#25: Crafts

I enjoy making things and have been finding ways to expend my creative energies while home with my little one and we wait for the arrival of the littlest one. I do it in many forms, from decorating the nursery, to the spring makeover we did in our living room to little projects such as making tags for my sisters upcoming Baby shower gift bags. These are simple and they utilized tools I already had from a previous party (Arielle's second birthday party) so it wasn't to much to do but it was a fun little project for us. And anything involving paint or glue are alright with my daughter anyway.

#26: Comments

I know there must be someone reading beside my husband at this point, at least a couple of others, right? C'mon...let me know you're there! Over the last few months since I basically "canon-balled" into the world of social media, going from barely texting and email into blogging, Facebook-ing, Twitter-ing and linking in, I have found its a tough time out here in the world of wide webs! Its like pulling teeth to get a like on your "Facebook" page..I was sure I'd at least have 10 by now but no such luck!. And in over 60 post and over 500 views, only one comment! Well, here I am asking for comments, of course I would like them to be nice and fluffy but honest and blunt will work too.

#27: Fashionable Green Thumb

I have seen this idea somewhere before and really loved the idea for a few reasons, in my mind, its kind of a "gardening for the fashion conscious and non-commital" somehow. No digging, a little drilling, throw in some seeds, decorative wine crates and most importantly easy ( to make and throw away if it fails!) ! I actually think the hardest part might be finding the wine crates because places around here only get wine in boxes but once I find a few I certainly intend to plant something...anything and surprise my "botanically" obsessed husband with my "prize-winning" spinach or better yet broccoli rabe!

http://lifeonthebalcony.com/wine-box-turned-balcony-sized-raised-bed-garden/

#28: Knowledge

One of the things I had always admired about my husband when we first met, was his pursuit of knowledge, if he didn't know the answer to something he would try to find out immediately and if you didn't he would certainly oblige and share his ideas-fact or fiction with you (he still has an answer for most things, they aren't always right but he does anyway). This was way before phones had data plans, everyone had an iphone and "google" (see "to google") became a verb. He was one of those students in graduate school that bought every book on the course reading lists, both required and recommended (and at an ivy league architecture graduate school that really adds up!) 

Anyway, it was very inspiring (and then became, just a way of life) to have access to books during that time, to be able to draw thoughts and stimulate ideas from flipping through the books we had amassed in our tiny apartment. Its a very different experience from searching for something online and receiving a bombardment of "answers" within seconds. Moving day was never fun but now we have a library in our basement filled with books from many years and although the majority of them are architecture- related books that I am familiar with, its nice to go down there and just flip through a book and learn something at your own pace.