It's Harvesting Time!!

Well I must say that this year has not been great for the garden, unfortunately due to my hubby's back injury we were unable to keep up on this crazy weed that took over the whole garden and stunted the growth on almost everything. My garlic rotted out due to water and ant damage. The onions were next to the garlic and they barely grew. The lettuce also failed miserably due to the darn weeds.

But, we have gotten a lot of good stuff too! Which I of course documented :)

Next year we are moving the garden to the other side of the yard and going big, and we are planning on ways to control the weeds.

Carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, jalapeno peppers,
one cob of corn and one tiny green pepper.  

Carrots, cucumbers, swiss chard, beans,
 and a piece of broccoli

My August Nails

I thought these nails looked like summer, although my hubby was quick to point out they reminded him of Easter. I will not let that get me down, I think they are beautiful and I just love pastels.

Fireworks and a Cheetah!

Well actually it was the other way around, my friend and I went to visit a mutual friend about 45 minutes away which happens to be close to a farm/zoo (more farm animals with a few zoo animals), needless to say we enjoyed our day, good food, great hospitality and lots of laughs, plus I just happened to get a photo of this beautiful Cheetah, which I text to my hubby of course.

We also reached a milestone in our life, which maybe for most people it would not be, but we celebrated paying our car off! I think I may have mentioned in a previous post :) 

We enjoyed our night with family and FIREWORKS!

I'm a Farm Girl in a Vegetable Kingdom with Chicky-Poos

I will not say that I am "True" farm girl, I live in "Farm Country", meaning lots of large farms with cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, horses, etc.  They have to tend to barn chores, getting up in the early hours of the morning to go feed, water and clean the animals, and provide general care. Most of them go off to a second job, work all day there and come home and repeat the process. This is daily living for people around here and for most, their lively hood. I like to think I am a Farm Girl in the sense that I love living off the land - to a certain extent - and knowing that what I am eating was grown by us and not mass produced.

Taking care of chickens is not a daunting task for us, give them love, food, water, let them outside, soon we will add collecting eggs, and mostly keep them clean. Two times a day we check them, or if we are walking by.

My Hubby and I raise chickens for meat, hens for eggs, and grow a vegetable garden every spring and summer. This is our first year with hens, but my parents grew meat birds, and now we grow meat birds, so they are not new to us. We do not slaughter the birds our self, we do take them to a local man who is highly recommended and is very clean.

I have posted some photos below or our "Farm". Due to the harsh winter in Nova Scotia most crops are a month behind and are producing smaller plants. For example the tomato plants are normally much larger, but they are small and already producing tomatoes. However, we are still very proud and happy with the growth of our garden and it is our first year growing corn and watermelons. I will definitely post some of the fresh produce when it has matured and is ready to eat and share with our family and friends. 

Top - Laying Hens
Bottom: Meat Bird Chicks

Top - Full Garden
Left  to Right - Swiss Chard, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Green Beans, Broccoli, Garlic, Lettuce, Corn
(not shown close, Carrots, Green Pepper, Jalapeno Peppers, White & Red Onions, (3) Types of Potatoes, Watermelon)

Just Tickled Pink

I am on vacation, getting a new tub installed and I am over the moon that yesterday was my last car payment!! I can finally say that I OWN my car :)

I have been waiting for this moment since the first installment came out, I rushed out and bought this car not even thinking about the length of time it would take to pay it off. Since that day I have grown wise...well at least with regards to car purchases and another car purchase is not in the near future.

This is a milestone in my life that I will remember until I get Dementia or Alzheimers, ahaha.

I will reap the rewards soon enough...well the rewards for now are fixing my Hubbys truck and making some purchases we need, like a new fridge. Then the saving can begin!

Well, I am off to get some more cleaning done, and maybe bake something, you know, fun vacation stuff.

My July Nails

I am really enjoying this half almond, half oval nail shape. I went with a different shade than usual this time. I was undecided, which was surprising since I had been looking at designs for two weeks, and ended up with this one which was on on my nail radar at all. The silver gems were a last minute decision.

Emite Make Up: Professional Eye Lash Curler Review

Stock photo from http://www.emitemakeup.com/

I have been using this curler since February this year, 5 months in total. Today after an "incident" I have decided to review it.

The product description boasts of a special curved design that will not touch your makeup base, suits all eye shapes and a silicone rubber pad that applies an appropriate amount of pressure to give your lashes a natural curl. Also stating "Your eye lashes will remain in perfect shape all day!".

This curler fit my eye shape just fine, but it did however touch my makeup, I found myself cleaning off eyeliner often, but it was never close enough to smudge my eye makeup. Perhaps I was just curling too close to my lid, I do have short lashes. This curler definitely delivered on giving a natural curl all day, the curl was very slight, but noticeable.

I noticed the last few weeks that the curler was not providing enough pressure, so today I really looked at it and sure enough it was broken. It seems where it had been put together just let go from the daily use, as you can see in the picture below.

I am disappointed that this product did not stand up to its name, and I would not think of this as a professional curler. Although, I am not a professional, but I assume an eyelash curler would last longer that 5 months being used once a day, five days a week.

I will not repurchase this Professional Eyelash Curler from Emite Makeup.