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5/27/2008

• One year ago today, the Loveliest little lady in all the land was born. Happy First Birthday to the Lovely Tess. I’m finding it hard to believe that it’s been a year already. We know that we’re very lucky to have had such a fun and easy-going little girl (I guess I can’t call her a baby anymore), so let’s hope that the fun continues. That Lovely Tess is a little firecracker.
• The Lovely Tess’s birthday party was a rocking good time, thanks mostly to the newly crafty Lovely Suse. I don’t know where she comes up with this stuff, but she’s turned into a little Martha Stewart. She took on the monumental task of making the cake, which was a triumphant 4-layer polka-dotted masterpiece. The amount of sugar and butter involved in that thing is just astounding. In addition, she made the Lovely Tess a birthday crown and some crazy green and pink paper decoration thingies. She’s one crafty lady.
• The Lovely Tess can now travel around the neighborhood in a Radio Flyer Wagon. She already loves this thing, and spends the majority of her rides waving to people and things. She’s like a beauty queen riding a float in a parade. She also has her own little adirondack chair. Yes, we are aware of that we are raising a very preppy little girl.
• Please ignore the gigantic grease fire that I lit in my charcoal grill just before the party. Oh, that giant ball of fire and black smoke? Never mind that.
• Have you seen The Alaska Experiment? Teams of normal people are dropped into the Alaskan wilderness to fend for themselves and survive for the entire winter. They are provided a little shelter, dry goods, and rudimentary tools, and they have to find everything else to survive. Hunting, fishing, chopping down trees for fuel, finding water, preserving what they kill, etc. Pretty bad-ass. I would die in about a week.
• The Lovely Suse won $100 worth of free dry cleaning. We like free.
• Did I mention how nice a long weekend it was? These are the days that we dream about all winter. I am very happy to be back wearing shorts and flip flops.
• Go Celts!
• After a week in the shop, the Lovely Suse’s car is back in action and looking better than ever. Do you know what’s better than free dry cleaning? The “pretty girl discount” at the autobody shop.
• We finally planted our veggies and herbs yesterday. Zucchini, cilantro, arugula, rosemary, thyme, and four types of tomatoes will join our already crazy-growing oregano and chives. We’re excited that we were able to get heirloom tomato plants this year, so hopefully, we’ll have good luck with them. Purple Cherokees, Mortgage Lifters, and Yellow Jelly Beans will join our regular Supersweet 100’s in the garden. These along with our CSA which starts next week should keep us in veggies and herbs for most of the summer and fall.

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