Full days.

I love full days. Even if they're not as fun as the ones spent on getaways. For instance, today I'll be extremely busy around the house + out & about, just getting things back in order after being gone for 4 days (my mother always said coming home from vacation to a dirty house was the worst thing--I agree). Laundry, piles and piles of laundry (these are the times I love our all black wardrobe, no sorting!), watering and tending to my herb/veggie garden, etc.

Ooooh, of which I have failed to list my crops:
*basil- two big pots of it
*rosemary
*lemon thyme
*greek oregano
*parsley
*arugula
*apple mint
*dill
*chives
*peppers
*butterhead lettuce
*cherry tomato plant
*peppermint

I'm extremely excited to soon be able to cook freely with these. They've been in infancy for several weeks but just being gone for 4 days they have grown leaps and bounds.

I'm busy stripping the bed & washing the sheets and duvet cover, catching up on what I've missed online these few days, emailing, tidying up, unpacking (okay... thats done and took like, 10 seconds), weeding thru the veggies in the fridge to prepare some kind of roasted dish tonight, making lists for the weekend of what I need from the farm & making menu plans, going to the local farm & Costco later in the afternoon & preparing for:

KICK ASS TAKE NAMES LEARN GERMAN SUPER FAST FIESTA 2008

I bought this last night on the way out of town in San Luis Obispo. Its language learning time again, folks. Its been becoming increasingly clear that when Philipp & I have children we would like to raise them in a bilingual home. I don't want secrets being told behind my non-speaking German back so: this.means.war.

After learning Russian I've realized how I learn best and thats by absolutely cramming as much words and phrases into my head and then piecing together grammar as I go along. I have a certain knack for knowing how stuff should sound without the hows and whys so I've been searching for the right book to help me and this one seemed to work pretty well for what I am looking for. (More rote learning, less grammar). Also received my old tiny German phrasebook in the mail from P's mother, so that will be handy. Thanks, Eveline!