I suppose I have to post an update since Michael blogged (didn’t expect him to do it that fast!)

Life wanders on at the Stewart household. I think our house needs a name by the way, so I am open to suggestions that you feel reflects our personality. We are settling in nicely, I have one of the last loads from the townhouse to unpack today. (Note to Self: Never move in this way again, it is the cheapest but the most annoying way ever.) Nothing too untoward has happened, but I think every time you move into a new place, one or two things always go wrong. This place was no exception. The first time Michael took a bath, when he drained the tub it backed up in the basement and flooded the main area down there with about an inch of water (which then drained slowly.) Turns out we had a clog in the main line, which was supposable already snaked. They came back the next day and we haven’t had a problem since. We also have a huge pine in the backyard and the windstorm on Sunday knocked several big branches off of it. I would really like it taken out before next Winter, I would obviously suck if it fell on our roof. It is windy again today so I want to wait for a calmer day to go pull the branches off the fence and out of the lower branches.

The picture above was take out of back door on to the deck on March 10th. The snow is all gone now (though there is about an half and inch of hail on it from last night though, crazy Spring weather.) I am looking forward to the unstable weather wrapping up here in a month or so, I want to plant my garden! I ordered heirloom seeds and transplants from Seed Savers Exchange. From seed I will be growing Empress Snap Beans, Sweet Genovese Bail, Titan Sunflowers, Black Beauty Zucchini and True Lemon Cucumber (photos on the packets here.) I also ordered Amish Pie Pumpkins but they are on backorder till later in the month right now. As far as transplants go, I ordered 5 tomato and one ground cherry, which will be delivered on May 18th. I have to admit, beyond all the veggies I am most looking forward to growing one of my favorite flowers, sunflowers. Titan Sunflowers supposable grow 12 feet tall and have 24 inch flowers.

I want to make raised beds but I think that will have to wait till next year since money is tight. I don’t even have the basic tools yet (hoe, garden fork, shovel, bow rake.) Heck we don’t even have a lawn mower, we don’t even know if we have a lawn under the snow yet! Anyways, expect a large portion of my blogging from now on to be spent sharing about my garden experiences.

Regarding blogging… My time offline has given me a little perspective as well as a bit of an identity crisis. I am finding I really like spending the bulk of my time away from the computer and part of me does not even really want to return to it. Why do I blog? Do I even want to keep doing it? Is it worth the time investment?

Michael says people like reading my blog and gain insight from it and if I am offline too long I will lose readership. Do I really care? I don’t know. I keep a handwritten diary, which is enough for me. What do I know? I know I will keep updating Damian’s blog for my family and I know I will want to share about my garden. Beyond that I think I want to focus on my photoblog (which I want to recombine with this one) and maybe my podcast site, which I haven’t touched since Samhain (though I have several unedited podcasts on my laptop.)

So hopefully you will all hang around and bear with us for a bit longer while we continue to settle in to our new home and find our routine. Hopefully you will also all bear with me while I figure out where I want to take my blog from here too.