Yesterday I noticed that a lot of my veggies in containers were getting a little tight on space. So Luke made a space for them to be put in the ground. He eyeballed it and cut in it out with the edger, it is nearly square, cause that’s how he rolls. We left the 2 biggest and the ones that are still tiny in their pots. The 2 biggest, tomatoes and green peppers, I didn’t want to risk losing the fruits that are growing so well. The smallest, okra, mint and cumin, aren’t well enough established to risk transfer. I can’t wait to harvest.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Garden June 22, 2009
They call me mellow yellow June 16, 2009
Things have been pretty quiet around here. I am adjusting to working during the day and enjoying it.
I watched Woodstock 3 Days of Peace and Music last week. Pretty darn sweet.
For the past couple of weeks I have been downloaded the free songs itunes offers on Tuesday.
The container garden is growing well. We will have tomatoes soon. The peppers are blooming. I have harvested some spinach, that I will be using today. The okra had a rough go of it for a while but now it is growing. All the various herbs are taking off.
Luke and I both just finished reading the Harry Potter series again, can’t wait for the movie!
Oh, there you are… April 29, 2009
The adjustment to much, much less tv has been trying. We have about 16 channels. 6 are “local,” 2 are PBS, 1 is the station I work for and therefore don’t watch, the others are a handful of random stations. We kept our digital box, so we still have access to On-Demand. The worst is the middle of the day. We have utilized hulu.com a lot.
The bedroom redeux is coming along, it should be finished by Monday. Luke’s dad is coming to help get it done.
I/we haven’t been listening to any thing in particular lately. We put iTunes on shuffle and let her roll.
We had a string of “eh” movies from Netflix. We will get the remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” tomorrow and “Bad Boys.” We at least know that Bad Boys is a good movie. In case you are wondering…”Bangkok Dangerous,” not that good. “Smokin’ Aces” and “Shoot ‘Em Up” are both just over the top violence, the plots were buried under gunfire.
We have okra, green peppers, tomatoes, spinach, oregano, thyme and parsley growing nicely. We need to do a little digging, if the rain lets us, to get our onions planted. Oh! and mint. The mint I intended on using as a ground cover.
adding to the noise March 19, 2009
Let the spring cleaning commence! We started with our enclosed porch last week.
I have a new favorite snack food. Home-made fruit leather. Mango is yummy. Strawberry-nana is currently in the dryer. Home-made peanut butter is super sticky but nonetheless awesome for PB cookies. By the way I will from mow on use honey instead of brown sugar in cookies.
odds and ends February 11, 2009
Everything around here has been pretty consistent lately. I like that.
We have gravy milkbones for Brutus. The cats like to get them out of the box and like the gravy coating off.
Our interface should be here shortly and then we can actually use the recording program we bought.
My cold is nearly gone, just a little nasal drip.
Luke was telling me about a blind cow the other day. She goes until she bumps into something and then turns, he said that she knows her way around pretty well.
We spend most of our time at home listening to music and watching The X-Files.
Our month of non-spending went well enough that it became habit. We still ate out too much.
Reading February 11, 2009
I am changing the Resolutions page.
It will be a list of books that Luke and I are reading or have started reading.
Half way there January 16, 2009
Our $0 spending month is going fairly well. We have kept it under $200, so far. Normally when we have our fuel oil tanks filled we have pay $150-$200 a month until it is $0. I just wrote a check to pay it in full. $750 plus 2 other bills. As Captain Awesome would say, “AWESOME!”
Watching your spending like a hawk most definitly pays off.
sweet silence January 7, 2009
yeah, it’s 2am. the only sounds i hear are the hum of the pc and my own typing. there is very little traffic because of the iffy weather and the time. the critters are snoozing. luke is still at work.
i am currently reading The Three Muskateers. If I didn’t know the gist of the story already, I would be completely lost. Maybe it is the translation that I am reading, but the story seems to be all over the place.
*forgive my sometimes capitalization, i sleepy*
following abby’s lead/suggestion, i plan on reading 48 books this year (4 a month-ish.)
the none spending month is going good so far.
would you believe…? December 30, 2008
We are starting 2009 off with a $0 spending month. Who wants to join us?
Quickie reviews
Simon Collins/U-Catastrophe. A lot like his dad musically. But still indivdual and pretty darn cool.
Daughtry. Solid.
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant/Raising Sand. I haven’t listened to this one much yet. I like what I have heard so far.
Blue Planet. Amazing. Would be better on a big screen.
Wall-E. Sweet, if a little boring.
Van Helsing. eh.
Chuck. Funny!
supermassive black hole December 10, 2008
that’s what this blog has become lately. a little over-dramatic, i know.
work is good, keeping me busy. the house has suffered, it’s not horrible. we keep up on the dishes and laundry and keep everything picked up. but i think the vacuum is feeling neglected.
i have been christmas shopping like crazy. we are getting there.
in the past 2 weeks i have read congo, twilight, and re-read marley and me. twilight was the highlight, the next 2 books are on the way on the mail. i went to see the movie today, i could have sat and watched it again. i am listening to the soundtrack right now, really digging it.
netflix is the coolest idea ever. we have watched a lot of movies that would have otherwise never seen because we have no go rental place nearby. congo is in the blu-ray right now. oh, did i mention that we got a blu-ray player from my work for christmas. awesome. luke got an 8gb nano. he also got his christmas gift from me, a cajon. it’s pretty sweet.
yesterday i hacked down half of a bush out back, tuesday morning when i got home and turned the corner (walking) the bushes caught me.
can’t wait for christmas to see everybody.
