One Year Ago Today...

... we were with all of these lovely people celebrating the start of our marriage.

Photo courtesy of the amazing Ben Blood, of course.

Growin' Tomato Trees

See this tomato plant tree? I'm holding it up because it got too heavy and flopped over. See how it's taller than I am... even while two feet on the top are actually leaning over onto itself? Yeah, we are going to have a TON of tomatoes.

This weekend I plan to do nothing. Ok, so I actually plan to do a lot of things but none of them are vital and none of them require long trips or house guests or staying overnight anywhere, which will be a fabulous change from the last six weeks or so. Ahhhhhh, weekends.

A Stampede of Balloons

 Very early in the morning on Mother's Day each year a dozen giant balloons launch into the sky. This annual Balloon Stampede is one of my favorite spring events so I was super disappointed when I woke up at 4 a.m. Sunday morning with a headache so bad I thought I was going to throw up. By the time I was able to drag myself out of bed two and a half hours later the early morning launch was over.

We chased a few balloons out of town and managed to capture a few pictures before my unwieldy camera battery died.

 
The launch really is the best part. Here are a couple of pictures from two years ago.

Hyperbole and a Half

This may be yet another one of those things that everyone else knows about except me. But in case there's someone else who hasn't read the funny things on this website yet... you really should.

Now excuse me while I go wipe the tears of laughter out of my eyes...

A Mother's Love

My mom just texted this to me:

Hey, look! I'm crafty!

Apparently I have skills that are only newly being discovered. So I just wanted to announce to you all that I'M CRAFTY. As in, I am actually able to make and create something with my hands from start to finish.*

Case in point: this pillow.

I haven't been able to find just the right fabric for pillows for our house which was really annoying me because, seriously, how hard should that be? So I found some fantastic modern looking fabric in all the right colors.

And this weekend I washed it, ironed it, cut it, sewed it, and stuffed it. It's like a miracle!

Then, I was so overwhelmed with my new found skill that I hemmed these curtains that I had planned to create using that iron-on hemming stuff. And I made it fancy by adding this nifty coordinating fabric at the top. Yes, it's kind of girly. But it's our office/storage room/someday to be a nursery if we live here that long room.**

*My sister pointed out that I make jewelry, which she considers crafty. I consider it to be more fabrication, more art. But I suppose it's not worth quibbling over. 


**Ignore the hideousness that is the rest of the room. I'm cleaning it tomorrow because we have plans to paint it all this weekend before my in-law's visit mid-March.

Photos by me and Husband