Can I be the next home & garden blogger?

I keep hearing it, from my mother to my grand parents: "I am so happy that you substitute things!" or "I am so surprised how confident you are, in trying new things and mixing it up!"

Those comments were the last ones I had ever expected to receive, at one point.

But, they keep coming, and I'm not doing anything extravagant, so why not?

I have come to love food blogs, home and garden blogs, free sample sites (I love trying things without paying for them!!! Only because, I hate trying things that I paid good money for, when they don't do what I was looking for, at all!!). I have been told, a few times, I could do it. I love to cook for my hunny, and I love to bake just as much!! I have started a small porch garden, with the help of my mother, and it is just THRIVING. I have this motivation issue... I believe that if I can become a successful blogger, I will be showing myself. SO HERE I GO!

Summer is coming to an end, it is nearing time to re-pot my plants and they will become average houseplants again. My cats just LOVE the delicacy of fresh plant, so it is my newest task to try and come up with the absolute best survival plan for my soon to be indoor company. 

I am not sure what this plant is, but I have had it for over a year and this is the first lovely flower I have seen! It grew in a long stem and bloomed. It looks like it only lasted the day, but another is on its way, and a couple more look to be following! How cute. If anybody can help me identify, I would appreciate it.

My mother gave me this plant, it had four leafs when I re-potted it. unfortunatly, those leafs were rather chewed over the winter, but this summer it has flourished. I believe I have three plant to look forward to at the end of this season.

This is my tree friend.

The scenery behind the actual tree is just horrifying, so I will show you pictures of him later. BUT the exciting part is my little tree-lings!! This tree was given to me by my boyfriend's mother, and now I will have three trees! I am so excited to watch these baby's grow.

This is my porch vine. While I cannot take credit for it's care, I can say I have prevented my landscaper (my hunny, ha ha) from cutting it down. This vine was NOT around last year, but this year it has made its way up the drain pipe and onto the porch rungs. It climed its way up and is now zigzagging across the fu-ton setup we have stored on the porch. I love watching this thing; It almost makes me not want to put away the fu-ton this winter, and see if it will come back to life next spring.

Let's see if I can do this. I think I can.