Walking on the Moon

So I have a confession. I feel like the biggest idiot ever in this. But at the time that it was occurring, including the time leading up to and shortly after in fact, I was completely unaware of the whole moon/rocket event. I found out about it a week or so later. Truthfully, I thought it must have been a joke. I would hear mention of it in passing, see a brief line in posting. But I didn't take an ounce of it seriously for another few days. I kept thinking "Come on! What's the deal? Where's this nonsense coming from?" After all if we bombed the moon wouldn't I have heard about it before it happened? It's not like the moon randomly decided to attack us and we had to fight back in self-defense. A preplanned bombing would make the news.
And it did. But apparently I was under a rock somewhere. Which I still find highly odd. I mean I'm constantly hooked to my computer. And while I, myself, am not a news junkie however, my father and his constant CNN and MSNBC hoping is. So it still confounds me how i missed out on all of this. Oh well. Nothing can be done about my lack of ignorance now.
It's a month later and the rave about our fair moon is that it has water. Apparently A LOT more than previously believed. So what does that mean? It means the doors are opening wide for future moon exploration and possible inhabitation. Currently NASA is discussing the possibilities of a space station on the moon. This sounds wonderful! You remember being a kid in science class. Back when everything seemed possible because you didn't understand anything. And living on the moon just seemed like a given. Well, it may end up happening after all and fulfill all our inner child's dream of bouncing on the moon.
Hear's the thing...i'm kinda cynical. I prefer "realist" but more people prefer cynic so we'll go with that. Let me start of by explaining what I know of life in the most basic form. To live you need four things. Oxygen, Food, Sunlight, and WATER. (I know for some the whole sunlight thing can be disputed but in general it is a necessity...just go with it, k?) Here on Earth the oxygen and sunlight parts we get on a pretty regular basis, day in day out no effort, they are just there for the taking. The food part we have to put some effort into but can still manage. The water on the other hand is either there or it's not. You can divert it or clean it if you find it. But you still need a starting point. LIfe revolves around water. Don't believe me, look at the water cooler in your office and watch people hang out like antelopes in the Serengeti (they even poke up their heads to keep a look out for the boss/lion) Towns, hamlets, major cities, and huts have always been centrally located near water. That's why people usually live near the Nile and not out in the desert around it.
What I am saying is that water being found does make it more possible to eventually live on the moon. We know how to reproduce food, sunlight, and oxygen. Water, as far as I know, can't be created though. But if it's already there? Well we better start packing up.
This is where i get cynical. Humans in my observation have a tendency to act like a plague. We find something take it over, control, and then ruin it. completely destroy it. THEN, we just move on. Leaving it behind to continue to rot. I now have to wonder if this is the fate of the Earth. Are we going to end up jumping ship one day and head on to new wilderness? Or will only the "well to do" be on that spaceship leaving the "not so well to do" behind to clean up their messes? Will the Earth become nothing more than a spherical slum? The dumping ground of our solar system?
I know i'm kinda blowing things out of proportion some. And these worries are long-term in nature. But i really don't trust the human race to do the right thing in the end. We have always been more concerned with immediate gratification than worrying about the long-term consequences.

Another Goodbye...

The D left again today. I hate when we have such a short visit after a long one, they seem even shorter then need be. I had a good time with my though. We went to see The Men Who Stare at Goats and Cirque de Freak: The Vampires Assistant. They were both very good movies. The later was much better than I had expected and will probably be getting me hooked on yet another novel series.

I'm in an upheaval on here. I broke down and bought a .com address. so my new address is actually miss2missus.com. YAY. I have a home. However, there is a lot to make over. For the time being the address is just reverting to this blogspot address. While here on blogspot I'm just trying to get it somewhat presentable.

When I get my new page going it will be much better. But I need to sit down and do some planning to start off with.



In the meantime just sit back and enjoy my ramblings here.

I saved 20 dollars in coupons the other while grocery shopping. Becoming a couponista is taking priority right now. I'm following a bunch of great women and learning from them the best i can. I know to a point I'm getting a bit annoying. esp when the most common phrase i have anymore is "i have a coupon for that!" But it's what we need to do. In fact God was nice enough to answer a prayer for the D and I. He's given us an apartment. At first I've done nothing but complain. It's on the tiny side and I have ALOT of stuff. But the more i think about it the more i feel that this is where God wants us. I know for me in particular I need to learn to downsize. To stop hording and such. And with limited space it will be a necessity. Which i deal better when things are a must instead of an option. And once out of my system I'll be ever more grateful for my first home with my husband.

Now, to just make it to the wedding, moving, and transferring. :D

NEW ADDY

Kinda anyways. I switched to miss2miss.blogspot.com from apple-and-eve.blogspot.com

Kinda got tired with the whole fruit drink in search thing coming up cause of the name. Plus this name seems to be a better fit to me. After all the main purpose of this blog is to document my progress from a lazy single lady with little to no domestic skills to that of a productive wife with a full arsenal of homemaking abilities.

On the same note, im going to be taking some time to reorganize the site set up some. Though it will take a great bit of time I do promis to start posting regularly again. I actually have a few ideas i need to sift out.

Dear Blog....

Dear Blog,

I have not forgotten you! Please for not even one moment think that. It breaks my heart to know that you feel so secondary in my life. Alas, it's true :( I have had to push you to the back burner. Please forgive me? I meant no harm. My life, it has been hectic. I have so much in which i plan to tell you. Please just give me patience. I shall deliver. I swear!

Sincerly Yours,]
Karen

Not Abandoned I Swear

I have just had a lot going on. And yet at the same time absolutely nothing.

A friend of mine is going through a rough spot and she's leaning on me fr support. Problem is i don't know how much longer i can go before i break from the extra weight.

I've been reading like a fiend. In fact just finished the newest Jacqueline Carrey book this even. Read the whole series of Sookie Stackhouse.

My ever growing pile of to do projects is..well...growing. The newest addition is a Chinese puppet dragon i want to work on. First priority...finish apron for swap. Then monkey. Actually my TO DO list will have to be a post on it's own.

The Daniel came down for a week in a half. I quite enjoyed myself. It was pretty relaxing and I adore how I can be my stupid self around him. We didn't do much, money and weather and all. Though we did hit up a couple flea markets successfully leaving with four new foreign coins (yes i am that dork) and OVER TWO POUNDS of jelly bellys. We saw many many a movie. Inglorious Bastards (good), Repo Opera (loved) the orphan (better than you would have thought) and district 9 (good but too sad to be real found of) I wanted to see PONYO. But some how it wasn't playing here. Saw the baby buffalo ^_^


He had is pysch eval for the pd. At this point all that can be done is prayer. I'm confident that he's sane and did well. But I'm worried because he's worried. Well that and because i know i wouldn't pass it ( i over think)

We kinda have the church for the wedding. We were given permission to use it one the date we want. Which is great cause i was worried about being denied wanting a Sunday service. However, there is one issue and that issue makes it the "kinda have it" They don't know if the missionaries will be gone by then. And at this point we aren't sure when we will find out since they haven't planed out their calender for net year and don't know themselves when the missionaries will be leaving. So like i said we kinda have the church.


thats it for now. nice and short

A Visit from my Maid of Honor

I haven't been writing much lately and it's kinda bumming me out. I enjoy writing in here just haven't found the time.

A couple of weeks ago my friend/maid of honor came down. It was great seeing her. I hadn't seen her since she moved home last summer. We did bit of goofing off nothing too outragous. Went bridesmaid dress shopping. Which was fun and so much easier than i thought it would be. We only went to two stores and the first was horrible. It looked more like a bridal thrift store than anything else. But my dear Jenna humored me and tried on a couple dresses so we could get an idea or two on styles and color.

Then off to the second store. We drove out to the historic part of Conway. There really aren't many places in the area. We went into this one little boutiq and the people were so nice and helpful without being overly pushy. I hate to say it but i had a very deffinet idea of what i wanted in a dress...more specfically the color. I wanted a burnt orange, a shiny burnt orange. I know it sounds horrible but it really is nice. She tried on a couple there for me and we essentially have it narrowed to two dresses. Both by the same designer and same fabric.

Whew that was it!?! Just like that we pretty much found the dresses. I still want to run it by the other girls but it's pretty much done on that front. Now for my dress. THAT one i highly doubt will be resolved to easily. But i won't start to look until fall or so of this year.

So after we left the shop we were starving. There was a little cafe a block away so we figured we would stop in there. And i liked it. A lot. It was so plain and simple. You order a turkey sandwich and ou get turkey on bread. They had homemade potato chips and an awesome lemon pie. Wonderful for how simple it was. (that's the jenna at the cafe in the picture above)

So the rest of the visit was spent eating and shopping...i gained six pounds :( but i had a wonderful time. We went to the zoo and the bookstore more than once. On her second to last day we got fried crispy at the beach then played put put in true tourist fashion.

Today sucked. In so many ways it sucked. it seems i got three weeks worth of moodiness and anger coming out of me today. Not to mention working in retail on a holiday is horrible. Everyone is mean. Had a woman cut me off and almost kill me and acted like it was my fault all cause she was impatient. It was a bad day. I really don't want to go into too much detail cause it will just bring up more anger instead of me calming down. Had one good thing happen though.

it was my last night at my second job. Which is great because it has been screwing with my schedule. I end up eating dinner really late and eat more than i intend to. Then go to sleep too late and it messes me up for days. I was sad to leave a few people behind there. I've had that job for three years. But others I'm not upset about. And i can finally get back on track again. They kinda made it easier to leave though. They didn't really have any plans for wishing me a fond farewell. I know part of that is because some kept hoping i wouldn't leave and part because I seem to be easy to forget about things like that for some reason. I think people think i don't like that stuff. A couple people ended up giving me a gift card which was nice since i spent way too much on my last night taking a final advantage of my discount. Though a frame i bought might have to be returned.

HAPPY FORTH!!!! A little tea and read before bed.

My Jenna is coming and I'm excited about. We will probably be going bridesmaid dress window shopping while she is here.

Rollercoasters

That's how i feel today. Past couple days actually.
I felt great yesterday. Did well one my eating. Had a good workout. But the down side was in not taking the prilosec i had some trouble breathing. That made the workout a bit difficult. So for now what I am doing is trying it every other day or so. The thing most people don't understand is that i've been having problems breathing for years. It's how i was diagnosed with sarcoidosis to begin with. After all that and i stil had problems they thought maybe asthma. But none of my doctors agree on that. Then it might be anxiety. But that's only some of the time. Maybe i'm just uptight and don't know how to breath....that was a serious option too. Not it seems it maybe acid reflux. Which when i take the medcine i can breath so it seems like a good possiblity. But insurance issues and such I'm taking an over the counter med. One that the side effects don't seem to good on. Including weight gain. And i went through that before, albiet more serously, but that was enough for me. I'm trying to lose weight gaining more is not good. That's all on that. I'm leaving it alone.
Then comes this morning. I woke up and felt great. I think in part because of the great workout and eating from the previous couple of days. I go to get dressed for work....an BAM. I can't move. I'm doubled over. My stomach is killing me. It's not my muscles, it's not a normal tummy ache. It feels more like i'm going into labor. Atleast that's what i think. I've never given brith to a baby and i'm not pregnant. But i so cant move. I try to lay down and it hurts. I try to stand it hurts. I'm seriously locked into this postion. I don't get it. After twenty minutes or so I finaly call work and tell them there is no way I'm coming in. I feel horrible about it but hell i can't even get dressed. So with a lot breathing through it and the heating pad i lay down and go back to sleep. I wakee up several hours later and i feel like someone has kicked me. It's the remanant of pain more than pain itself.
All i can think about is feeling crappy from not working. From not working out. And for losing a day all around. My friend is coming down and i need to clean like a freak, she's allergic to kittys. Now i only have tomorrow to do it since i have to work the next two nights.
Yeah that was my day.


Oh and it's my brother's brithday. Need to write him.

Keep on Keepin' On

I am down 10 lbs! Five weeks to do it.

I know it's not much but it is a start. And it's 10 pounds gone not gained so that's excellent.

I started using my wii fit a little over a month ago. Shortly after that i found sparkpeople.com

It's an incredible site! I love it! It's not a site just for losing weight. There are people there training for marathons, bodybuilders, so many types. It's i site that is there to teach you life style changes. The supposrt and motivation is amazing. I can only hope to feel this way in a year.

I've exercised almost daily for the past month. I feel so many changes. I started doing yoga outside of the wii. I stand straighter and walk taller. I'm generlly happier and a bit perky at times. I'm almost a morning person.

I hope to keep it up and get down to pre steriod weight before the wedding. I"m not losing weight just for the wedding, but it is a motivater. My fiance has been a huge support for me. Hearing him say he's proud of me is one of the best feelings in the world.

Weekend Words

So i got back in town on Thrusday. My trip was pretty wonderful exluding the rain. I took a lot of pictures. Really this is just a brief update to say im not dead. I will upload pictures and write more tomorrow. Right now i actually have to get to work. BOO.

Too Anxious

It may not be christmas time but i feel like im 6 again not wanting to go to sleep cause i want to see santa. im leaving in the morning to go visit my fiance who i haven't seen in over a month. i'm so excited and slightly nervous about the drive. i cat wait to run up and hug him.


also, this evening i recieved a text from my old best friend. we parted ways many years ago, but i still miss her terribly. we texted back and forth for an hour or so just catching up. i wonder sometimes what it would be like if we were friends again, if we could be. when we stopped being friends i lost a sister not a friend.

so right now im confused and happy and anxious and ready to go but need to sleep.

A Day Late

Yesterday was important. It was my eight month mark of not smoking...that's a three forths of a year!!!!!

In addition to that, it was also exactly 17 months before Daniel and i get married.


I actually do have a good bit i would like to write at the moment. But im inda tired and have been cranky and angry....translation: i get lazy.

Cap'n Crunch

Wow we are half way through May already.


how come cereal doesn't come with toys anymore?

A Sunday Update

Hmm what to say. It's Sunday evening, I'm off tomorrow so that's nice. Actually that's probbly a really good thing. It's 9:30 at night and i'm wide awake. Not just awake but jittery. We got a wii fit and i love it. I did 96 minutes on it today already. I know its not like a real excerise program but considering everything i've gone through and the point its brought me at i think this is a good starting point. I do love the yoga on there though. The way its setup its actually training you to do it properly.

I asked another friend to be in the wedding. She said yes. But i knew she would. We just made it offical.

I learned from a really nice woman how to correct the problem i was having crocheting my thumb on my doll.

I've meet a bunch of awesome ladies on a forum online.

My plants are thriving so far!!!. The carrots are at a standstill, but they aren't dying anymore. The watermelons are good and growing, however i'm a bit concerned because it rained and all the run off from the roof landed in it and it hasnt seemed to dry out yet.
MY PEAS!!!! they are growing like wild fire. I'm going to have to thin them soon. They are starting to vine. Instructions said they dont need a trellis since they are only supposed to be 12-24 in but we will see. Sadly all my poor lettuce seems to be lost.

A hawk died in my store after several days of watching me.

Our dog might have to be put down soon. He's not doing well at all :(

I'm going to see my fiance at the end of the month, need to get my brakes done before them they wont stop maing noises. Need to find the money to do so.

New allergist suggested vocal spasms instead of asthma. Hopeful. Bloodwork not so good.

Fiance seems to be doing well with his process. A big thank you to all you wonderful woman who have been prayig for both him and myself.


That seems to be it this week. Happy Mutter's Day!!! MUAH

First Week

Just wanted to post some pictures of the first week in my garden.

these are my sugar baby watermelons. i was starting to think that they weren't going to sprout, i saw my peas and lettuce coming up but my watermelons and carrots weren't doing anything. then yesterday morning i went out to water and there they were. popping up left and right.




and my peas. which have been coming up since wed.



i'm so excited!!! i know it's still too early and that they could all die out last minute. But right now every day is like christmas.

Fingers crossed!!

I HAVE SPROUTS!!!!.

i took a couple of pictures, but honestly, it's kinda pointless to post them. They didn't turn out that well. they are very tiny sprouts.

one window box of lettuce has several tiny sprouts (unless bird seed got in there then i have no idea what it is)
the other non. so i moved it next the growing one.

my peas have germinated and are poking a bit.

no sign on the watermelons or carrots.


I'm uber excited. I know i shouldn't get my hopes up its waaaayyy too early.

Fail!

I made olive oil dough last night to make pizza. The dough turned out good. The backing of the pizza dough however, not so much. It wasn't fully done. Even after putting it back in the oven for another 15 minutes.

Today, my tummy hurts a bit.
I have a wicked head-ache and am going through an asthma attack i can't get rid of :(

This is going to be interesting

It's the end of the evening and I'm ready to collapse. Or at least get a good foot rub. To be honest i had forgotten how physical working in the yard can be, and in the gentlest way, let's just say i am anything but physically fit.So, i got offline earlier and headed down to the garden center. got three bags of 2 cubic foot gardening soil for veggies and plants. I wanted to get the "organic soil" but a) i don't know if it really is organic and b) i got twice as much for the price spent. Considering this is my first true effort, i went with the cheaper choice. Also, the difference between garden soil and potting soil for any who wants to know. Potting soil has those little fuzz balls in them that help to retain moister a bit longer since containers dry out faster than ground dirt. So you can pay twice as much for half the bag size, or just make sure to keep your containers well watered. Which ever is easier for you




.Once i got home i lugged the bags around to the back of the house and pulled out several containers to use. I also grabbed a couple of seed starting trays i had along with peat pellets.




*I want to take a moment to explain something here. This attempt of mine is not in anyway the "proper" way to go about gardening. A veggie garden should really be well planned. If you plan on out for several season you can yield wonderful crops. Also, proper seed starting should have been done months ago, esp down here in the south. I am kinda going trial and error here, but in no way am i dependent on the success of these crops, so it's OK.*





Alright with that out of the way lets continue. So i soaked a couple of peat pellets to get them to expand. Like i said i know it's too late to really be starting seedlings, or this whole process really, but I'm still trying. So then i moved on to the pots. I filled each pot with as much dirt as possible. I made sure to crumple up any chunks. Hint: hard soil and rocks are what stunt and deform carrots. you want soil that isn't too compacted so they can easily grow their taproots and you can get larger straighter carrots.I started by sowing in my peas. I made a little spiral in the dirt just so i could keep track of spacing. Placed my seeds as directed (minus the whole not being in a row in the ground). And then took one of tools and made little holes in the dirt right behind them. This worked wonderful because the hole was just the right size and when my garden fork came out the pea just popped right in. All i had to do was cover it. Then I started on the other pots. By the time i had them all filled with dirt and seeded my peat pellets were expanded. So i took a few out and put them in the tray and put a couple seeds in.Then I placed the containers were i know they will get full sun, which means at least six hours a day. Then watered them really well.





Now I just have to wait and see what happens. I'll keep an eye on the pellets and see if anything comes of them.Since this is all really new to me there will be times I'm wrong and i encourage you to correct me, in the nicest way possible of course. What i would like to do though is that since i am new i have a bunch of questions that are stupid and second natures to some and just as obtuse to others as to me. I would like to be the robin hood of garden know how. Whatever valuable info i come across I will gladly post so it can be shared.All and all it was a wonderful day. I spent several hours out doors in the sun and got really dirty. I felt healthy and happy for doing something productive as well as good for me. I hope i can stick with it. So enjoy and wish me luck.

Monday and I'm Off

Slept a bit later than i had anticipated but that's OK. One of my friends is supposed to be in town but she "over slept" too so i may or may not see her. Kinda bummed about it, kinda new there was a chance though.

So instead i will be heading down to my storage unit, paying the bill then grabbing some of my pots out of it. I can't control it any more. I must plant something. Granted this is in no way a guarantee that i will grow anything, but i must at least try. Unfortunately, this means i have to go into work to get my seeds and dirt. Something i would have rather done yesterday when i was there.

But i'm going to try to grow some stuff, if only three or four things. I'm new at this really. So that's more than enough. But judging on how many views came yesterday at just the mention of gardening i realize there are probably many people out there just starting out too. So you can watch me and my deadly plant mistakes and I'll pass on any info i garner.

Let's grow something !!!(just not weeds)

How I love dirt

It's been a long time since i've even attempted my hand at a veggie garden. But the last few years i've been getting a bad itch to do so. I want to mark off a few beds, till my soil, get it nice and dark, and transplant tiny little buds that i started from seedlings.

Unfortunately, I don't have the land to do so. I'm going to try a few container planets if possible. But i don't have my own place so it's really not up to me.

Today I got a little book from work, more like a promotional booklet for Miracle Grow, but it's on veggies and the basics of growing thirty types of them. So during down time while i wait for managers i flip through it and what do i find? the cutest picture ever!!!! i can't find one to show and it wouldn't copy well, but it was basically a picture of carrots in the soil ever so slightly peeking out. I found out that the part peeking out is called the shoulder and that you don't pull the veggie until its showing. Kinda like a done button on a turkey.

There is something so wonderful about getting your hands dirty and playing around and getting something good out of it. Maybe next year i can start a few plants.