Oh! Were Do The Days Go!?!?!?!?!

Wow, so summer is almost over! I remember as a child getting out of school with the whole of summer vacation looming ahead. Then would come the inevitable boredom, followed by the excitement of fresh, new school supplies, and a new school year. Feather finally is back on track with her hours. We are on "normal" time again. Feather got to take friends to the pool today, and then was mean. I was horrified, so I am worried about how she is going to act with the other kids at kindergarten. I don't want her to be the mean kid that no one wants to be friends with.
The garden is still going. My tomatoes are still not producing, but the okra is growing like crazy, and the giant sunflowers are starting to bloom. I think that we might even get green beans, as they are growing and blooming even though I planted them late. I am attempting to compost again. I need to find a manure source. Can not believe I am saying that! We have several stables around us, so it is most likely just a matter of picking up the phone and then carving out the time to go get some.

Not sure if I mentioned it before, but in order to save money, and be "green", we are not buying new furniture. This means that we do not have a lot of furniture that most people would have, but we are making it work. Of course my current desk is a card table, so far it is holding up. I love Craigslist and Freecycle.
The fact that we only have a car, and it does not like to go long distances, hampers our efforts a little. Finally, I found Feather a dresser the other day. So excited! All I had to do was bring it home, sand it a little, then put on some polyurethane. Now, she has a nice, good as new dresser! The only thing, is that I need to find a more environmentally friendly substitute for the polyurethane.

Long hair

Wow, I have not written in awhile. Well, it seems like forever! I had intended to post my ratatouille recipe, but I am still working on it. It started out as a way to cook the eggplant that Feather insisted that we buy. I had not eaten eggplant, or aubergine in ages. Could not remember if I liked it or not. I do - what a surprise! Since I love all vegetables, this is not a surprise. As Feather tends to take after her father when it comes to eating, I am constantly looking for ways to get her into vegetables. She loves the movie Ratatouille, so when I saw the recipe for ratatouille in the cookbook, I thought that I was on to something. She was very excited at first, but of course, I am the only one who eats it. So when I work out a recipe that I like, I will post it. Until then, you have to read my rambles.

The weather has been really nice. It has rained almost every day this week. Feather's Sunflowers are almost taller than the fence. Our yard is soggy, and I am spoiled. The rain is clearing out for awhile though, so I will have to remember to water everything.

Every day, I meant to write something, but one thing would lead to another, and I would get distracted by something else.
I did cut my hair though. I think that the last time I did this, I was about seven or eight, and growing my bangs out. My hair was in my face and my mother told me to put on a head band, and I grabbed the scissors and snipped my bangs instead. In my defense, they were those plastic kind that would dig into the skin behind my ears, and just make me irritable. They would keep the hair out of my face though.
Now, let me be clear in that it is not like I just took a huge risk in cutting my own hair. It has not been above my shoulders since I was twelve, and then it was just at my shoulders. For the past several years, it has been either at my waist, mid-back, or somewhere in between. My husband teases me when I where long skirts that people will think that I am one of those polygamist women.
If you had seen some of the haircuts that I have given my husband, you would understand. So it was to my waist, and driving me crazy. It is something about those few extra inches, that I can not stand. Maybe other long hair people can relate? I really feel ridiculous paying someone to basically trim it, so I finally grabbed the scissors and went to town. I started off sectioning it off and being careful, then finally lost my patience and just went to town.
I do still have hair, although this wicked voice was going "cm on live dangerous". Maybe this is what happened to Brittney Spears when she shaved her head.
Everyone else was going "She's crazy! Lock her up!" Not me, I could relate. I have had many of those episodes over the years, but was just too chicken to go through with it.
I do hope one day, I can work up the nerve to go short, it would be a shame to go my whole life with long hair. Feather's hair is getting really long. She refuses to have it short. Of course it is very difficult to maintain, and always in her face. I am not looking forward to the battles we will have over this once school starts.