Porch Swings and Sheds

I started off the day being productive. Meaning I made strawberry shortcake for breakfast (complete with ice cream...breakfast of champions).

Purging (not the strawberry shortcake) was then on my list of things to do, as I have way too much stuff. I started in the garage as Grace wanted me to be outside with her while she rode her bike.

The garage has been housing Grace's dilapidated crib (I'm pretty sure she never actually slept in

her crib a day in her life). I decided that rather than try and give it away as it was super gross, I would just dismantle it and throw it away...landfill hear it comes, eh? Dismantle I did, and that's as far as I got (minus throwing the hardware in the dumpster), as I decided the sides could definitely be repurposed for something.

Purging is not my strong point.

I'm blaming my brother and his wife for ending my morning purge as they stopped by and urged me to bring my kid and come hang out up at the property with them and Dad. So I headed up, bringing along part of the crib. :)

I turned it into a porch swing:

Dad and I also went to see his friend Junior, who operates a woodworking shop that manufactures playgrounds and sheds. We now have a plan. This fall, Junior is going to come check out my site, talk about exactly what I want, construct it in pieces at his shop, and then bring it to my site and slap it together...all within my budget. I'm super excited. It's going to be a tiny little bit smaller than I originally anticipated, but not exactly - maybe just configured differently. I had planed on a full loft that would fit two "bedrooms". What we're going with now is two sleeping lofts on each side of the cabin...I find this excellent...

...excellent I say.

A Bulleted List

• My daughter is currently attempting to sleep in her own bed. This is HUGE. I'm therefore staying away past my bedtime, so that I can be the "Sleep Fairy". Awesome.
• I really love the fact that I have friends that I can text and say, "You know Miss Havisham?" And they automatically get it and immediately reply, "Stop it. You will not become her."
• I'm leaning towards buying a shed, plopping it down and calling it home, rather than building. It just seems sensible. Not quite as rewarding, however most of my time is spent earning money, I should spend it. I should spend it on a "cabin" as I don't have time to build a cabin because, as I mentioned, most of my time is spent earning money. It's a cyclical argument I think.
• I went for a hike yesterday in Rothrock. Beautiful. Fun. Inspiring. We walked a road, and at the top it intersected the Mid-State Trail, which I was immediately pulled toward...I think it was sucking me in.
• I've been leaning towards an extremist position having to do with productivity, in that I can't see the point in engaging in any activity without practical application. I was driving and saw some people playing ladder ball, and literally scoffed at them in my mind. I shared this with mom last night, and she replied that the point is recreation. Recreation?! Oh goodness what's happening to me...
• After my hike yesterday, I put in the garden. 2 rows of onions, 2 rows of beets, 2 rows of green beans, 2 rows of collards, 3 rows of ambrosia sweet corn, 18 tomato plants, half a row of spinach, 4 rows of incredible sweet corn, 2 rows of onions, 1 row of bell peppers, 1 and a half row of hot peppers, half a row of green beans, 1 row of kale, 1 zucchini plant, 1 yellow squash plant, 1 hill of cucumbers (4 plants), 2 watermelon plants, and 2 cantelope plants. Done and done. Now we have upkeep. This year I will stay on top of weeding, and I will get all of it put up.
• Time to be the Sleep Fairy.

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