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Kitty Cam
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Veggies, Flowers and More Veggies!
Basil
Weekend
It has been so beautiful out this weekend in the ATL. I think Spring has finally sprung! Saturday I took The Boy to guitar practice in the morning. Afterwards we hit Lowes and I bought a ton of bulbs to plant in my front yard. Now, for those who have never seen Hotel Yorba, it is located up on a hill. I have one of those steep driveways that frightens most people. Now, trust me and our garbage man, when I say it really isn’t that big of a deal. Anyway, apparently my house is built on top of one large ass rock. I can not begin to explain what a pain in my (now firmer) pale as paste, ass it is to dig a simple hole. AWWWW!! If it wasn’t rock, it was clay. After a lot of sweat, scratches and bad language, I planted most of the ones I bought. I still have a little more to do but that can wait till next weekend. I had enough!
After a quick lunch, I moved on to the backyard. I had bought eleven tomato plants and some purple and sweet basil to plant. The herbs are planted in containers that I have on our porch. The tomatoes and other veggies are planted in our garden.
Tomato
After I was done, I realized only got one cherry tomato plant. My Man likes to use cherry tomatoes on his salads that he takes to work, so today I headed back to Lowes. This time I bought two more tomato plants, two cucumber plants (the only two I could find!), cucumber seeds, two yellow squash plants, rosemary and two soaker hoses. When I went in the backyard to plant, I let The Girls out. Poppy took a dirt bath and Turbo did lots of scratching. I found a few grubs (I think that is what they are called) for her to eat, while I was planting. She comes running when I call her and eats them right out of my hand. Don’t be too grossed out, I wear gloves. And just so you know, I try to give them to Poppy but she does not come when I call her! Silly Chicken! I still have to plant beets, carrots and radishes in the coming weeks.
So the pain in my (now firmer) pale as paste, ass moment was laying that damn hose out! Ugh! Once again there was bad language and several times I looked over to find Poppy laughing at me! No Grubs for you Poppy! By the time I got done, I was soaking wet and pissed off. I better have to best garden ever this year!!
Garden
Garden
One cool thing that happened this weekend is that our friends, who live in Kentucky, stopped to spend the night on their way back from FL. It hd been awhile since I had seen them and it was a lot of fun catching up. It just sucked to see them go this morning!
Bye-Bye
What am I listing to
The Civil Wars
http://thecivilwars.com/index.php
The Hunger Games Soundtrack
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hunger-Games-District-Beyond/dp/B0072HTHKS
Is that an Owl in your lettuce?
Get me a Surprise….
So I told My Man to get me a surprise when he went into the grocery store and this is what I got. Am I sick? Uh…never mind….
About Last Night…
Last night was date night with My Man. We decided to go eat at one of our favorites, Canoe. It is located on the Chattahoochee River in Vinings. We got their early so we went out side to check out the bar by the river. Unfortunately it wasn’t open. I am not sure it was because it has been cold and rainy all week or because there was a wedding rehearsal dinner taking place in one of the white tents they had set up. Instead we took a walk to the gardens and went to look for the chickens.
Canoe Chickens
The hens were in their run. There didn’t seem to be as many has there were the last time we saw them. They had a white Silkie and a black and white lacy. She was so pretty! Poppy would love to have a lacy buddy. Next we headed back to the restaurant and checked out the bar inside. For as many times we have been to Canoe, we have never checked out the bar inside. It was very nice. We each ordered a glass of Prosecco.
Canoe Chickens
I had Canoe’s House Smoked Salmon on a Crispy Potato Cake with Vermont Goat’s Cheese for my appetizer. It was soooo good. I could have eaten another one and another. So yummy! For dinner I ordered Hickory Grilled New York Strip with Créme Fraîche Potatoes, Broccoli Rabe, Black Garlic Butter. I gave half of it to My Man since it was so big. I don’t eat steak much but I had been craving one for a few days now and decided to get it last night. I am glad I did. It was perfect!
We ended the night driving around trying to find a bar to have a drink in. Doesn’t sound like it would be hard to find does it? Yeah, well after three tries, we ended up at…no, to embarrassing and in the end, to depressing to say! But overall it was a great night.
PS- The Boy and Miss Gail loved Adventures in Babysitting!
Kitty Cam
I want out.
Meatless Monday Recipe
I have an idea. I started participating in Meatless Monday about a month ago. Now, I don’t eat pork, haven’t since I was 13, and I no longer eat chicken for obviously reasons (Turbo would be pissed). I rarely eat red meat, however if I am at a nice restaurant where I know where they get their beef, I am known to order a steak or steak tartare. So that leaves fish and turkey. I love turkey bacon, sausage and burgers. Years ago I was a full fledge vegetarian but since having The Boy I have gone back and forth and back again.
Back to my idea, I am going to pick a vegetarian recipe, make it, photograph it and share it with you every Monday. This way, it will:
- Make me do it – don’t want to get angry comments from y’all!
- Make me plan ahead!
- Make me read all the digital magazines I get
- Eat better!
This coming Monday, I will be making Broccoli Tomato Galette from Vegetarian Times March 2013 edition. I plan to make it on Sunday, then refrigerate it and eat it on Monday. They say it will still taste Yummy the next day.
If any of you have any recipe ideas or where to get some good ones, let me know.
Sun! I see the Sun!
The sun finally came out this afternoon. I am so happy to see it! I spent the rest of the day working, getting cleaned up, cleaning the kitchen, starting the laundry and dishes and vacuuming. Tonight is date night with My Man. We are going to Canoe. This place is on My Man and I’s Top 5 ATL restaurants. They always have wonderful food. They also have an outside bar next to the Chattahoochee River. They grow a lot of their own veggies on site and you can visit the gardens. But the BEST part is that they have CHICKENS!!!! I kid you not! I love to go look at them we visit. When we go in the winter, they are usually in bed (chickens automatically go to bed in their coop when the sun sets). However now that it is Spring and it stay lighter out longer, I am hoping to see them. I will try to take some pictures and post them.
The Boy has a date with Miss Gail. They are going to watch Adventures in Babysitting if he cleans up his room. I loved that movie when it came out. The Boy got it for Easter.
Have a wonderful Friday!