where have I been?

In short, things have been busy. Finished my late assignment, watered my plants a lot, did some homework, took a test, and ate lots of food along the way. Jason and I also adopted a new cat. Sort of. She's not officially ours, but she's staying on his porch for now.

Also went to Jason's Eagle Scout Ceremony. So proud of him! He got this honor a loooonnnng time ago. Pretty much before we started dating. But he did not have his award ceremony until yesterday. He was absolutely precious and I can't wait until Sage starts boy scouts and begins achieving these things.

Side note, I didn't go home on Tuesday and didn't get home until late Wednesday night. I went to water my plants this morning and my little forget-me-nots look all shriveled. I watered them in hopes that they would come back to life, but I'm not too hopeful. :c

little peppers?

I think a couple of my peppers have sprouted. Hopefully, these are peppers and not weeds that mysteriously made their way into my box.

On a side note: horrifying incident at school yesterday. Did not realize a due date was given on a "time intensive" lab assignment. Got to class and the prof mentioned something about it. Majority of the class freaked out. Luckily, prof was kind enough to postpone due date to give us time to complete the lab. What a slacker I am.

Also, tie dye day was cancelled. Marcella and I will fix it, though. The tablets took too long to prepare and we did not feel as though we allotted enough time to enjoy this project. No worries. Another day has been planned.

box garden, built!

The box garden is finally complete and the seeds have been planted and watered. I have planted Ferry~Morse Soy Beans (1.99, 6grams) and regular Beans ($1.59, 28grams).

Sweet Peppers still have not sprouted, but they have some time still. I hope they grow. Lots of rain lately, if my plants have drowned I will be sad. But on a happier note, the Forget-Me-Nots have sprouted!

crafts!

Wednesday, Marcella and I were inspired by Craft Gawker to start doing more creative activity. We have formed a mini crafting group of friends and our first project tie dye items. Personally, I'm not all too fond of tie dye, but Marcella adores it and I adore her. Maybe tie dye will grow on me.

Thursday, we bought the "Twisted Tie Dye Machine" kit for $16.99+tax. It does 12 shirts and includes a nifty looking tube that twists up the shirt before you add the dye. Does it work? I will find out.

Today, I tortured Jason into going to the Hobby Lobby with me and purchased an xsmall heart shaped craft punch for $3.99 and 3 rolls of ribbon, on sale for $1 each (normally $1.99).

Father's Day gifts were also acquired. :)

let's make lunch!

Made lunch for my boyfriend, my sister, and myself. Lots of rice. Fried rice and white rice. I was really short on ingredients, so no meat or corn in the fried rice. Not many veggies in the house to put as sides either. But it's all good. I will be in Japan in a month and half. Then I will have all the good foods and make better obento for our trips out.

grow faster!

Planted Forget-Me-Not seeds from a Buzzy Grow Kit that I purchased for $1 at Target. Only the larger kits are sold online, but the $1 kits seem to be available most of the year in the bargain bins (cheap gifts, goodie bag items, knick knacks, etc) at my store.

Last time, I tried strawberries. They do actually grow, but I didn't tend to mine on the weekends because I tried to grow it on my office desk at my internship. I over-watered it on Fridays and it was always very unhappy when I returned on Monday. This time, I plan to keep the plant at home and care for it every day!

the first seeds!

Sweet Banana Pepper seeds have been planted. Once they grow three inches tall (and I finish the big box garden) I will move them from the mini planters. Still working on getting higher walls on the box garden. Hope to be done by the end of the week.

it's summer again.

This summer, I plan to plant and garden things. I made this planter that I got from a Home Depot Kid's Workshop. It needs to be lined with plastic, then I'll start some sweet banana peppers in them before I move them outside to my nearly finished box garden.