Nuthin' Much

Just sneaking in another post before the month ends (wait for it...) so I can feel like slightly less of a slacker about this so-called blog. I look forward to the day when I have an always-on, conveniently-placed, fast-connected computer-or-other-device that lets me update my blog more regularly. And I'm sure that, even with all those facilitative items, I will still find ways to procrastinate on posting!

Not much new around here, though we seem to be busy. We got to catch up with a bunch o' friends last weekend - it was the parade of babies, actually. R and J and delightful daughter A. We had a surfeit of melon and potato puffs, and good laughs. I especially love J's "She'll be fiiine" approach to mothering - seems very sensible to me. K and A and little A (a different A!) rolled into town in their spiffy new Minivan (how did we ever get by with rolling doors on only one side, that we had to roll by hand?) and spent some time watching A toddle around our backyard. It was really nice to get to see all of them.

This weekend we've got two, count 'em, TWO days of gaming planned, and two, yes TWO birthday parties to attend. Okay, I'll be sitting in our friends' pool while K is gaming on Saturday, but still. And at some point we get to clean the house. yaaaay.

I seem to be connecting with a lot of old friends on Facebook these days. It makes me happy. It especially makes me happy to find them doing well.

Our veg garden continues to entertain us, and while I'm sure I'm not doing a thousand things that could make our plants bigger, stronger, and more prolific, I am quite pleased that we've seen produce at all. We've had two delicious zucchinis, a pile of lemon cucumbers, and an early tomato that leapt off the bush and into K's hand (or so he claims). More tomatoes are clearly on the way, ditto zukes and cukes, and hopefully someday my organic blue lake beans will turn into...beans. The basils continue to bask on our back stairway, with oregano and mint sprouts coming up. And the supposedly "dwarf" sunflowers have grown large in our front porch. I'll post some before/after photos soon. It delights me that I've managed to drop a few seedlings into the ground and they've turned into food sources. Major props to K who honestly does most of the watering. We've decided that one of his mutant powers is the ability to slog through necessary tasks. Go Slog!