Greens, Greens, Greens...

I'm so excited to have just harvested my 2nd bag-ful of lettuce. This summer I decided to begin learning more about gardening by planting several things in containers. Banana pepper, radishes (from seed!), romaine lettuce, and, as of today, cilantro!

Mamaw's love of gardening has come down through my mama and passed to LeighAnna and I. I love the connectedness I feel with the land, the dirt, the plants. Our first lettuce picking or "harvest" was while LeighAnna and Luke were here and that was so nice to share with them. She showed me a neat way to dry the lettuce [without a salad spinner] so that the leaves are stored dry and last longer without rotting. I practiced this again today- after picking and rinsing the lettuce, each leaf was laid out on a kitchen towel and then rolled and patted to remove excess water. I thought this would crush the leaves, but to my surprise, the result is lovely fresh lettuce that is not crushed at all.

After this, I bagged up the greens...

...and enjoyed a wonderfully fresh sandwich of ham, munster cheese, mayo, and home-grown lettuce! Crunchy, lovely, and oh so rewarding! Yum!

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS Movie Trailer

Went to see this movie last night with Galen. First experiment with embedding video on here. Hope to right a review sometime tomorrow! Enjoy the preview...

Back to blogging...

It's been some time now since my last update on here, so I thought I would get back in the swing of things. I have been learning some new things by exploring Blogger for a website at work. Really enjoy the capacity to customize so many things and to add video especially. With family overseas, it makes me sorry that I haven't been more regular about posting. LeighAnna and Ben's blog keeps us UTD on their travels and adventures in life abroad and early parenthood with baby Luke. I'm looking forward to more posts from their recent trip(s).

Since I last wrote, LeighAnna and Luke have come for a visit to the states and returned for the remaining (brief) months of their stay in Italy. I can't wait to have them home!

Galen left today after a short visit between race weekends. He's heading for Dover, Delaware tomorrow and will be traveling by plane to the next 5 races...'on the road again'.

Work is going well and I'm finding my way, some days more than others. I think I like working with people in the community and the marketing aspects of my job the most right now. I still have to stop and think sometimes, "wow-I'm not in college or grad school anymore..." Sometimes I get nostalgic about the good ol' days of a semester calendar year, then again I enjoy the no-homework aspects of my day-to-day. Well, its after 5...so I'm off the clock and will be back soon with more to say.

I'm having trouble getting pictures to post on the blog today...so check back soon!