Rain Break!

Well the best laid plans of men and mice... I think most of my plans are laid by a mouse some days! The weather the last two weeks has been nice and warm and so I went outdoors and attacked our garden and yard! We cleaned up all the leaves that were buried by winter’s sudden arrival in October, pulled a ton of weeds from the flower beds and tilled the vegetable garden. It took us three hours with both of us on the job with a lawnmower apiece but we were able to get the lawn mowed before the rains settled in! And in less than a week it looks like the lawn needs it again!

We are busy running ahead with our Youth Group’s year end wrap up in early June, which will be nice. As much as I love the kids and the program it can be exhausting running the hours we do and therefore some rest and relaxation is going to be very much in order. My husband and I are planning to do lots of camping and day trips into the wilderness this summer, which will be just what the doctor ordered!

I have been busy taking lots of pictures of our trees and yard and will be sharing them as soon as I find where on earth I put the memory card this time! I know it is in a safe place... I just wish for the life of me I could remember where on earth it was that I put it! I have so many wonderful safe places at home, that I have no clue where they are!

I have also been working on scheming up some new blog topics that will be coming out over the course of the summer, along with my random pieces of information, rants and raves! Now to just find the time to sit down and continue updating everyone!

Yours Humbly

The Redneck Pagan

Magic is afoot... and so is change!

I still live, honest! And I once again have to convey an apology as I am once again not posting due to being extremely busy. We have just finished off the settling of my Mother in Law's estate, which included cleaning out her house. We are also getting ready to wrap up the training year in the youth group I belong to and that has meant that every weekend I am just at a run getting things wrapped up. We had our weekend field training last weekend, this weekend a meeting, next weekend they are cleaning up the building and grounds of our local hospice, the weekend after that they go flying, then it's our final wrap up. Somewhere sandwiched in there we are doing regular training nights, band nights and at the end of May we are lucky to have a local Holocaust Survivor coming in to give a presentation (I'll let you know how that one goes, I think it will be a great experience for the kids, even as heartbreaking as it is).

So with all of this, along with the chores of daily living, I have not been writing much. However what I lack in writing, I more than make up for in thinking (this could be trouble). I am plotting some changes to the way I work this blog. You might have noticed that most of my posts are nice essay formats. I chose that when I first started this blog in the middle of summer. Well after almost a year at it I realize that there are going to be times in my life (like now) that I may not have the time to wholly devote to the time and work of the longer article. I also found the format somewhat constricting, having to have well thought out and planned arguments... sometimes I just want to rant! Or share a story, or a picture.

Therefore with all this in mind I have come to the conclusion to tweak some things within this blog. I am adding to it. There are still going to be times when I want to write the full blown articles and will continue to do so whenever I can.  I am also going to be doing the odd things such as "Redneck Rants", when something drives me nuts I will probably write about it here and explore why I find it annoying (like kids runny loose in the supermarket, Facebook game requests, or using the cell phone while going to the bathroom). "Redneck Raves" will be the opposite, things that I absolutely love (chocolate will probably be on the list, people who inspire me, events I attend etc). "Redneck Recommends" will be books, movies and television shows I find worth watching.

Also expect a lot of garden pictures, I love taking pictures in my garden and go a little crazy. I'm also thinking of adding the odd spell, ritual or magical thing I do share some ideas and tricks I have learned along the way (like when mixing oils into clay wear gloves...). I might even ask readers to let me know what they like to read, or have them ask me questions and I will answer in a post. Hopefully this will liven things up and allow me time to explore and share my path, while keeping somewhat sane!

Hope you enjoy this new aspect of the journey with me.

Yours Humbly

The Redneck Pagan