The Apartment Dweller's Garden

Due to the fact that we weren't sure when we would be moving, I figured I may just scratch the idea of having a garden this year. I decided that maybe it would be best to just wait until next spring. Then, I decided to just go for it. I went out and got some "seed incubators" for the unbelievable amount of seeds that I have purchased. Did you realize each seed packet contains like 257 seeds? Hmmm... I didn't. So, when I came home with 4 seed packets of Foxglove, Blake was like "Um, honey? I guess you REALLY like foxglove. Because, we're going to have around 2,000 Foxglove plants!!" Ooops!! Well, I seem to have a problem of overdoing with alot of things, so gardening might as well be one of them, too! Anyway, I have started some seeds for Broccoli, Cauliflower, tomatoes, peppers, foxglove, cosmos, and a couple other flower varieties. Two days later, you can already see some progress. As I was planting, I couldn't help but be amazed that a seed the size of a grain of sand can grow into a beautiful flowering plant, or a plant full of delicious vegetables to be eaten and enjoyed. Blake and I are definitely looking forward to enjoying the fruits of our labor.

French Martinis

Blake and I went out to dinner for his birthday last night. Happy Birthday, Blake!! We discovered a great restaurant in Burlington called Taste. http://www.tasteofburlington.com/ We had the best dinner out since we have moved here. And, I discovered a tasty new martini, the French Martini. Mmmm... to make a French Martini of your own, you will need the following:

2 oz vodka

1/2 oz Chambord

2 1/2 oz pineapple juice

I need to get busy making Blake's chocolate birthday cake. I have a great Vegan Chocolate Cake recipe that is quick and delicious. Especially with the peanut butter frosting!!

Peep Show

Happy Easter... may you have lots of peeps in your basket.

Peeps Fun Facts:

1. It would take over 172 million peeps bunnies end-to-end to circle the moon.

2. The amount of Peeps chicks and bunnies eaten at Easter could more than circle Earth's circumference. That's alot of marshmallow!!!

3. In the early 1950's, it took 27 hours to make one Peeps chick. Today it takes 6 minutes.

4. Over 70 million peeps chicks lined up beak-to-tail are needed to reach from New York City to Los Angeles.

5. Peeps chicks and bunnies come in 5 colors. Yellow chicks are the most popular, followed by pink, lavender, blue and white.

6. Loyal Peeps fans eat them fresh, frozen, stale, and even on pizza!! Ewww.... http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/ http://www.peepresearch.org/

Blake the Pancake Master

There's nothing better after a long hard day at work than coming home to a fresh batch of Blake's pancakes. The man makes the best tasting pancakes I've ever had in my life. He puts all kinds of good-for-ya ingredients in them like whole wheat flour, wheat germ, and flax seed... He's made some awesome blueberry walnut, pumpkin and banana walnut pancakes which were to die for. And his no-frills batches are always delicious...they'll make your mouth water before you can say "maple syrup". Even better, this time of year we can get some freshly made maple syrup to pour on top. Mmm!!

My First 10K

The town of Saint Albans, Vermont is hosting the annual Vermont Maple Festival at the end of this month. There is an arts and crafts show, lots of food, music, and of course lots of maple syrup. There is also an annual Sap Run, a run which benefits the Run For Jim Foundation. This program helps provide financial support for families in need who have a terminally ill family member. I have never done any kind of a run whatsoever, but it is something that I have always wanted to do, and I am really looking forward to it. I have been running at the gym for the past several months, and to my surprise, really enjoy it. So, since hearing about it, I have been working my way towards this 10K run. It should be great! http://www.vtmaplefestival.org/index.html

The Sweetest Fiance

I have the sweetest fiance on the planet. Our apartment has been a disaster zone from our packing and moving/not moving situation. I got home from work today, and Blake had cleaned out all of the boxes. He rented out a larger storage unit, moved all of our stuff from the old storage unit into the new storage unit, and took four truckloads of stuff out of our apartment into our new and improved storage space. Not only that, but there are two dozen roses sitting on our dining room table. The apartment is clean and the laundry is done. AND... he's taking me out to dinner tonight. Isn't he the sweetest? And, I must say that I am the luckiest woman on the planet.

Home Sweet...what the??

The last couple of days have been interesting, to say the least. To spare you the long and somewhat painful story, it comes down to the fact that our builder made some changes to our well and septic. He got approval through the state, and thought he got the proper approval from the town, but apparently not. So, the town of Fairfax is not going to let us off easy, they are going to make us jump through hoops. This means that we will not be able to move into our house this weekend. We won't be able to move in until probably mid-May. This is a huge bummer because we have been waiting since January. Our lease is up on our apartment April 13th. So, we're thinking we are pretty much homeless for a month, and going to have to find a nice shack to live in. Blake called our landlord to see if there's any way we can stay longer (thinking of course we won't be able to, but it doesn't hurt to ask, because we're totally desperate) Apparently the people who are planning to move in to the apartment can't move in until mid-May. NO WAY!! How lucky is THAT? So, all is well in Bolt-Endeville. What a relief!!