Shamrocks in February

shamrocks spring 2011

It's the 1st of February and things are looking towards spring.  I've got seeds started for Brussels Sprouts (with other seeds started soon) and as I was cleaning out planters at the side of our house I noticed that the shamrocks I planted last year and had died during the summer, have come back to life and are blooming their beautiful white flowers.  I'm a person who tries to hold onto winter for as long as I can because I know that after winter, summer eventually comes (I am not a hot weather person).  For some reason however, I'm excited about this spring.  Maybe excited is not the right word, but I'm in full scale "prepare" mode because I know something is coming.  I can't even tell you if it's good or bad but that I've got this urge to prepare.  It's almost like what happens to me when I'm nesting.  But I'm not. . . honestly I'm not (just in case you were wondering.)

Part of that preparation has been in the form of learning how to do new things frugally.  I'm trying to become as self reliant as a mountain girl stuck in the city can get.  One of those things has been cloth wipes.  "What?  You cloth diaper but you don't cloth wipe?"   You are asking.  I know.  I know.  But I was in the middle of cutting up scraps of old T-shirts to try out homemade (Clorox type) wipes for cleaning things with (not bottoms) and as I was doing that I thought to myself, "Why am I willing to try these homemade cleaning wipes and I'm not willing to try the cloth diaper wipes?"  It just didn't make sense to me why I would do that so I pulled out my scrap flannel and cut up some cloth wipes and gave them a try (spray bottle method).  And the verdict?  Love the cloth wipes (so does Baby Boy's bottom) but hate the homemade cleaning wipes.  I think for now I'll stick to my trusted Clorox wipes.

In my quest for frugality, I came across a web site that I've fallen in love with.  It's called "One Good Thing" and I think you will really enjoy it too.  Some of the things she shares seem a little overboard or impractical but I've loved a lot of her ideas.  So here you go.  One Good Thing

Ok, good bye for now.  I've probably sent you all into overload by posting two days in a row.  Now it's off to the farmers market for me.