The Gothic Homesteader

Ok, so maybe I have gotten too use to Phoenix Valley warmth, but blast it all it has gotten cold down here!  Besides that it is rainy, and though I adore the rain, not when it means we are freezing!  They say it wont get out of the 40s today... and I believe it.  I am glad spring is not long away and we bought the little electric fireplace heater not sure being sure if we would need it or not...sure enough, it has already paid for its self!  It's a poor substitute to our wood burner we had in Thoreau, NM, but sure better than the nothing we had before....  At least this cold snap has meant I got to pull out the Gothic velvets and such for a few weeks this year! Note to self:  Cinder block walls once they get cold stay cold for a LONG time!!! ~ Morria

Things have been on hold a bit here at the Gothic Apartment Homestead, or more like they have been totally swamped.  My husband started college, two months earlier than originally planned, I got a new job working overnights ( love the shift! ), and we had Thanksgiving to get through.  Now that things have leveled out, and with payday just around the corner, I shall be getting back to normal blogging. I did get a good book which I have started reading, that I highly recommend to all my fellow Gothic Apartment Homesteaders:  Apartment Gardening  by Amy Pennington.  Haven't read it all the way through yet, but well worth getting! ~ Morria