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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Life and Frigg

I lost my job a month ago. It's been a blessing and a curse. I get to spend more time focusing on and connecting with my children. But I was the main breadwinner, and our income has been drastically reduced.

Losing my job has lead to an increase in my anxiety, and I haven't been capable of doing anything to better our position yet. I would love to go into business for myself, but everything I would want to do is so far from fruition and would need more money than we have to start it up. And sadly, due to poor management in the past, my credit is nowhere near where it needs to be in order to get a business loan.

I'm slowly working on getting out of the funk. I am ready to work on a regular devotional practice. I will be helping my husband where I can with his shop and I am working on getting the garden and home into better working order.

The garden is so overwhelming right now. We tilled about 1600 sq ft and almost all of it is overgrown with weeds. I never got the broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and brussels sprouts in because all of our seedlings died before it was warm enough to put out. I know, now, that they weren't getting enough sun. Hopefully we can either build or acquire a greenhouse for those this fall or winter so that won't happen again. Or maybe a grow light, but we don't have much room indoors.

I'm talking to our local Heathen community about starting up a study group, and a women's circle. So many more people are coming out into the open, and I am hoping to build the bonds of our local Heathen community.

The last bit I'm focusing on is setting up an altar to Frigga. I also want a place for offerings to the house wights inside and the land wight outside.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Spring

Winter is over, Spring is here. It was a fairly mild winter, but it was tough for me. Depression comes and goes, and right now I feel like it's lifting. But I've been feeling like this on and off for a few months, now. So I may have another low point. I'm hoping not.

I hear fish oil, vitamin D, and turmeric all help, so I might try those.

Our garden is tilled. Mostly. It was given a once over, but we have some wild violets taking it back already. We have this claw tool that helps pull it up by the roots, and it makes the work easier, at least.

We need to get our hose connected to a spigot. I'm not sure if we have one outside that works, but may have one in the laundry nook that can reach the garden.

Our garlic looks to be doing well. I planted two varieties last fall. Some USA grown garlic that I picked up from Sam's Club, and some Elephant Garlic that I got online. I only got about 6 or 7 cloves of the elephant garlic out of the bulbs, though, so I may order some more come autumn. I planned on just replanting the ones we have, but I want to have a bit more and to use what we grew.

I have some cabbage sprouted, but the cats knock over the broccoli and brussels and I don't know what was saved. It's about time where I can plant it outside. So I think I'll just do most of it direct. Once I get those off my very limited indoor space I'll start some tomatoes and peppers. It's tough with the limited indoor space. We are hoping to save enough money on groceries to afford a small greenhouse for these things next year. I want to connect one to the southern door like a porch so that we can have some passive heating and maybe grow a few things as perennials that we couldn't otherwise.

I'm sure this is rambling, but I needed to write. I can't figure out a good way to plan out and document the garden otherwise.