She's my Piper Cub

A few people have asked me about Piper's name and aside from being cute it carries some major meaning for me.
My dad has been building and flying Piper Cub airplanes for as long he could hold a screwdriver. I have never known a time when my dad didn't carry the scent of airplane parts and have hands that were stained a particular shade of "cub yellow". His devotion to building these cute little tail-draggers was a wonderful part of my childhood and I had the privilege of spending countless hours beside him in the workshop helping fit into the nooks and crannies of a Cub. I have then had the pleasure of riding in the cub, which I think is akin to puttering around the sky on a riding lawnmower. I have associated both of my pregnancies with Cub rides. I found out about my first pregnancy right after a beautiful Cub ride, and a more harrowing ride in a WWII German bi-plane....(might have skipped that if I knew). I also visited the little Piper Cub when Shelby was two and I was pregnant with my own little Piper. I knew in my heart that I would have this little girl and be able to give her the name Piper, which represents all of the wonder and delight of my own childhood. I look forward to her first trip to the airport.

Spring Break Ya'll

This week has been a wonderful reprieve from school. Finished with one course and eight weeks left to go in Grad. School, I hope (there is still some impending massive, ugly exit exam). So, first I wanted to revisit the ghost of Spring Break Past. This would inevitably include a drunken jaunt somewhere in Florida and probably involve my friends pulling me away from a sloppy fight with another drunken young woman...Since there are still no time machines I guess I'm screwed...

Anyway, I would rather be stung by a thousand Tracker Jackers rather than return to those days. It is true there is a season for every stage of life. Speaking of seasons, it is Spring, or Summer if your looking at the temp. 88 today whaaa? This Spring Break was filled with an amazing development. Obviously I read all three books in the Hunger Games Series. Next, I dug a small veggie plot in my backyard. It is small, but I have a great plan to get some serious yields from my wee little plot. I also have room for more veggie/herb combo plots along the side of my house, which I promise not to make ugly...

Shelby had a great time picking out her seeds. We went with early Spring Stuff: carrots, peas, radishes, lettuces. Later in the season we will do tomato, squash, cucumber. I have a good plan for cukes which involves the use of a trellis (refer to pic.) So I dug out the grass, back still sore. Mixed in some organic manure mix, added organic garden soil, mixed again, then put up a wire fence to keep the dog out. In the time I went to Lowes to pick up some stuff he had already taken a steaming dump right in the middle of the new garden...So the fence had to go up. I added an Army and POW flag and just to take the Victory garden theme a bit further, another patriotic yard flag. Let's hope something grows...

This is the final stretch of school for me, I hope.....Still need to take some big-ass test. Anyway right now I need to be turning in an assignment, not doing this, but I am the biggest procrastinator the world has ever seen. Hopefully once I am done with this Master's degree adventure, I can devote more time to sitting on my behind and blogging about nonsense...But I should probably put this big expensive degree to work and look for a job. We shall see. Rest assured there are more interesting things to come for this blog. Maybe next time I'll pay my bills, won't that be a thrill. COFFEE......MORE COFFEE!