oh shagoodness i forgot to mention!! so the weather has been pretty volatile, blah. i don't want to get into it. suffice to stay the trees are still brown and dead looking and there is very little grass coming up so spring is DEFINITELY not here yet. BUT, yesterday it rained super hard so i went out in my rain gear and collected lots of worms for my compost!! yes, i am now officially a vermicomposter. total cost? 4$, what i paid for the used bin i am keeping my scraps in. I had intentions of ordering worms but they were expensive and nick laughed in my face noting that worms are everywhere and it is not green at all to order yoru worms online. These damn practical midwesterners! So anyways i stood outside at midnight last night with a fork and a tupperware collecting worms that had crawled out to the sidewalk and now they are happily eating all the yumminess that is in my bin. bravo!