Branching out

So life has changed a lot for me in the last 2 years. In fact, just saying that is kind of an understatement. These days I find myself home a lot. My focus has turned from a once busy corporate and agency career to taking care of my home and my kiddos all the time. And while I never really saw myself a full-time stay-at-home mom, here I am. I am trying my best to "bloom where planted".

In the old days, Andy did most of the cooking, but now I cook most of our meals and am experiencing a renaissance of culinary passion. Its nice to be home during the day to cook things the right way as compared to the past when we got home from work late and just wanted warm food to fill our hungry bellies as fast as possible. Delights like roasting whole chicken and making and baking baguettes and tarlets are new options for me that I'm delving into and loving. I'm shopping our local farmer's market every week and have actually established a relationship with the farmer's that grow our produce!

I've also been able to take on some fun crafty projects for the house and the kids. I've always loved crafting, but in the past I had no time for it (and frankly I could afford to buy a lot of what I wanted).  Lately, I've enjoyed sewing some clothes for my girls and doing some fun household projects.

At the same time, I haven't had as much time to work in the yard as I'd prefer as I'm indoors with the kiddos most of my days. My gardening budget was also more than exhausted last year with our landscaping projects. I am, however, taking on a few outdoors projects, like the chickens, an outdoor shower and vegetable garden beds for the Spring.

I share all of this to say that I'm branching out on the blog to cover some of my other interests - I'm a multi faceted girl afterall....some might say I'm a little too faceted - fractured even! I'd like to share some fun other house and garden projects and recipes going on around here. Hope you don't mind!