New Layout

So I have been fussing around with a new layout. I was ready for a new one. Sean thinks differently. However, our little boy is getting bigger and the header deserves a new picture, so here it is. I don't know exactly how to "pimp" my blog so I'm just working with the easy stuff for now.

Girls' Day and Night

Saturday night we had what we hope to be is a monthly girls' night out. We started this whole thang at Tapino in Scottsdale. It's a tapas restaurant that sources their ingredients locally (yay!).

We all had fun trying new things. Liz (pictured above with me) tried beets for the first time and boy were they good. They were from Kelly's farm Desert Roots (she gets some of her stuff from Frank at Crooked Sky). I got to have my carpaccio which was so good. They also brought out lobster hot dogs (they weren't my fave), crusted goat cheese (awesome), pork empanadas, short ribs (yum), fried okra with harissa (yum but cut weird - the long way, not crosswise - not the best for okra though it was tender), Beth and I had watermelon mojitos, some of the other ladies got wine and we finished dinner with a fancy fruit salad, homemade smores and drumsticks, spoons of creme brulee and strawberry doughnuts.

How bad can that be?

But before we made it to Tapino we celebrated Mike and Suzanne's daughter's first birthday with some Sprinkles Cupcakes. Happy First Cate!

The vegetable/herb garden

So here's what it looks like now. Only 3 of these pots are from the
original seeds I planted. I think it was just too hot for them all to
have survived.

The ones that survived were the tomatoes, mesclun mix
and a parsley. Determined to have some plants, I went out and got
basil, thyme, walla walla onions, chives, eggplant, butternut squash,
sage, mint, oregano, margoram, parsley and catnip.

We shall see what I can keep alive. I've been watering everyday and will have Katy come by to water while we're in San Diego again this weekend.

Chillin' outside in our jammies

So we only kept the window open for 5 minutes but decided to go
outside and enjoy the weather and check out my herb/veg garden. That
picture is coming next.

Horray for 80 degree rain!

Halloween costume idea from Babystyle

Relaxing in the dogbed

I'm attempting to post more often using the email post feature of the
blog using my phone. It might get me posting more often...let's hope!