Saturday, May 30, 2009

Green Fingers

Steve and I spent the morning planting our garden. In what yard, you ask? Our balcony will have to suffice for now since we ruled out the idea of renting a plot of land from our neighbors with the rooster. We bought all the supplies for our container garden (as you can see, Steve was a little generous on the soil estimates) and once home realized we have no gardening tools, no gloves, just hands and maybe a couple things borrowed from the kitchen--I look forward to our next few meals being organically flavored, p.s.

At the present, our garden consists of a couple tomato plants and 6 different herbs, with plans to expand in the near future. Steve has been a diligent farmer and I caught him outside checking on the "garden" probably about six times today. We're pretty excited about our little plants! However, we'll have to wait to find out just how green our thumbs are.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

School's Out

Steve is officially too cool for school now that he's graduated from the University of Houston with his MBA....4 years, almost 0 tuition dollars (thanks employers), 1 career change, countless free t-shirts, and 1 wedding later. It still amazes me that Steve aced nearly all his courses since I could probably count on one hand the number of times I saw him study! I'm proud of him for taking advantage of the opportunities he's had to further his education, while working full-time. Though Steve wasn't able to formally walk (he "forgot" to sign up and get tickets...) we celebrated his graduation milestone with our own events, which included the full regalia, Cheesecake Factory, and a movie. Congratulations to Steve!

Friday, May 22, 2009

In Memoriam


My sweet husband surprised me with this beautifully patriotic bouquet in honor of our 8-week wedding anniversary. It was a pretty sweet 2-for-1 since they also doubled as lovely Memorial Day decor. I can't wait for our 9-week anniversary--it's coming up quick! hee hee

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Piles

When Steve and I were having dinner a couple of days ago I couldn't help but think of one of my most recent roommates. She prefers simplistic, straightforward meals--usually a combination of ingredients with little to no cooking. This woman is busy and doesn't wish to spend hours slaving away in the kitchen like one of her foolish roommates did (and still does). One form her meals took--perhaps the favorite form--was a "pile of food." For some reason the pile was a symbol of nourishment and satisfaction. Apparently this interpretation of the pile is universal since Steve favors it equally for the same reasons. He requested piles (not to be confused with pyles) for dinner the other day so I did my best to turn a fairly simple meal into a complex, time-consuming production. Steve rated the venture to be a success and placed it among his top ten...though with the number of categories he has it's more like a top 100. I'm still researching whether or not he has a separate Top Ten Piles category...


Can you guess whose pile belongs to whom?

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Tough Guy


Steve's expression convinces me that he has secret aspirations to work as a Target-tough-guy and drive a waverunner-on-wheels.