Haven't forgotten about you...

It has been a while, but life has been bizzzy. Today I took a mental-health afternoon and tried to catch up on many little things that kept piling up. Feels good to have those to-do items checked off.

Our garden is growing like crazy! We have so much lettuce we could eat salad for days. Our 4 stalks of okra are starting to sprout little plants! The carrots are growing, but I'm not sure how you really know when they are done. There is also a huge, sprawling vine where the watermelon seeds were planted - and I'm still hopeful a little melon ball will appear before winter. I'm excited to think about what we'll plant next spring.

Dinner was good tonight - cooked for the first time in a while. Sliced and roasted some butternut squash, baked up a pork tenderloin and made some salad. Felt good to have a home-cooked meal after a long string of quick meals. We've all been sick - me, Mike, and Gams. But think we're on the mend. Feels good to have the carpet vacuumed, laundry clean, and ready to face the week ahead.

Hope all is well!