Bloomin Pepper

Wells folks, I can now add "successful gardener" to my already extensive list of credentials. (The others for those who are wondering are: wife, daughter, aunt, sister, bond lawyer, half marathon runner, aspiring pianist, yard-sale shopper, shopper in general, baker -speaking of which, I have an incredible recipe to share with you, martini-lover, cat enthusiast, among many others...my list goes on and on, though it gets less glamorous as we go - wait, that would imply that something on my list is currently "glamorous", hum...must be that lawyering thing...). Back to the point - our garden has a PEPPER! Yes, it is only one, single, solitary, lone pepper, but its a pepper nonetheless and it's a-growin! I am pretty sure its a jalapeno and I'm hopeful he'll have some brothers and cousins soon, but for the moment he's our one shining star. Everything else (aside from two tomato plants which died of heat stroke) are looking good, or at least looking promising). I do need to take care of (and by that I mean kill) the grass that has decided to start growing in the garden and we need to string the beans because they are looking a lot more like pole beans than bush beans, oops. (Although in reality this is a good thing because I read that bush beans produce beans all at once so you need to keep planting thtem like every 2 weeks to have beans all season, but pole beans continuously produce beans, which is a plus). I have pics of the garden and the pepper at home that I'll post tonight!

This Sunday was Father's Day (along with the 1st day of Summer) and my mom had the whole fam up for brunch. My uncle brought my 91 year old grandpa up from LaGrange and it was my brother's first father's day as well, a father. So it was special to have everyone together - I especially cherish any time I get to spend with my grandparents since they're getting up there in age and you just don't know what the future holds. Grandpa's joke of the day was, at least I think its a joke, is what's the difference between a donkey and a jackass? Anyone know the answer???? We spent the morning playing tennis with my dad and the afternoon relaxing - it was a wonderful day all around! I was assigned the task of bringing dessert so I made a chocolate cake - the recipe and yummy pictures to follow later today.

Ok, back to it - Kate I hope this gave you some entertainment today :)