Makes My Heart Warm

To see my son love broccoli as much as he does.  And who wouldn't love this "urban farm" grown goodness - straight from our farm?!  Or the beautiful bouquet of Cosmos that Andy brought home to me fresh picked with the broccoli?  Speaking of farm, I will be posting a lot more in the coming year about our new "urban farm" and it's progress.  Right now we are getting ready to put up hoop houses for tomatoes and more cosmos as well as other warm weather crops.  We're trying to get a jump start!  I'm super excited and with a lot of hard work and a little luck, we should have tomatoes soon, and hopefully before the rest of the vendors at market!

Tomato transplants - they are growing so fast you can almost see them growing.  We're having tons of fun watching them come up and get bigger!

What's your top New Year's resolution this year?

I have moved my blog over to http://kateebessey.blogspot.com/ . Please visit me there!!!! I'll be posting lots of new and super interesting stuff about our "urban farm" and new creations and life over there.

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Busy, Busy, Busy

This is just a sample of the things I made and the things that Patrick got from Santa and us and the things that we have done over the past few days. Life is so busy and we are so broke, but I have a beautiful family and I feel lucky to have such wonderful people in my life - including my very special friends. I spent lots of hours cooking and sewing and knitting and worrying about how things were going to get done and how we were going to afford to make it a special Christmas for Patrick. But in the end it all worked out and he loved the day, mostly because he got to spend it with us and his cousins and his Grama Judy and Grandpa Bessey.

Shout Out to TUCSONMAMA>ORG

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This is a wonderful blog that I follow. She's great about sharing lots of local happenings, places of interest, things for kids and families and useful parenting information! Check out the article and check out her website at tucsonmama.org!

I"m tired.....

School and life.

so far my son's elementary school experience has been challenging for me...not so much for him, but extremely so for me. nothing has challenged my feelings of inadequacy as a parent more than the school experience. sheesh...who would have thunk it? Anywho, this video is an interesting take on our current school system and it's future. I can't say I disagree with him.......

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So every few months (give or take) I decide it's time to start blogging again, creating again, getting a life again.....you get the picture. So here is my attempt at it for the month of October. I am going to try to post something everyday, hopefully something interesting, or at least not totally, completely boring.

It's been a rough go of it the past few weeks (especially the past few days), but I'm seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. I was training to do my second triathlon and I injured my knee. I tried to tough it out, in typicaly Kate (headstrong) fashion, but my knee won out. I ended up withdrawing from the race, but I haven't given up all hope. There is another race in March that I am planning on doing and my knee should be good an healed for that one....watch out 40 something year old ladies, I'm on the mend.

I read this post by Vintage Chica the other day and it really inspired me. It touched me to the core and left me sobbing, but in a good way. If any of you are struggling with decisions that you've made as a parent or doubting your abilities I highly recommend reading this: http://vintagechica.typepad.com/the_life_and_times_of_thi/2010/09/navigating.html