The garden loved it!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
It's Raining...
We've had a little rain in the last 24 hours... anywhere from 8-12 inches. In the ten years I've lived here, I've never seen anything like it. In fact, I'm not sure I've seen anything like this in my life. More storms are moving in, but so far no rain at the house this morning. Lots of our friends have had leaking roofs and some flooding. We were worried to go upstairs last night in fear we'd find a leak, but we've had none.
This was our street for most of the day. They are still building in our subdivision, so some of those lots higher up washed out. In the 20 minutes we were at the grocery store yesterday the road on one side of it had flooded. Later on we saw on the news where they were doing water rescues from that same Publix.
And the video below was taken on I-24 less than four miles from our house. A little scary. The building you see float down the interstate is a portable from a church.
Church was canceled this morning because more storms are moving through. I'm guessing schools will be closed tomorrow as the creeks and rivers continue to rise. I know two buildings down from us at work had some flooding, but I don't know about ours yet. Jeff walked out and checked on the garden this morning. Everything held up well and should really take off this week with so much watering!!
Jeff wants to go explore, but I think we'll hold off on that and enjoy another day inside.
This was our street for most of the day. They are still building in our subdivision, so some of those lots higher up washed out. In the 20 minutes we were at the grocery store yesterday the road on one side of it had flooded. Later on we saw on the news where they were doing water rescues from that same Publix.
And the video below was taken on I-24 less than four miles from our house. A little scary. The building you see float down the interstate is a portable from a church.Church was canceled this morning because more storms are moving through. I'm guessing schools will be closed tomorrow as the creeks and rivers continue to rise. I know two buildings down from us at work had some flooding, but I don't know about ours yet. Jeff walked out and checked on the garden this morning. Everything held up well and should really take off this week with so much watering!!
Jeff wants to go explore, but I think we'll hold off on that and enjoy another day inside.
Monday, April 12, 2010
New Website
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Our Garden...
Inquiring minds have wanted to know what we're up to with our garden this year, so here's the run-down! Since it's gotten so hot so early, we've already gotten a lot of it in the ground! Fingers crossed we don't get another frost! Our frost date is April 15th, so I think we'll be okay.
Here Jeff is watering the cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli. Jeff said if all the cabbage grows in, we'll have about 70 lbs of it. Recipes to share, anyone??? In the round part he's planted carrots (new this year). Along the fence on that side are snow peas (yum!) and flat green beans (also new this year). Also in the foreground is romaine lettuce (the plant) and we've planted leaf lettuce & spinach seeds. (By the way, Jeff was unhappy I got him in the picture!)
Last year we planted asparagus. It takes asparagus several years before it produces, so we bought "old" plants. This year we've already gotten about 6 or 7 spears!
Did I mention we have 60 square feet of strawberries??? We didn't get any from it last year, but we've got quite a few flowers on it so far this year... good thing we bought a freezer this winter! And the cylinders you see in the back are potatoes.
All of the pots I used for my herbs on the patio cracked over this ridiculously cold winter. So this year, I've claimed part of the garden for them. Today I planted cilantro and italian flat leaf parsley. We'll get some basil seeds soon to plant, but we won't plant nearly as much as we did last year! Still lots of pesto in the freezer! To the right of the herbs (out of the photo) are our two blueberry bushes that have TONS of buds on them. Last year the birds got all of the blueberries, so we'll have to cover them earlier this time!
And the rest of the garden is still living in cups... zucchini, cucumbers, and tomatoes! Actually he planted the zucchini today (I took the picture of the cups yesterday!). We have what we think are cucumbers growing in the garden from the compost we put in it last year. We'll let it grow and see what it is. I'm sure we'll have a few "volunteer" tomatoes too! Plus, we'll buy a jalapeno plant and green bell pepper plant (just one of each this year!) in a couple weeks to plant... assuming we still have room at that point.
I also got to plant some petunias in my big flower pot out front today. I love having a little color out there. I need help figuring out how else to do that. White house, black shutters, and green shrubs can be boring. Fortunately, our azaleas are about to bloom, so we'll have some bright pink for about a week.
Here Jeff is watering the cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli. Jeff said if all the cabbage grows in, we'll have about 70 lbs of it. Recipes to share, anyone??? In the round part he's planted carrots (new this year). Along the fence on that side are snow peas (yum!) and flat green beans (also new this year). Also in the foreground is romaine lettuce (the plant) and we've planted leaf lettuce & spinach seeds. (By the way, Jeff was unhappy I got him in the picture!)
Last year we planted asparagus. It takes asparagus several years before it produces, so we bought "old" plants. This year we've already gotten about 6 or 7 spears!
Did I mention we have 60 square feet of strawberries??? We didn't get any from it last year, but we've got quite a few flowers on it so far this year... good thing we bought a freezer this winter! And the cylinders you see in the back are potatoes.
All of the pots I used for my herbs on the patio cracked over this ridiculously cold winter. So this year, I've claimed part of the garden for them. Today I planted cilantro and italian flat leaf parsley. We'll get some basil seeds soon to plant, but we won't plant nearly as much as we did last year! Still lots of pesto in the freezer! To the right of the herbs (out of the photo) are our two blueberry bushes that have TONS of buds on them. Last year the birds got all of the blueberries, so we'll have to cover them earlier this time!
And the rest of the garden is still living in cups... zucchini, cucumbers, and tomatoes! Actually he planted the zucchini today (I took the picture of the cups yesterday!). We have what we think are cucumbers growing in the garden from the compost we put in it last year. We'll let it grow and see what it is. I'm sure we'll have a few "volunteer" tomatoes too! Plus, we'll buy a jalapeno plant and green bell pepper plant (just one of each this year!) in a couple weeks to plant... assuming we still have room at that point.
I also got to plant some petunias in my big flower pot out front today. I love having a little color out there. I need help figuring out how else to do that. White house, black shutters, and green shrubs can be boring. Fortunately, our azaleas are about to bloom, so we'll have some bright pink for about a week.
Friday, April 2, 2010
The "Birthiversary"
Yesterday we celebrated my 33rd birthday and our 4th wedding anniversary! I could not have asked for a more beautiful day to celebrate... 80 degrees and sunny! Too bad I had to work! We went to Cheddar's for dinner. I've never had a bad experience there, but after an hour of waiting for our food, the manager noticed and offered to comp our meal. Done.
When they find out we celebrate two things in one day, most people ask if I make Jeff by a separate anniversary gift and birthday gift. The answer... technically no. He buys me a birthday gift (we always have a $50 spending limit) and we buy one thing we both want for our anniversary. This year it was a Keurig coffee maker! Yum! We've had fun today figuring it out. And as you can see, I had to go buy a K-Cup organizer today to go with it!
We're looking forward to many, many more years together... and now well-caffeinated years together!
When they find out we celebrate two things in one day, most people ask if I make Jeff by a separate anniversary gift and birthday gift. The answer... technically no. He buys me a birthday gift (we always have a $50 spending limit) and we buy one thing we both want for our anniversary. This year it was a Keurig coffee maker! Yum! We've had fun today figuring it out. And as you can see, I had to go buy a K-Cup organizer today to go with it!
We're looking forward to many, many more years together... and now well-caffeinated years together!
Girl's Weekend in DC
Last weekend was our annual girls trip! This year we went to visit Becky B in DC... something that we've never done in nine years of getting together. Becky just bought a condo, so we were super excited to see that and the sights in our nation's capital!
We did do the tourist thing on Saturday and went to the Tidal Basin to see the Cherry Blossoms. Not at full peak, but close! It was a pretty nice day to be out and about. After that they fulfilled my request to go to The Container Store. I've only ever been able to shop there online and was dying to see the inside of one! The closest store to me is in Atlanta!
As usual we laughed a lot and played a lot of cards... Nerts to be exact! Next year is 10 years of Girls Weekend! Any suggestions on how to celebrate?!
We did do the tourist thing on Saturday and went to the Tidal Basin to see the Cherry Blossoms. Not at full peak, but close! It was a pretty nice day to be out and about. After that they fulfilled my request to go to The Container Store. I've only ever been able to shop there online and was dying to see the inside of one! The closest store to me is in Atlanta!
As usual we laughed a lot and played a lot of cards... Nerts to be exact! Next year is 10 years of Girls Weekend! Any suggestions on how to celebrate?!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Grandmom & Granddad's 60th Anniversary
Last weekend we traveled to Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary! My mom's whole family came together to celebrate. It was fun to have so many of us in the same place for a weekend.
Grandmom & Granddad
We had the whole family and some of grandmom & granddad's church friends and neighbors at the party. The cake above has their wedding picture on it.
After the party, we all headed to the beach for pictures. I haven't seen the "official" ones, but these are some of what we caught with our cameras.
Kelly, me, and mom (who has lost 41 lbs!)
These are 10 of the 13 "original" grand kids (not married in) with grandmom & granddad.
The weekend went by too quickly. Hopefully someone will get married soon so we can all get back together again!
Later this week I'll try and post pictures from girls weekend in Washington, DC!
Grandmom & Granddad
We had the whole family and some of grandmom & granddad's church friends and neighbors at the party. The cake above has their wedding picture on it.After the party, we all headed to the beach for pictures. I haven't seen the "official" ones, but these are some of what we caught with our cameras.
Kelly, me, and mom (who has lost 41 lbs!)
These are 10 of the 13 "original" grand kids (not married in) with grandmom & granddad.The weekend went by too quickly. Hopefully someone will get married soon so we can all get back together again!
Later this week I'll try and post pictures from girls weekend in Washington, DC!
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