Eggplant!

Okay, so I harvested an eggplant today. I'm not actually sure how it tastes yet, it broke off the vine while still little, so I hope it's still good. Besides, baby eggplant is supposed to be a delicacy, right? I do have some other fruit growing so I should be able to get more than one.

The rest of the garden is looking okay. My tomatoes are way behind this year. I did get tons of peas in the spring, though. I have peppers on all my plants and I'm just waiting for them to ripen. I also managed to get some beans and beets. Our corn is a little slow this year also and we had a wilt hit our potatoes. We still got potatoes, but they aren't as big as they could be. I should also be getting some yellow crookneck squash this week.

All in all, I accomplished another goal of mine :)

Monday's Miracles

1. Leftovers- It's nice to have enough to eat and then some.

2. Cups

3. Wooden Pallets- They have lots of uses

4. Trees- Again, they have lots of uses

5. Good Friends :)

My Struggle

So, after reading an article on Post-Partum Depression and recognizing many of the signs they talked about I made an appointment with my midwife, and surprise, I have PPD! One of the reasons that I think I didn't recognize it at first is because it didn't happen right after I had Rachel. I was actually pretty good after I had Rachel. Of course I had the occasional bad day, but don't most people? Then it got to be two bad days and then three. Pretty soon I was counting the good days instead of the bad ones. So, I am now on some medicine. It will take a little while it is really showing that it's helping. However, just putting a name to why I'm tired, why a dirty table gives me such anxiety and why I just don't want to do anything has been very liberating. I'm not going crazy.

I Should Be a Writer

Really, I should. All day long I have these words running through my head. I will compose a full article on a topic in my head. Why then is it so long between blogs? Well, I find it very difficult to type while holding one or more children. I'm lucky right now because no one is on my lap. I wish I wrote more. I need to find a way to get all of these words out of my head and written down somewhere, if for no other reason than they are cluttering up my brain and making it hard for me to think of anything else. Well, the baby is waking and once again I will have a child in arms. Have a good day everyone.