Jealous?

Not everyone gets a Lodge Cast Iron 7 quart dutch oven for their birthday! From the Ace Hardware Store in Morgan City, Louisiana!

I'm just lucky that way!

More and More Growing!

Green Bean blooms.

Crazy Rose bush! By the looks of this one, I should plant more on this side of the house, it's really doing well...maybe because I leave it alone?

Baby Bell Peppers! These are going to be orange when they grow up!

Even more growing!

Bird and nature watching...now I'm watching things grow? How strange is that for me?

But have no fear I still take my flyball seriously I ordered my Kevlar lined gloves because I'm tired of the bloodletting with Prank & Imp!

CIAO

More in the Growing Dept

Well the Pears & Plums have come out, they appear much larger in the photos than they than really are! I'm afraid no lemons this year due to the hard freeze, but the tree did survive.

Bad news on the palms, I think only one of them is showing signs of life. I really like them around the pool so I think there will be some new ones planted (some day).

The big news in the growing department, is Keegan is going to be a big brother! "Player to be named later" will arrive early September! I have a picture, but I can't download a pdf file to this blog, or I can't figure it out.

22 days and counting...Ciao

Happy Easter - Happy Birthday!

Small gathering at our house today. Not only was it Easter Sunday, but it was Gary's Birthday!

I made our first ever Crown Pork Roast!

Isn't it beautiful ? Pete's Fine Meat always has super meat and they picked out a great roast for this! It came out so pretty, and it tasted so good too. Now this recipe has been saved and I promise to make it again.

Sam took a picture of the rising yeast dough, the roast before and after, and the final table.

In preparation for my trip to Italy I had Peach Bellini's. (Good enough for me to put an entire bottle of Prosecco away!)

How does your garden grow?

It is growing, there are blooms on the tomatoes and a couple of peppers and the beans and chard have sprouted!

My last weekend of March was pretty cool, my BF Jessica that I have known for 17 years minus 1 week (week she was born I was on vacation!) came out and stayed with us. Didn't do much but we had fun, she's so grown up (sucks) but she is and she's beautiful (always has been). Now to plan 2011 awesome graduation party!

April Fool's a day late for an unwelcome guest at the house. I was outside and saw a (name that should not be mentioned) SNAKE! I ran in the house, put the dogs up, grabbed and loaded a gun! Called Sam because I thought he was minutes away from the house and he was, so I, yes I went out side gun ready to fire and watched this SNAKE until he got home and I let him KILL it! I could have and would have had I known he wouldn't have been home that quick! It was a copperhead....ewwwwww.

It's tequila time now! No use for a margarita mix, just tequila!