I did a photo shoot a while back with a friend of mine, I giggled the whole time and Chula wouldn't hold still. Literally,  not for one second. And even though we were terrible models, the photos came out great!!!

Dosha <3

Planning For Something More

My vegetable garden is in a pathetic state right now. My strawberries are doing awesome though and I'm expecting to have a few ready to devour by the end of the week. My cactus finally bloomed!!! It was being quite stubborn and maybe it was just the weather but I do think it enjoyed watching me suffer and fret over it.

I've mentioned it before but my plan is to buy land somewhere possibly up north where I can start growing on a larger scale. I can’t say it enough, I’m so excited I can feel it in my bones. I can’t wait to milk my own dairy cow for the first time, collect chicken eggs every morning, sheer my own sheep, make my own goat cheese, can my own homegrown fruits, compost my waste, and most of all build my own cabin (with basement/root cellar) and green house. I feel like jumping up and down when I think about it.
 I’ve also currently checked out every book from the local libraries on homesteading and self sufficient living. My library card is about maxed out & I'll admit it I've kept some for too long and owe some overdue fees. I’ll be posting later on what books I found most useful in hopes of inspiring you to go check them out for yourselves.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.
Kurt Vonnegut 

 

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.

Ralph Waldo Emerson http://www.flickr.com/photos/ediblexart/      

 Cheetoh, brought him home when he was just 4 weeks, he could fit in the palm of my hand. He's my baby.

 Chula (originally Chulupa) Used to be a nasty biter, now when ever you hold her to your face she'll lick you silly.

 One of the many mice I used to own. (I collected all sorts of different colors, this one was pregnant and super sweet) The ferret ended up eating her...

Ripley (Mah Dog)

Don't Dwell

"We must not say every mistake is a foolish one." - Cicero

 A lesson I'm try desperately to learn.

Coming Up For Air.
I "over-think" too much. I need to learn how to not dwell on the past and to get over all the humiliating things I've ever done I can tell myself 1,000 times "You can't change what's already happened so just move on." but some how I just can't accept it, I still sit and re-think about the same things over and over and over again. I wish I could just start over and make first impressions all over again because I'm rather starting to like who I am now or who I'm  becoming.