Quitting??

So, I guess I should fire my blogger self. Unfortunately I'm not too surprised that I haven't written anything on here in like...um...4 months. I have a confession. I'm a quitter. I start things and then I quit things. I've done this for as long as I can remember. Let's see...there was basketball, then volleyball, then track (these I started and quit at some point along my high school career), but I'm going to blame lack of skills required (it was probably actually lack of commitment needed to gain required skills). Then there was knitting, pottery, kempo-karate, golf, photography (remember I was doing a photo/week things - yep gave up on that too didn't I?), cooking, crafting, sewing (although I'm not ready to totally give this up yet), painting, baking (I haven't totally given up on this although last night I made some pretty amazing banana muffins... and burnt the bottoms (which means that baking might be next on the give-it-up list). I've started exercising and quit exercising more times than I can count, but I think that's pretty normal, right? Also, I started and then quit doing my own nails (that didn't go over too well). I did garden this year and didn't give up on that yet! So, there's that. And now this blog. I'm not saying I'm quitting it. Yet. I still think about it and wonder what I should do. Should I keep it? Should I quit it? Should I keep it and just think about it and never actually write anything (because right now that's working for me).

Anyway, I just thought I'd send this little note out there and let anyone who actually reads this informed on the fact that I haven't completely given up on blogging yet. Also, to wish you all a very merry Thanksgiving and I hope that I won't actually quit this Lill' Life blog, yet.

The last few weeks, again!

I'm not sure how I manage to ignore this for so much time, especially in the summer when I thought I'd be paying much more attention to My Lill' Life, sorry little blog :( Here are some pictures of what the last few weeks have been like for me. The first three are just kind of random, the middle three are from our Cali. trip and apparently in the last three, I was liking the "nature" pictures, I guess especially with water drops :) Enjoy!

A yummy Heart-Strawberry from our garden!

I guess I can't resist a high bun picture every time. I have fun playing with my hair during the summer, when I actually have time!

I had a gift certificate for a local day spa and decided to get Shellac(ed)!

Hubby didn't know I was taking pictures of him, hee hee! At a rest stop having lunch heading to Redding.

The road shortcut we took from Sonara to get to Yosemite. This picture DOES not show how scary this road (and I say 'road' lightly here) was! We were in our Jeep and we barely fit inside of the road, one side was a cliff down the other side the mountain. Lucky hubby is a great driver!

Pine-cone along the shortcut to Yosemite.

Drew Drops

More dew drops!

Lily from my mom's yard, they lasted 3 weeks cut in a vase!

Over did it?

Well, I decided to go on a walk today. I don't usually do this. There are many not so good reasons, but they are still my reasons. First, I don't live in a town where people tend to walk just for exercise. Two, I'm not often motivated to go on a walk alone. Three, I get bored walking solo. BUT I did it anyway.Yay me! It is my goal every summer to be a better me come September, I don't usually follow through very well. But so far, two days of summer break and two days of exercise!  However, to be honest with you, I think I over did it. You wonder how can I over do walking? I wonder the same thing. I do know that I am already sore and my muscles are twitching. It might have something to do with the body weight matrix from last night. Don't ask! It might have something to do with the pace at which I was walking. It might have something to do with the hour and seven minutes, 4.15 miles. It might have something to do with the fact that I haven't gone on a walk (for exercise in a LOOOONGGG time).  For those of you exercise enthusiasts this might seem like no biggie to you, but boy was it tough for me by the end. I thought my legs might crumple right underneath me! Good thing I had some good walking buddies. Some of my friends who kept me company deserve a shout out: Britney, Will S., Adele, Kelly and the many more who I don't remember. You're the best!

And the biggest thank you to my amazing shoes.  I love you dearly.

The last 8 weeks

Oops. So, it's been a while since I've been on here. I think I have 8 pictures to catch up and and probably a million other things I could've written about. For the friends that follow this, my apologies. I am not going to try to follow the picture ideas that I was using before and instead just post 8 pictures that I've taken in the last 8 weeks.

Front porch, after some updating

Yummy dinner of asparagus. I remember I wish I had made more, it was soo good!

Lilac!

Back of head sock bun. This pic is mostly for Jamie!

Our first food from the garden!

Watering the garden in May, when it was warm out!

Our fist little baby sprout from seed! I believe this was the lemon cucumber that popped up first!

Front yard hosta.

So, you can see that I've been spending most spare time in the yard. We've done a major overhaul in the last few months. It's been a lot of fun, and very rewarding. I am so excited to watch my garden continue to grow. I planted, from start, corn, reg. cucumber, bell peppers, strawberries (ate the first one yesterday), tomatoes, lettuce, basil, oregano, rosemary, mint, parsley; from seed I planted beets, lemon cucumbers, zucchini and bush beans. It is so fun, I love watching my babies grow, and cannot wait to start eating them. YUM!

Week 15: Something you're reading

This is even more tragic that what's in my bag. At the time being I am not reading anything. Shame! I know, I love reading too! I'm blaming work. It's busy in the spring time, I know it's not a good excuse but it's the only one I've got. Oh wait! I have another excuse too. Our little town's library doesn't always have the books that I'm looking for. The last few times I've gone in to look for some good reads I haven't found the ones I've wanted. I'm sure if I spent more time browsing I would find plenty, but usually my heart is set on something. Also, I don't usually end up giving myself enough time to just browse. But that said, if you know of any extra good reading, let me know and I'll see if I can get it. ((Okay, yes I know that I could just go buy the book, but I just like to use the public library!)) All that to say that I was actually reading something earlier today, then I got distracted by thinking about what pictures I should be taking since I seem to wait two weeks between posts. I saw that this week's was "something you're reading" and since I have nothing else and I was actually reading this today I snapped a pic of it. Just wait, I know you'll be jealous...

That's right! I was reading the CCSSM for 5th grade, that is Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. I knew you'd be jealous. I was reading these in preparation for a workshop I'm attending Tuesday, but that's a whole other thing...

Here's to hoping you have something better to read,

Week 14: In your bag

Well, it's not too much to look at, the other sections of my bag were even more boring though... wallet, coffee jacket, flossers... so you get this instead. Let's see some yummy smelling lotion from my momma at Christmas, Maybeline's 10 super stay gloss, and a cute zippy bag that houses a pic, headache medicine, hair ties, eye drops and chapstick (yep, I fit a lot in that little zippy). But also, isn't the inside of my bag cute??

Week 13: Close Up

I didn't realize until I loaded the pic on my computer that it's a bit blurry, but oh well. Here's a close up of some decorations I bought today. You can tell they were cheapies since you can see the seam in the eggs, but they are still cute for spring time!