lowes v. law degree

ok--i'm the first to admit that becoming a lawyer is NOT that difficult--so don't be thinking that i feel holier than thou because i did just that.  i do not.

i do, however, feel a hell of a lot holier than the lowes guy who told me my garden wouldn't grow--because guess what.  i recently made zucchini muffins with these babies:

and whenever i figure out when i'm supposed to pick this, i'll make something with this, too:

(that's a butternut squash, in case you're wondering)
and then i'll be making a salad with this beauty:

granted, it will be a salad for one person, but that's not the point!  the point is, never again will i allow myself to be discouraged by a mean guy at lowes!!

so that's what's been going on around here--i know i've disappointed my legions of fans by not keeping up with the blog, but i've been enjoying the summer and all it's bounty!!

take that, guy from lowes!! (aka a veggie update)

i recently went to lowes to see if someone could help me with the planting of my "babies".  i met a man who basically told me i started too soon with all my plants, and that nothing i planted would grow.

so then i went crying to one of my plant-growing friends, who told me to just go for it--so i did :)  after a fabulous weekend enjoying my nephew's bar mitzvah, i spent a bit of mother's day "just going for it"--and planted my "babies" in our city-dweller raised beds.  because they were either going to die inside, or outside--or they would flourish, despite the mean guy at lowes.

and guess what i found the very next day:

yep--a beautiful flower on my zucchini plant!!

and even better, guess what i found today:

yep--that's right!!  a green bean!!!!  an ACTUAL green bean!!  and what's more, there are TWO of them!!

so take that, guy from lowes!  my black thumb and i have beaten the system!!!

"z" is for zigzag

sadly, "Z" week doesn't get much better than "Y" week...;) 

sure, i could have done a zebra, or zipper--but i went with zigzag.  what can i say--i had an episode of the big bang theory to get to so i needed lunch to be packed and out of the way!

not much of a (big) bang to end the alphabet, but i'm sure M will be ok with it--especially b/c they worked on cutting out zigzags this week :)

thankfully, even though we're at the end of the alphabet, we're not at the end of the school year--i still have a whole month left of lunches to make!  hopefully my creative mojo will return soon ;)  in fact, if anyone wants to make a request, i'd be happy to try and oblige!  so feel free to make them :)

"y" is for yawn-y face

i've been dragging my feet posting this one b/c i'm just plain embarrassed--this is bad folks!  so i'll just post the pic and get it over with, ok?!

i didn't know what else to do for "Y" week!!

at least "X" week was a respectable effort--remember this??

"w" is for whale

poor M was sick AGAIN last friday!  but she wasn't when she went to bed on thursday, so i made her a lunch--and she requested a whale for "W" week

when the girls had a "picnic" (indoors, as it was pretty cold out!) with their packed lunches, the first thing M said was "why didn't you do a blow hole??"  i told her it was because i thought she was going to school and hadn't figured out a way to pack it--she was very understanding :)

"v" is for volcano

once again i am so thankful that my children are not very discriminating!

M asked for a volcano for "V" week:

man, i love this kid--when i picked her up from school she said she loved it and told me that yes, it really looked like a volcano.  i was thinking maybe i should take this opportunity to discuss the merits of telling the truth, but i figured i shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth...

veggie update and another tip

my "babies" are getting so big :)

ok, enough bragging ;)  on to one of my favorite tips:

i don't know about you, but i find a lot of recipes online--and that means either making sure i have my laptop on the kitchen counter, or i have to print them out.  and then throw them out.  and then find them and print them when i need them again. 

until i figured out a better way!  i got a three ring binder and some sheet protectors--such a simple thing!!  i only have to print out a recipe once--if i like it, it goes in the binder (and if i don't, it goes in the garbage!)  voila!  modern day recipe book :)