Baby S's first Birthday. Such a sweet princess.

This is what love is.

It's been a hard couple of weeks for me. Memories like this make me smile. Babies are so magical, aren't they? Even if they aren't yours, babies bring so much love to this world & our hearts.

How to grow a garden:

Strawberries and Sugar Snap Peas

So, I live by the beach and I am in my twenties. I am not rich, don't come from old money and I am not a Lawyer or Actress. So, obviously right now I am not living in my own house - I live in a cute apartment by the beach. It's two bedrooms, one bathroom (although I keep wishing it will multiply into a second one... LOL) and I love it! My apartment was lived in by the boyfriend for a couple years before I moved in. We've been together for over four years and we aren't in any hurry to get married. I am sick, on disability, and we want a kick ass party of course so we are waiting until 2012 to get married. Anywho... where was I?

Oh  yeah, So - I have an apartment but I want a garden. I have no green thumb tho. Even with all my ailments my thumb is seriously pale. Like Twilight vampire pale. In fact, my thumb is not good. I kill flowers but I can save weeds (and snails); however, I still wanted to contribute to my apartment "garden" of tomatoes and such.



See, I have the coolest and best neighbors ever. We hang out. Sometimes we have "frenchies" and now we have the "russians" right next door. In fact, one of the "russians" said that my plants WILL grow. And he KNEW they were strawberries. It must be a russian thing. :P

So, here are some pictures of me "growing" ie, planting my garden. In pots. Plastic cute pots. From Target. And the soil was $1.99. And I had to climb on top of a step ladder and unwrap the plastic from the cheap-o soil and TRY so hard not to destroy the bag of soil as it fell to the ground from my grasp. Geeze. No service at Target I guess.

P.S There are NO lady bugs in soil.... those are pellets. You should know. In case... you know that you want the cheap-o soil that the Target dude was sure NOT going to be just $1.99. And the pharmacist gave me the broken watering (plastic) can for a dollar and yeah.



Here are the photos.
Let me know what you think!

:)

This is my face before pursuing my gardening adventure. Mind you no sleep that night. 

What you need: 

Cute plastic pot, soil and Strawberry plant.

Boy sized potting gloves, spoon, and scissor.

Step 1 

Step 2

Step 3

Yes, messiness is a step....

Basically, you have to fill up the pot with soil half way and THEN dump the little original pot upside down and then turn it right side up; and then pack in the soil 'til it reaches the tippy top of the plant.

And yes - those instruction are from this little old lady fellow gardener at Target. :)

Step 4

Look at ALL my cute little dirt hand prints hehe!

Tada!!!

And then, this was me afterwards. Thanks body, you really rock! 

Let's see.... I potted THREE tiny plants and that drains me? Thanks... really. 

                                            

P.s Has ANYONE actually used these "watering bulbs?" Not, that I am THAT lazy (not working.... so, lots of time)  but..... they do look interesting. 

These are a few of my favorite pics

The bride was very carefree which made picture taking a lot of fun! The only difficulties were her trying to get her daughter from opening the gifts before the cards were read. Haha! She catered in Panda Express and had many yummy treats to choose from including a chocolate lava fountain and colorful cupcakes. Of course I had to munch on just the fruits and veggies because of my gluten intolerance but I was still having a fun time. It was kind of nerve wracking to see all of my relatives that I haven't seen in ages but as soon as I saw my great aunts I felt very comforted. Everyone remembered me and that felt good. The bride, Amanda, is gorgeous so taking photos of her was so easy. Her friends were very pretty too! It was so much fun taking pictures of them. Especially for the venue (inside a club house) the lighting was exceptionally good. It surprised me. I am used to my pictures looking way too yellow for my taste. I hope you enjoy these pictures! Let me know what you think. :)

I caught a secret kiss!

These two were so adorable.

MMM frozen bananas!

The obligatory picture of me and my younger cousin Bridget. 

Everyone was glad that I caught this!

She was so adorable!

MMMmm! Little Tuxedo Strawberries. Almost too good to eat. ;) 

I love this picture. My mom in the blue dress and my aunts and cousins.

Bridal Shower

Young and in love. What does that mean to you? To me it stirs up all kinds of memories of past boyfriends that I thought were "the one."

Tomorrow though, a cousin of mine is twenty and marrying her sweetheart. I have never met her. I was chatting on the phone with a family member of mine and she mentioned the Bridal Shower and then quickly changed the subject. She didn't know if I was invited or not. I called my Mother and she said I was. Okay then. I am going to go and I hope to take lots of pictures and add some to my  new blog. 

Hopefully, there will be some children. The laughter of children is contagious and beautiful. 

Btw I am going to get her a gift card, most likely. It seems appropriate. I would rather get her something lovely at Anthropologie or Crate & Barrel; however, time has run out.