growth in the greenhouse...

Alright...if there is ever an apocalypse y'all can come over to our house to eat...check out these pics from the greenhouse.  Remember, I only planted the seeds one week ago today.  Stuff started coming up as early as Thursday and is literally growing at an hourly rate!!! Dang!! We've got spinach, broccoli, tomatoes, onions, carrots, & peas... We bought about 3,000 pounds of dirt yesterday, filled in the garden boxes & various spots in the lawn that needed some dirt, and laid down some grass seed.  Next weekend I'm going to transplant the broccoli, spinach, carrots, and peas (the cool weather plants).  I'm also going to throw down some lettuce seeds to see what happens. Hopefully the weather stays nice!  HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY-probably my favorite holiday!!  :) 

2 for the price of 1...

Alright...2 blogs in one day...geez...life's getting exciting now...

It's that time of year again...well, actually, it's past that time of year again, but it'll all work out.  Hopefully you have planted your seeds and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of planting your garden!  Unlike us...but, today's the big day! We have added (Ryan has built) another raised box this year in the hopes that it will produce mass amounts of product for our consumption.  We have also purchased 3 variety of hops so that Ryan can use them in his brewery making.  However, the hops take about two years to produce any cones for usage so you'll need to stayed tune until next year for that.

Last year we only had one raised garden box.  I can't say that it was a totally successful year...but, we gave it a good go.  Our tomatoes didn't produce anything until about October, our snap peas had about 2 pea pods, and our carrots & onions never made an appearance...but, we had a lot of cucumbers, green peppers, and jalapenos.  So, let me know if you know of a good recipe involving cucumbers, green peppers, and jalapenos because if that's the only 3 products I can garden I'll need to be prepared...

RB's homemade greenhouse!

 A bunch of dirt goes in the boxes

 Thanks MINI for being my seed pack holder...

 About 2 hours later...that was a lot of work!

Let me know if you have any great gardening advice or if you'd like some plants...I think I'll have plenty to share :)  Oh, and yes...the 'greenhouse' is in our living room...





long time/no see...

Hey everyone...I've had a few nasty comments lately about not posting anything; and it looks like it's almost been one month!  Well...I've been a little busy trying to come up with sweet ideas and time just flew by! So, take it easy on this ol' girl...:)  Actually, our latest 'trick' I think is a little bit of a dud...but, we'll see what you think. 

While traveling in the Asias...I came across this gravity defying way of opening a bottle of beer with a bottle a beer!  Whoa..what was that? Yeah, that's what I said when the guys were opening one after the other w/o a bottle opener.  I (one of the few...well only one) thought it was pretty cool.  After thinking about for a long time, I figured that there probably weren't always bottle openers so humans had to come up with a way of opening them...and what easier way then with another bottle?! Simply amazing...once again.

 It should be noted that when I looked this up on YouTube, it apparently isn't a widely known secert...who knew?!



kool kat 2...

Alright...so, RB-1-Kanobe just had to get some Vibrams. You know...so, he could be just like me :) Thus far, he says that he loves them and even ran a 1/2 mile in them this evening & went to the gym in them last night!  He also received a Steelers Terrible Towel from the lovely little missus who just happened to be traveling through the fabulous town of Pittsburgh on Thursday.  The woman selling the towels at the airport said she sold 75 Terrible Towels in two hours!!  We are neither Pitts fans nor GB fans...so, whatever.  After much anticipation, we have the second "party trick" video for ya'll (mostly EW).  This one is very convenient for us since we're now on a protein/veggie diet...as can be seen by how efficiently RB is at this one ;)

He's ready to wear these in Vegas too!!

Fantastic!

...simply amazing...

cork in a bottle...

Alright ya'll...we had an email forwarded to us this week & we decided to give the "experiments" a try.  But 1st, I need to say that up until Thursday my calves were still sore from the barefoot run.  So, I might renege & say that we should follow the loud sales guy advice & walk around in the Vibram 5 Fingers shoes for a couple of weeks before attempting a run in them.  We did a 5K run this morning...& although I would have really liked to run in the 5 Fingers...I just didn't think it was a good idea.  So, I will continue to become acquainted with them & let ya'll know when I officially run my 1st 5K in them...stayed tune.  :)

The first of the sweet tricks...oh, yeah... & of course Kooper...

the tools...

rb taking a quick drink

ap sipping away...

how amazing!!!*

looking for squirrels

waiting for food

*it took me a llllooooonnnnnggg long time to try & load that video.  i feel very IT savvy now...

can i help you with your computer question???  :)

sweet feet, man...ten-4

Okay...so, after all my talk about barefoot running I finally did it (well, ol' mom-in-law encouraged it)...but, I did it nonetheless.  I bought a pair of Vibram FiveFingers Bilkila kicks.  I was scared to try them...plus, they look a little ridiculous...not gonna lie. :)  The awfully loud talking sales guy said to walk in them for a couple of weeks to kind of get accustomed to them before you try running in them.  So, on this lovely Sunday afternoon I threw them on & headed for the treadmill. I walked for 0.25 miles and decided that I was about two weeks good & started running away.  Kooper was annoyed as usual when I utilize my weird walking machine & was barking, but I felt like I was ready to run hundreds of miles in my sweet new zapatos.  I felt like I had perfect form (duh, what'd you expect from an expert barefoot runner like myself...I mean, I've been talking about it for months now, maybe even year(s)) and was not feeling any sort of pain.  Okay, fast forward one mile, I still felt okay but my calves started to burn so I thought maybe I should switch it back to the ol' reliable Asics. After about four miles I jumped off the 'mill; my Achilles was a little tender, but overall I felt fine.  I'm not going to say that I'll be buzzing around miles in my 5 fingers any time soon but it was a start & definitely not as bad as I thought it could've been.  I couldn't bring myself to wear them to the gym tonight...I think it's a little to early for that but, I'm willing to keep trying them out.  My Achilles are still sore and I'm sure they will be for a couple of more days but give me a little while longer & I'll be sporting them all around town...maybe even Vegas???

whoa, big foot!

which pair is the fastest??? kooper's for sure :) i <3 that dog!

here they are in all their glory...

front shot...sorry, not sure why the treadmill is dusty & those man legs...geez!! lol



NYE 2010...

Well...it's January 16 and I'm finally blogging about our New Year's Eve.  We had a fantastic night hanging out with my parents and our kool kat friends in the big O at a bangin' house party...whaaa whhhattt.  It turned into a crazy dance party with about twelve 30 year olds (okay, 31 really...but, who's counting that extra year??? rb & I are still in our 'early' 30s) dancing in a living room, while couches were being thrown around...wth?! It was brilliant time...especially the toooot machine.  Why is this so funny???

check out that ice cube that lights up...in the wine glass...  :)

the ladies

dance party...ensa ensa ensa

what is happening...??

lookin' cute...

lookin' cute 2...

it's the brit...

who's tooting now???