Things have been busy as always. The new home is nice, and has really become "home". I've been in classes again, this semester, and i'm almost done with this degree. 2 more classes and i have a second bachelors degree. Experimental Psychology. Fun stuff.
Back in February, my dad came down from DC. I also bought a new vehicle. I traded in my 96 dodge ram, and my 01 z28 camaro. never thought i would have gotten rid of that car, but in the end it was the right thing to do. In life, you cannot take it with you. Keeping things because of emotional attachments is generally not a good thing to do, thus i have been trying to be better at that. Things are just that things. Anyways, i have gotten rid of 2 cars, for one, and now monthly i get rid of my money i earn as well in the form of a car payment.
Also on the subject of trying to not be materialistic, I've also been trading off other things, selling things, etc, that I said to myself i'd keep. Its easy once you do it. but It isnt something that is pleasant at first if you think youll wanna keep things for one reason or another, like its my first this, or my first that...
This year, Emily, and I have decided to build and plant a Raised Garden. I built with her help, a 8x4x16 inch deep raised garden out of kiln dried Cedar, that i stained and sealed. Then we wrapped the inside of the wood with plastic lining, and lined the base with anti weed fiberous cloth. then we filled the box with 50cu ft of Miracle grow. We planted 4 cucumber plants, 4 tomato plants, 4 bell pepper plants, 8 romaine lettuce, one bundle of red sweet onions, and 10 Cabbage. so far its going swimingly, and is growing rapidly. so much so that i fear that i may have need to expand the garden into another box, or some 5 gallon buckets.
We also planted a bunch of Iris' and 2 8pm (midnight) lilly plants, as well as a whole mess of regular Day lillies that her aunt Carol gave us while we were in Missouri this easter. It was a lot of good times in Missouri, but was sad too, as right before we visited, Smokey, emily's cat from childhood, had to be put to sleep. he was 19.
Easter was fun, but rough. It was our first easter without her grandfather, and also the first without both dogs. Especially on my mind was Loki, as it was the 1 year anniversary of his passing. We are lucky though that so far we have our kitty.
Other things on the table are continuing to clean / organize the new home, and garage. Among that is my old purple car. I need to start working towards getting it back on the road soon, and that means i need an ignition module, and a couple batteries minimally. The Cavalier, while being a good running car, needs tires, and maybe raised up, so its not so low.. Emily does go back and forth about selling it.
I think for now thats about the most of the updates. I'll continue to post when i can, and when i remember to.
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