16 square feet of love

I finally got around to building my garden box.

Isn't it lovely?

It was a nice day.

David was my big helper.

You can't tell, but among these four huge tomato plants (which I planted a few months ago) have over 40 green tomatoes on them and a whole lot of little yellow flowers . . . I'm going to have TONS of tomatoes.  Which was the plan.  My friend and I are going to can them and make tomato sauce and salsa, etc.  But I'm really just excited to have them for slicing for fresh tomato sandwiches with mayo and salt and pepper.

Now would be a good time to note that I am 23 weeks along!  

I planted watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumber, strawberries, zucchini, bell pepper, jalapenos, basil, parsley, cilantro, and oregano.  I tried to make sure everything had the proper spacing, and that I didn't plant things next to each other that weren't complimentary--but I have my doubts, so we'll see how it turns out.  I'm also nervous about how well my climbing plants will do growing up that netting.  I'm assured that even with the larger fruit like watermelon and cantaloupe, the vines will grow thick to accommodate the weight of the fruit and they'll do nicely growing vertically . . . 

Give me a few months, and if the heat doesn't fry the whole thing, maybe it'll start looking more impressive.  Next year I'll do another bed that is deeper and put in some onions, potatoes, carrots, and other things I've never grown.

8 (basically) blissful years!

FOUR MORE YEARS!!

FOUR MORE YEARS!!

We chanted on the way to our anniversary date. Of course, it's a joke. I am sure we will go for at least 5 more years really. ;)

Dave surprised me with reservations to Five Sixty -- the rotating restaurant in Reunion Tower. It's kind of one of those things you just HAVE to do when you are in Dallas, and we thought there could not be a better time to do it than on our anniversary.

The food was amazing, the 360-degree views were great, and everyone was dressed up so fancy. It was so fun!

Definitely among the most memorable of our anniversaries. In fact, the only other one that competes was our first anniversary, when we won a 2-night-weekend stay at a bed and breakfast in Island Park. Sounds fun, right? Wrong. I got food poisoning at dinner the first night. Dave spent the rest of the trip studying for the LSAT
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Which, on second thought, might have actually been a good thing.

Here's to 8 mostly awesome years!

Dir Hart

 I let her mail it to him this time (to Hart, her sweet little boyfriend at school).  The picture was a nice touch.  She wrote "sincerely" then asked me what it meant.  :) This does show me that she understands and is somewhat repentant when she does things she knows are wrong.  Sweet girl.  Her and Hart had to be separated from each other today, and she acted quite like they had broken up.  She said, "I'll never get to play with him!" She was crying large tears that broke my heart.  I said, "What do you mean?!  Won't you see him and play with him at recess?"  She said, "No, he plays boy things, and I play girl things."  There you have it, I guess.  Love is a battlefield.