(Re) Chic

While I was staying with my wonderfully supportive boyfriend who was letting me borrow his car to get back and forth to work (I now have my own set of wheels again...yay!) he and I went for a walk around his neighborhood.   We came across what had once surely been a magnificent community garden complete with a children's garden, raspberry bushes, and herbs. But it was no longer the beauty it once had been.   You could hardly see the vegetables for the weeds and the grass and you could tell that no one had been taking care of it recently.   So this brings me to a frustrating question: should we really create community gardens?  I know you're all screaming "yes! Yes! of course we should!" but this is not the first garden I have seen get neglected by its creators.  Another baby community garden in Wilmington was overlooked almost completely this season, some of the beds were not even planted! Of course we all know the pros of community garden:

Happy 150th post to my blog! Its just amazing if you think about how far I've come in my blogging career.  From personal thoughts, to drama, to more drama, to a personal/professional something that I've been working on lately.    And its also interesting how far I've come personally since I started blogging 10 years ago.  I'm 24, have a big-girl job in my own place in a city I really hadn't heard of until I was in college.   Its just amazing how far you can go!

I am ashamed to say that I did not post anything in honor of Suicide Prevention Week.  However, today I was shown this website curated by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.   It was shown to me because you can order publications on particular Mental Health and Substance Abuse topics that interest you.  You can find articles on everything from alchohol abuse to workforce trends and I think its fantastic that there is such a great free resource for people out there.  There are also over 70 articles on Suicide Prevention which is a great link to use this month as last year there were more suicides in Warren & Clinton County in September than any other month.  So if you're at all interested in any of these topics I highly recommend checking out SAMSHA's website I know I'll be ordering some things!

I apologize for my lack of updates lately. So hopefully this one will be nice and long and placate you angry blog readers :-p   I finally felt well enough today to go back out and work on the "garden" on my porch. It's been terribly neglected lately. So first, I repotted the blueberry bush Josh bought me.  We're really excited about it...its a Pink Lemonade Blueberry which we think sounds AMAZING!  It was in a really small pot when we bought it but since it was so close to fall I wanted to wait until it dropped its leaves, I know it looks sad, but its supposed to look that way.   After that I planted the iris rhizomes that I got from my Mom over labor day weekend.  I know its been over a week, but they were so dry to begin with I think they'll be fine.   Don't judge my Walmart bag...I was recycling! I was thinning them for her in the hopes that they would bloom better next year but they were so thick in her flower bed that I'm n

I have an interview tomorrow at the Helpline of Delaware and Morrow Counties! I'm so excited about the idea that this opportunity could provide to share about my own experiences with mental health and suicide! But I'm so nervous! Think lots of good thoughts for me!

Happy Birthday to me! Have a great day off on Monday!