see if anything has sprouted or changed. I'm a dork, I know. My onions and radishes are coming up now, but someone/something (or the wind) stole two cauliflower transplants right from the ground. Oh well - that has been my only set back so far. Here is my "2010 Garden Plan". I created a document so when my labels in my garden are missing, or I need to refer to what I did this year for next year, I have it all documented. I've been told that what plants you "follow" with what matters. Also - I must admit, I don't think I really know what each of these look like as a plant...and if I need to pull weeds...I better know the difference!

Here is the grand plan (with some extra space in the far south-west corner for tomatoes and maybe strawberries):