Yea Twice In One Month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, I am really trying hard to get back into the whole writing thing. If you are reading this then you will probably know my wife Lauren her blog is much more up to date and if you wish to fill in some of the more important gaps that exist in my blog then you can check out her blog. Really I am just hoping to create an out in the everyday stresses of the world, not really sure if this will do it but we'll see. I have started back into school and it is fairly difficult enough to keep my brain stimulated at least but hopefully not too much, I tried the whole 15 credit thing in the spring and with Erich being born and that being the busy time at the nursery it was quite a horrible choice. I survived somehow and kept plugging along. This semester is proving to be less hectic but still stimulating. I am taking Woody plant materials, which covers exactly that, WOODY PLANTS. It's mostly just memorizing the taxonomy of plants and their more specific details. This class will really be the basis for my whole Landscaping template. I am also taking Turf Management. I dabbled a little in this art last year when I attempted to re sod my yard. This class will be geared more to the golf course turf management but then who doesn't want a yard to look as pristine that it would be mistaken for the 9Th green at the Old Course at St. Andrews course in Scotland. Wednesdays is Weed Management which is like the woody plants class but just on weeds, so a ton of memorizing. Then I have Graphics. Now up till this point all of my classes are fairly straight forward and easy however, this class has me scared to death, I couldn't draw a straight line with a ruler I'm so horrible, but with a famous graphic designer grandpa at my side I should do fine, or so that famous grandpa of mine says. WE'LL SEE. The last class is a Horticulture Orientation class which is very boring only because the places that we go I either already know most of what they talk about or it is obvious what they are going to talk about. Not too difficult a lot of memorizing and some writing but all in all not too horrible. We'll see if I survive.
With all of this going on I barely have time for my little boy or my wife but at least I get to spend one day a week watching the little man and then Sundays is for hanging out with the wifey. Television is going to take a hit though. I guess though, that too much television can rot your brain away. Hopefully I can keep this going and won't have to refer you, the reader, to my wife's blog.

I AM HORRIBLE AT THE WHOLE BLOGGING THING

So, it's almost been a year since I have written in my blog. So much has happened since the last time I wrote. Lauren had the baby LITTLE ERICH BENJAMIN, he is exactly what our little family needed. He has brought so much joy to both Lauren and I, he has helped me so much with my anxiety he talks to me and helps me through small fits, he is an amazing little guy. I have been trucking along with school, I have 4 semesters left and then I'll have to go out into the world of Landscape Design and find my place. With all of the classes and everything I am starting to get a bit excited about it all. I started graphics design class which is drafting and architecture based class. I will be learning how to DRAW, honestly I am quite nervous because I do not know how to draw for beans. The professors assure me that we will start little and build hopefully they are correct. This class will take quite a new array of tools. It's all very exciting having a grandpa that has dabbled in the art of design.
With the new season of growth this year it has brought new thoughts on my yard. I have brought in an annual and perennial bed. I have let Lauren do the annual bed because of the my difficulties with informal gardening patterns. I have also decided to turn my front yard into a golfing fairway. I want to make it pristine carpet of green, one that the greens keepers at the Old Course at St. Andrews would be proud of. Having found a new desire for the care of my turf and yard I have been able to find the desire to help other yards look as good. My other classes are so far proving to be interesting, weeds, woody plants, turf, these should be fun.
Well, in the pursuit of updating I will save some for tomorrow.