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Watch my garden grow

My little garden is growing so fast! Here’s a pic of my lettuce babies, and also a picture of the neighbor’s cat (I call her “Meow-Meow”) pouncing on the freshly sprouted kitty grass garden. I can’t wait until everything is big enough to harvest, and then I will have myself some tasty homegrown salads.  Oh, and there's also picture of some yellow mushrooms that are cohabiting with some of our herbs.  I think they look like little yellow penises.

Sheesh, I can’t believe it’s Monday. My weekend went by so fast! We took a three hour drive out of town for a family baby shower on Saturday, and then drove back on Sunday so I could go to Houston Roller Derby’s championship game. My girls kicked major ass! It really was the most exciting bout of the season, and I have my bitten off nails to prove it.  I cannot wait to be out there skating with a team. Our draft is coming up in a few weeks, and really want to make the cut. I’ve been kinda sick lately, so I haven’t been skating my best, but I’m starting to feel like my old self again. I can’t wait to hit the rink tonight and get my skate on!

I’ve decided to make some groovy cabled wrist warmers for my design department this year. I think they will make some nice holiday gifties, plus they’ll be very useful since it’s usually quite frigid here in the office. Click here to see the pattern I'm thinking of using.

I've been tagged!

Heidi tagged me!

Rules:
Once tagged, you must link to the person who tagged you. Then post the rules before your list, and list 8 random things about yourself. At the end of the post, you must tag and link to 8 other people, visit their sites, and leave a comment letting them know they've been tagged.

1. I design office furniture - cubicles.
2. I'm a rollergirl with Houston Roller Derby.
3. My favorite holiday is Halloween.  I love carving pumpkins and decorating the house all spooky.
4. I've lived in New York City.
5. I can play the flute, and I like to sing harmony with the car radio.
6. I have restless legs syndrome.
7. I collect books...lots and lots of books, though I'm currently exercising the use of my library card, since I'm running out of room on my bookshelves.
8. I do not have a gallbladder.

I tag Christine, Crafty Bitch,  NipperKnits, OneStitchShort,  Amy, Skittermagoo, Yarn Maven, and Becky. 
  

Feeling green

With the new scent of fall in the air, I want to be outdoors more.  My plan for this weekend is to plant a small container garden with fall/winter friendly vegetables.  I went to library today and checked all kinds of books on organic gardening and container gardening, so now all I left to do is go to the plant store and get everything into the dirt.  I love tending to a garden, and there's something incredibly satisfying about growing your own vegetables.  You can run out to the garden and pick yourself a salad.  It's fabulous. 

My family always had a large garden when I was a child.  We had cucumbers, peppers, squash, cauliflower, corn, tomatoes, watermelons, and cataloupes.  I had a little bean garden.  I was so proud and amazed when the beans sprouted roots and grew.  Unfortunately, it's not always easy to have a garden in the city, so I'm having to improvise a bit.  I've never grown vegetables in containers before, but I think it will make for a lovely garden.

My next step will be to buy a giant hammock to park outside in the grass where I will read, knit, and watch my little garden grow. 

I'm special

Woo-hoo! I finally got my ravelry invite, and I'm all signed up now.  I can't wait until this weekend when I can load everything up to my notebook.  I think it will really help me get everything organized, and take stock of what I have hiding in my giant yarn stash.  Oh, and I found some knitting derby girls on there too...very exciting. 

Speaking of derby girls, last weekend I went to Austin to watch the WFTDA National championship.  The best teams in the nation were there, and let me tell you they kicked major ass.  After seeing them skate, I felt really motivated to push myself harder at practice.  I frickin love roller derby!  There's a pic of me trying out the Lonestar Rollergirls banked track on Sunday.  It's a lot different than skating flat-track, but I had a great time giving it a whirl.   Dang, just talking about skating makes me wanna hit the rink right now.  Maybe God should have given me wheels instead of feet.