Realization

My sister-in-law Mindy told me last night that I've used "realization" about five times in the course of the week.  To make it an even six, I had a realization today.  Another one. 

Andy and I had six seed packets of various lettuces in our hand  at the nursery today and wondered which would be the best type of soil to plant them in, but that wouldn't break the bank.  To plant all the seeds would require us to build a raised garden bed, which we've been wanting to do, which would mean learning how to use the table saw for the first time that we've had in the garage for years unused (thank you, Dad!), to cut the wood that's also been sitting in the garage for maybe a year. 

All this would have to be accomplished in the few remaining hours of the afternoon because we're in the last good planting weekend of the year, so we think, but don't know for sure because we are operating on our very limited gardening knowledge of the low-desert planting schedule I printed the other evening from Valley Permaculture Alliance.  If anyone is interested in a neat organization, I highly recommend it!

For any teachers, parents, readers out there, you might all the sudden be reminded of Laura Numeroff's If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Pig a Party, etc... and wonder why.  Yeah, that's our life right there in some very endearing kids books.  If only the craziness we create felt so heart-warming.

I said to Andy, "Are you really going to build it?" 
"Yes, I just have to learn how to use that saw," he decleared with a telling grin.
I thought about it for a second and said, "You know, maybe we should just put everything back, buy what I need to finish the other project I've had my mind on for several weeks that should really get finished in the next week, and learn more about planning and starting a garden (oh, and operating a table saw, safely) so we are prepared for the spring planting."

Agreed!  Hours later I realized what happened.  Recently committing to both start and finish, and documenting it here just made us think realistically through an idea beyond our impulse.  Is it really something we're going to complete in the time that we have and the budget that we don't have (but will soon - watch for another start!)?

This may be the way some of you operate all the time, but this is a new skill - more like phenomenon - for us.  I feel like we've matured (which is altogether different than aged in my book).  Wow.  I'm flabbergasted and thrilled!