green thumb

(Spanish Lavender...weird!)

it's that time of the year again where i attempt garden. now, we all know that i don't exactly have the greenest thumbs around, but this season i'm going to turn that around.

Lacey and i bough some flowers and herbs from the Farmer's Market a couple of weeks ago and have been slacking. i finally bought some dirt and pots (because our small yard doesn't get much sunlight) and tried to revive the poor little plants. i'm crossing my fingers!!

(i had to improvise (not emough pots) and looked to the smoothie shop next door for a quick solution)

i love Thursdays

...when i'm off that is. sleeping in, going to Skyline, a little bit of crafting, shopping, and spending time with the other half is what i love to do. we went to the Dutch Market and walked out with whole lot of stuff (oats, sugar, like 10 containers of spices...) for under $30! it almost felt like we were stealing from them.

anyway, do you remember the wild flowers i planted a while back...well, they are dead. they never made it passed the seedling stage and eventually dried out and knocked off the porch. BUT! i'm giving my green thumb another shot. i bought some flowers and planted them in a hanging box (because i failed at making a planter box) and a strawberry plant (i LOVE strawbabies!). needless to say, J wasn't very happy about the purchase and thinks these won't live to see June...men...i'll show him.

hanging off our back porch

Dahlia

Daisies, this one is a quadruple flower! (there's another side not pictured) i didn't even noticed when i picked it out!

Begonias

Strawberries i planted in a hanging basket

oh boy, maybe we'll get to eat this one soon!

oh! last night while J was out seeing Indiana Jones with his buddy, i saw this tutorial on the Craft blog...i couldn't resist because the tutorial was so easy to follow and made myself one. at the end, i added a little extra touch to it with my own owl and heart stamp, which didn't turn out too bad (at least i don't think so...J hates this stamp)

i must admit, not my best sewing job.

anyway, there are so many pictures from Alexandria that i have to still go over. my presentation to the boss is tomorrow and i'm not nearly ready. yikes! so i must go now and leave you with this picture of the day...

she's one sassy dog!

a little update

i guess i do have a green thumb. i mean, look at these little sprouts! seriously, had no faith in these seeds ever sprouting, let alone this many. i guess now i can start planning on growing bigger and better things!

march madness

...no, not basketball, but the crazy month it has been. in this month alone, me, my younger brother, and my stepfather were born. today we all got together and went to the Olive Garden to have a nice little dinner.

a couple of goofy kids

our (me & mom's) yummy drink


little sis

she loved my brother's singing card so much, she took it for herself.

man! were we full, we had so much to eat! i can hardly wait to have my leftovers for lunch tomorrow. don't be jealous!

after dinner, we took my brothers to Target and shopped our little butts off. boy do i love target! got some cool finds and some things we really needed. i got some wildflower seeds and a small metal pot to grow them in. i'm planing on keeping the pot out on the back porch for some sunlight and fresh air so that it will have a chance.

starting small

lets hope it works cause my green thumb is more like a black thumb. i can't seem to grow or keep anything alive. for my last birthday, my friend Jessie got me a really cool gardening book called You Grow Girl and a year later, we're still at square one, no plants cause of dead plants. by the way, check out their web site, it's filled with some really neat things and info. i will stop being a nerd now...

...and back. anyway, while out buying a present for my little bro before dinner, i snagged myself a little something something (girls, you know how hard it is to shop for someone when everything you want keeps calling your name). i got the soundtrack from the movie Once (which i haven't seen yet, but i heard the song while watching an award show and really liked it) and a little cook book about cookies. there's probably a hundred cookie recipes, but i was thoroughly disappointed that they didn't include any regular oatmeal raisin cookie recipes. i have been in the mood for an oatmeal raisin cookie and have been dying to use the rest of the oatmeal from last week, so tomorrow i will search the interweb for a good and easy recipe to try. lets cross our fingers, shall we? i'll be keeping everyone updated on the cookie conundrum (was this appropriate?), so check back with me sometime tomorrow...until then, goodnight and sweet dreams.