Six Word Saturday

Good day! 

My 6 words for this Saturday....



Slow going in blogging this week.


Typically, I post at least 2-3 more personal posts and then whatever else strikes my fancy other days.  But this week....Just not feeling it.  Doesn't happen very often to me but it does occasionally happen.

I have had a bit of insomnia this week which I think hasn't helped so I have been more tired than usual.  And trying to get the house in more order for my trip that is only a week and a half away!


What do you do when you get in a blogging rut?



Want to join 6WS?  Link up with Cate at Showmyface.com.  Describe what is going on in your life in 6 words.  It can be funny, serious, you can explain or not, add images, etc.  It is up to you.  But link up.

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Avocado Pits

I love avocados. 

When I was pregnant with our daughter Kaylyn, I ate avocados by the barrel.  No, seriously...I probably ate at least 1-2 avocados every day for the last month or so of my pregnancy.  I CRAAAAVED them.  I had to have them.  I could eat them alone.  I could eat them in salads.  I could eat them in tacos, burritos.  Guacamole and chips. And little did I realize at the time but avocados are really good to eat while pregnant.  They are rich with Folate which helps promote healthy cell and tissue development.

With Super Bowl this past weekend of course there was homemade Guacamole on our menu.  So so good.

I saved the pits and will be attempting to use them as a starter to an avocado tree.  Yes, I am going to attempt to start the pit to replant.

I remember my grandma always had avocado pits in glasses in her kitchen windowsill sprouting.   I was fascinated by them....but I never remember them being replanted.  Not sure what she ever did with them but they were always there. Even now as an adult when I have gone to visit my grandma (which isn't often enough; she lives in Arizona) she had them.

I figure this will be an easy project for the kids to help with and be able to watch as the roots system sprout in 2-6 weeks.  Hopefully they will be just as facinated.  From there we will transplant into a container so we can move it inside and outside the house as the weather allows.


Thank you to California Avocado Commission for the following simple steps to growing your own tree.

Growing an Avocado Houseplant

Don't throw out that seed! You can grow a beautiful houseplant or even your own tree following these simple steps.

1. Wash the seed. Using three toothpick, suspend it broad end down over a water-filled glass to cover about an inch of the seed.
2. Put it in a warm place out of direct sunlight and replenish water as needed. You should see roots and stem sprout in about two to six weeks.
3. When the stem is six to seven inches long, cut it back to about three inches.
4. When the roots are thick and the stem has leafed out again, plant it in a rich humus soil in a 10-1/2" diameter pot, leaving the seed half exposed.
5. Give it frequent, light waterings with an occasional deep soak. Generally, the soil should be moist but not saturated. Yellowing leaves are a sign of over-watering; let the plant dry out for a few days.
6. The more sunlight, the better.
7. If leaves turn brown and fry at the tips, too much salt has accumulated in the soil. Let water run freely into the pot and drain for several minutes.
8. When the stem is 12 inches high, cut it back to 6 inches to encourage the growth of new shoots.
9. While it is true that you can grow a tree from an avocado seed, keep in mind that a tree grown from seed will be very different from its parent variety and may take 7-15 years to begin producing fruit. Fruit from a tree grown from seed tends to have different flavor characteristics than their parent variety. Known varieties such as Hass avocados are grafted to preserve their varietal characteristics rather than grown from a seed.





Did you know that an avocado is considered a fruit not a vegetable?  I didn't either.

I am linking up this post with Stacy at Not Just A Housewife.



Who Needs A Mop?

The littles have figured out the water dispenser on the refrigerator.  Hayden has known about it for quite some time but he recently shared his secret with his little sister.

This was not good.  Not good at all.  Now she is simply infatuated with it. 

Every little second she gets when I am not fully paying attention she will go press the button.  WITHOUT a cup underneath it mind you.

You would think by now Momma would know not to leave them unattended for any amount of time.

But apparently Momma hasn't learned her lesson until now.

I went to change the laundry the other day and I came back to a lake in our kitchen.  Seriously, I was in the laundry room for maybe 1-2 minutes max and that is all it took.

Waterfall a flowing down our fridge onto the floor.

And when I came back into the kitchen to this...They were jumping in the water laughing. Having a great ol'time like it was normal to have a lake in our kitchen.  I however was not (laughing).  They were soaked from head to toe.

6 or 7 fully soaked towels later...we were back on dry land.

In related news, my kitchen floor is clean so no mopping for me this past weekend.

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Sprint 4 Day Sale!

This post brought to you by Sprint. All opinions are 100% mine.

Time for a new *sale* phone? You're in luck!

Sprint is having their 4 day Cell Phone sale!  Going on February 5th, 2012 through February 8th, 2012.

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OR

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