I've been working hard to get the garden ready, and this morning I finally planted something in it! No, onions aren't too thrilling, but they are a great way to start! I've also moved the tomato sprouts out to the cold frame. Half the fence posts are up, and it feels like the garden is coming together.
Yesterday we spent the entire day outside. First we went to Matt and Amy's to cut down some bamboo for our teepee, then we played outside and friends came to visit. After family nap time, we spend more time working on the garden... meaning Matthew played on the deck, Daniel drove cars, and I turned over every square foot of soil in my 20 ft by 30 ft garden. We ended the day with a wagon ride around the culdesac and talking to neighbors.
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| That's dried oreo goo on the baby's face :) |
Whenever I get passionate about something, I immediately start brainstorming business opportunities. Why is that? A potter friend once told me to follow passions and eventually you might get paid for them, but if not you at least are doing something you love. Perhaps I am an entrepreneur at heart, but for right now, I just need to focus on family - I think. I don't know. I'm pretty excited about starting up the new blog "
Love Sown" and I can see potential in that to expand beyond just a blog, with a lot of writing, energy and more readers. The best part about Love Sown is that it is based on two passions, family and gardening, and it allows me to build into both while pursuing a third passion, writing (or blogging - but must I use the word? It embarrasses me).
What makes an entrepreneur? How do young moms balance hopping on board new ideas and endeavors and family? Really, I am looking for input here. I know amongst my readers there are plenty young women who've started their own businesses and ministries. What did it take for you to jump off that ledge and go for it?
Oh my goodness. I thought Daniel was Joe for a second there.
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks awesome! You are definitely becoming a pro. Maybe you could do something with designing gardens with families in mind...love!
ReplyDeleteI find onions very exciting. I'm also waiting for the snow to melt and stay melted long enough for me to start prepping . . .anything.
ReplyDeleteEntrepreneurs succeed because they don't look at their passions as separate from their lives, but as integrated. Using family as an excuse not to do something is just that -- an excuse. For centuries, people have done both, and not always with horrible results to the family.
We all have 24 hours in the day. It's how we choose to use them that defines us.
Devon Ellington
Ink in My Coffee, a writing blog, http://devonellington.wordpress.com
Gratitude and Growth, a garden journal, http://gratitudeandgrowth.wordpress.com
It looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michelle!
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how to answer those questions. We're just learning not to get overextended and to be patient around here. But I can say Daniel looks JUST LIKE his dad, wow!
ReplyDeleteGood words, Devon.
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