Spring, Sun and Beautiful People

   WOW! Where have I been for the past month?! I'd like to say that I've been busier beyond belief, but I don't know if that is the case, really. Work has been pretty eventful lately, no doubt about that. It's been really exciting. We've had quite a few sites go up in the last month (of which we are quite proud of. Check out our website for updates in our portfolio that should happen soon). I've also been busy working as a software developer. Lately, I've begin to understand exactly how awesome being a developer really is. It's like a new puzzle everyday of which I get to solve.

   Tae Kwon Do has also been a lot of fun. I've been helping teach classes lately, which is a different learning experience in itself. Adult class is a piece of cake to teach, but it's the kids classes that teach you the true meaning of patience. Coming from a large family, I'm pretty well acquainted with interacting with children. These Tae Kwon Do classes, however, really help me to fully grasp the heart of a child. They have so much energy stored up over a long day of school! What better way to release it than to kick a bit? They are all absolutely amazing people.

   Home life? Well, I built two raised garden beds and planted a few tomato plants today. That was a lot of fun and I have the sunbrun to prove it. We are current with the television show "The Office", I still have a knack for board games (recently traded gangsters for Cuba), no water is running out of places it shouldn't, the basement is in progress of becoming a game room. My wife, Jacinda, is great, happy, beautiful and amazing (feel free to visit her blog for some fun and informative reading). As I write all this, I am realising exactly how blessed I am. It's all simple things, of course, but aren't the simple things what make life beautiful? It's the lessons we learn in everyday life. It's what makes us who we are.

Sappy sappy. :-) Now that we are in a different season, I am hopefully going to be blogging more. I can't make any promises, however! Have a good one!


Tags: Spring, Tae Kwon Do, Work, Life



Spring Time Once Again \ Farm Life

The weather starts perking up and no one blogs anymore. Figures. Then again, it's not like I've sat down to write a blog recently, either. Since my last inspirational writing, we've had a couple cookouts, late nights on the porch and ideas on how we want to spend our warm weather months. I forgot exactly how much I like Summer. I feel more energetic and stoked to get some stuff done.

Lately I've been on a whim of starting a garden and having a few chickens, geese, lambs, whatever. Granted the animals would have to be kept at my parents, it sounds like a ton of fun and quite rewarding. Mom and Dad, it'd probably be another excuse to visit, right? I think I've been in this mood for two reasons. First and most obviously, I'm pumped about summer. Secondly, I like the idea of making my own food from the ground up. It's a lost art, if you think of it. A good organically produced meal you tended to from the ground up. It's been replaced with what? eighty-eight cent TV dinners? Have people honestly become too busy to enjoy the simplicity all around us? Though it takes work to support a garden and livestock, in the end, I believe it's cheaper, healthier and more efficient.

It's most likely a hobby at the moment. Ideally, I'd like it to see it be an established lifestyle; the art of frugal spending, utilizing the resources around me in a non-wasteful, healthy manner and living a simple life. A lot of this mentality stems from my upbringing, I think. As a kid I liked to build stuff from ground-up, Rockets, Legos, 400-in-1 electronic kits, etc. My Dad had a pretty "Do it yourself" mentality and would figure out how stuff works, which I admire greatly, Mom was a health nut and we'd generally try lots of weird food together. All of that wrapped in a frugal mind-setting, it makes sense in my mind why I like to do what I do. I like to "Build" what I have. It's easy to pay someone else to do it, but it's not always as beneficial and you definitely lose the great feeling that you did it yourself.

I'm glad I have Jacinda to back me up with this stuff, too. I'm really blessed to have found someone as awesome as her to share ideas and get excited with. I love you, dear!
 

Tags: Archive_Blogger, diy, Food, Health, organic, simplicity, spring, Urban Farming