Corn is Born!

I know I am totally obsessed with my corn. But I can't help it. It is so fun to grow and it seems like it grows a foot a day. We now have 5 ears growing. I was so excited when I saw the first one that I called Jim in Vegas to share the news. I can't wait to taste it.

The Corn is Huge: A Veggie Update

I cannot believe how big our corn has gotten in such a short amount of time. It is taller than I am! Our tomatoes are also almost as tall as me. I'm not sure what Jim did different this year, but our garden is going to produce a lot of veggies. The peppers are of to a slow start, but that is to be expected because the weather has been cool for this time of year. Once it starts to heat up the peppers will take off. I can't wait until I can start eating things. There are tons of green tomatoes that I'm just waiting to turn red.

Review: Drood

The Spring reading challenge is coming to a close. Saturday is the last day. I finished my ninth book a few days ago. "Drood," by Dan Simmons, was one of the most interesting books I have ever read. It was a historical mystery about the last five years of Charles Dickens; however, it is not written from his perspective. It is written from the view of his real-life collaborator and friend, Wilkie Collins and really, I would say the book is more about Wilkie's life. I'm not quite sure how to talk about this book. Even though it was a slow paced book, I was still intrigued to continue on. Well reading, I often found myself getting on Wikipedia to look up facts from the book. Wilkie Collins was an author too, and makes reference to his novels and plays in "Drood." One of his more popular stories was "The Moonstone." I want to read this if I can find it at the library. I'm sorry that this isn't the best review, it's just so hard to describe it. I would recommend it though. Don't be scared by it's length (771 pages). It was wroth the time.

I going to try and finish one more book before Saturday if I can. It is a biography about Robert E. Lee. Jim got me interested in him while we were on our vacation. I was lucky enough to go in his home when we visited Arlington Cemetery a few weeks ago and he seemed like an intriguing individual. Once I finish that book, I am going to read a biography on Abraham Lincoln. I'm really into history right now. I hope to find a book on Thomas Jefferson so I can learn more about him.

Where is Cali?

Calicoon is one of our unofficial backyard cats and Rusty's girlfriend. I don't remember when she started hanging around, nor do I know where she came from. My thought is that she lived with a family whose home foreclosed and they left her behind when they moved. Who knows. Anyway, she's the most loving kitty who adores lying on your chest while you attempt to read a book on the lawn chair. She usually greets me each morning when I step outside to go for my run, especially if her food dish is empty.

To my knowledge she doesn't usually leave our backyard and she will defend her space when another neighborhood cat ventures in. This afternoon I was looking at our garden when I noticed there was a ton of cat lying on the grass. There where huge clumps everywhere. I'm assuming it belongs to Cali because she is the only long haired cat that comes around. Jim and I looked all over the backyard, front yard, and alley trying to find her. So far we have not had any luck. I hope she is okay. My fear is that she is hurt somewhere and can't move. I saw two of the other cats who tend to come around and neither one of them looked like they had been in a fight. So who knows, I just hope she comes around soon, or if she is hurt, that I find her.

Vacation: Our Cottage

Well we made it to Williamsburg last night. We are staying at Kings Creek Plantation. This place is awesome and so cheap. We have our 1 bedroom cottage with its own private deck (that's where I'm typing this), a full kitchen, laundry, and best of all, a jacuzzi tub. For those of you who don't know, I live for getting a room with a jacuzzi tub! Jim kept telling me there wasn't one but I knew he was wrong. All of the places here have them. We got in at about 11:30 PM last night and that was the first thing I did, get in the tub. Jim watched the tonight show and I took a bath. Let me tell you, it felt great to relax after our long and delayed flight.

This morning we went for a little walk around the property before breakfast. It's about 10am and it's already warm and humid. We are going to go and visit Jamestown today. Tomorrow we are going to Busch Gardens. This should be a fun trip. I'm looking forward to relaxing this first few days. Once we head back to D.C. the days are going to be long and actioned packed.