kelsey is getting married.
we got a new tv. it is nice and big.
i beat the 2mil challenge on katamari.
it snowed two days ago, and i really want to garden, but i've just been so much busier this year. it just makes me sad, because i know that even the little bit of time that I will get to spend gardening won't matter, because it won't be enough, and everything will do badly, because I'm not there to take care of it every day.
it is so hard not to be able to garden. really, right now, it feels like that is the only thing i want to do, ever, for the rest of my life. i've begun thinking about career options that would support this ability, but i'm not sure, because i know eventually i will just be a stay-at-home mom and get to have a garden in my back yard, and then i will be happy. getting to that backyard is the issue.
i don't know what to do with my compost heap, if i should let it take up room in my garden, or if i should ask to be allowed to put it somewhere else.

so far in the garden i've got mint, onions, and blackberries.
sprouting, i've got basil, chamomile, zucchini, green beans, marigolds, and in pots i've got chives, parsley, more basil, rosemary and something else i can't remember. some assorted flowers.
i want to also do: peppers, hot and/or green, cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes, and garlic. possibly more onions around the edge, if there's not enough garlic? and maybe some poppies just because i love them so much.

yesterday I
emptied the dishwasher
made dinner
did a load of laundry

Yesterday I made chicken pot pie
(frozen peas,corn,carrots, two chicken thighs in pieces, less than 1/2 recipe of the white sauce for macaroni and cheese, one can of cream of mushroom soup in 13x9 pan, one recipe of mommy's fast biscuits, rolled out thin on top, 350 for 20ish minutes, till barely golden. so yummy!)

and cupcakes
and did a load of dishes

and in katamari i got those two stars that I couldn't find,
and beat two levels of coop on my own
but still can't get 2000000kms. need to play through more coop?

enchiladas

not too weird, so that mark will eat them

Innards:
ground beef,
onion
green pepper
taco seasoning
garlic
one tomato diced
half a can of corn
can of whole black beans

whole wheat tortillas

grated cheese

sauce:
two cans of chili
one can of rotel
1/2 c salsa

brown ground beef with onion, mix in other stuff, until soft

put a bit of your sauce on the bottom of the 15x10 pan, fill each tortilla with ground beef, and a bit of cheese roll up and put face down in pan. If you have leftover innards, mix them in with your sauce. pour sauce over enchiladas, cover with cheese, bake at 350 for 20 or so minutes.

The chili is to make mark eat them, because that's how his mom makes it, the veggies are to make me bother making it. next time, we'll see what happens if i make a real sauce, but mark doesn't trust me to make up recipes that I haven't tried yet. start with the basics, when he likes that, change it gradually to be healthy.

today it was snowing when we got up! and sticking!
work closed early so i didn't go in, instead i went on a walk, and then to the grocery store.
i baked sweet potatoes, and made a modified green bean casserole too.

today i didn't do much at all because my back hurts.
but i did take pictures of the baby hat and posted them

vacuumed
put away clean dishes
swept and mopped kitchen
washed kitchen rug and blue blanket and mittens
finished hat
spent time with mommy