Category Archives: Gardening

Day Off

I had an 8:15am doctor appointment today and decided to take the whole day off. No one need know that the doctor’s office is about a mile from my office and I could have easily been to work around 9:15. … Continue reading

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Yesterday turned bright and sunny

Guess where we went yesterday: If that’s not enough of a clue, here’s another one:

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The Garden

We pulled up all the summer plants today. Before we pulled up plants we picked 3 eggplants, a few tomatoes and a distressing amount of peppers. Have I mentioned that we have a bunch of peppers? We have some friends … Continue reading

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The End of Summer

We swam in the pool for a little while this evening. If it isn’t the last swim, it’s definitely the next to last swim. I feel like I’ve been cheated out of swimming this summer–too many cool nights, too much … Continue reading

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Hot Sauce and hotter me

When I got home from work today I had to process the tomatoes I picked on Sunday. Don’t get me started on all the freaking peppers still sitting on the counter. I decided to make a batch of hot sauce … Continue reading

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Hanna, kind of eh

Hanna moved through yesterday and we got three inches of rain. The better-half and I remarked that if we didn’t know it was a tropical storm we would have just thought we had a big rain storm. The only casualty … Continue reading

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Cleaned out the refrigerator

Last night we cleaned some of the lingering items out of the refrigerator. This morning I packed a lunch that includes this wacky assortment: 1 can Barq’s Root Beer 1 jar of the homemade white bean dip 1 plastic bag … Continue reading

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Trying Really Hard Not to Be Whiny In My Own Head

A co-worker is leaving at the end of the week. She worked on different projects than I did but we once took a class together and we really bonded over that class and we’ve really bonded over how effed up … Continue reading

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We’re Back and the Hostas were Scalped

We returned home yesterday afternoon and before we took one item out of the car we ran into the house to see Simon. I think it’s fair to say we all missed each other. The poor guy was under the … Continue reading

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Again with the canning

I canned two jars of tomatoes this morning because what else could I possibly have to do the day before we leave on vacation? I also roasted tomatoes and eggplant and froze that mix. While I was roasting those vegetables … Continue reading

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