1. for all the veteran's in my life and all they have done to serve our country. first and foremost is my husband, Shawn. he's served in the U.S. Air Force since 2005. then my father, Eldon DeKay, who served in the U.S. Army for 17 years. and both grandfathers, Gene Robert Larson and Robert Eugene DeKay, who served in the Korean War. thank you all for serving our country!
below are a couple pictures of Shawn in the spring of 2010.
2. for gardening! this is something that people don't really think of in the pre-winter stages but today i have planted my garlic for next year. yay! i thought that i had missed the boat with this one and was a bit sad that i had waited too late. i researched on the internet a little and read that garlic was traditionally planted on the shortest day of the year in europe. i decided that i might as well plant today and see what happens. granted, the ground was frozen and i had to use a garden fork to dig and chop up the frozen dirt, but i did it! i'll, hopefully, have garlic next year! i've had a blast growing so much of our own food this year. all those little plants that i started in the windowsill in march did wonderfully and yielded more food than i had thought i would get. there were some that didn't do as well as i had hoped, but i'm still learning and i hope to make this next year more fruitful.
3. for the fresh autumn air. i know i've already written about this one on a previous post but it's something that i'm regularly grateful for. i was not extremely motivated today and didn't feel all that great. (i think all this sleeping in is getting to me, but never fear for shawn and remi will be back at home on sunday and i'll have my regular remi alarm clock to wake me up in the morning). i slowly worked this morning and by afternoon, i had to lay down for a bit. trying to get my body moving, i then decided that i really needed to get that garlic planted. i put on my coat and, complaining in my head, walked out into the cold. it was all i needed to wake up to the day! it was so invigorating to be outside, enough that i didn't want to come back inside. i worked a bit more outside, played with the dog, took a walk, and brought several loads of wood inside. that cool, refreshing air does wonders!
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