Of Veg and Shoes.
You know, I make no excuses for not blogging more often. I have periods where I just don't feel like blogging; not because there is nothing going on but simply because I'm too lazy. This past few weeks was one of those periods. I did mean to post, I even took pictures to post but just didn't. There.
As you can read back and find out, I sowed some lettuce on the 15th of April, which, much to my surprise, were showing above the ground just a three days later. Well, they are pretty big now and I think we'll be eating our first salad from them in the next couple of weeks. One of the rows of romaine lettuce didn't germinate though, which is a shame. The romaine that did germinate is doing well too but they will take a bit longer than the other mixed lettuce. The cabbages are doing good too despite their slug issues at the beginning which nearly killed them. One of the plants is really big and the other two are not too shabby. The strawberry plants now have two strawberries and many, many, many flowers. The rocket, which I thought wouldn't make it, has sky rocketed....pun intended! I think I'm gonna have to move it because it's overshadowing the rest of the herbs. The carrots are doing very well too, we have thinned them out a couple times and there are still plenty of them. I think we will start eating baby ones sometime in June and make room for the rest to grow more.
I have to say, that even though I'm a self proclaimed city girl through and through, seeing all this success with growing these plants is pretty amazing and enjoyable. I can see how some people can get totally hooked. I am not obsessive about it like I have been with other hobbies but I do wish I had more room to grow things. If we were to stay in the UK, I think I'd try to get an allotment. I am hoping that when we move to the US we find a place that has a big enough backyard for this and that the landlord is kind enough to allow me to use it as a vegetable garden.
Well, enough with gardening and on to girly things. I have, for the first time, actually counted and photographed all my shoes. Before I started, I thought the count would come to 50 something but I was off, way off. I counted a total of 74 pairs including flip flops and sneakers. In actually, it's 76 because I left two pairs out, one intentionally and one accidentally. I didn't realize I had this many, but, when I look at the pictures, it doesn't really seem like that many! I guess that does make me a shoe addict but there are people worse than me out there....and not all women! Here are the pictures: Shoe Inventory
Keeping with the theme; to make a long story short, a couple of weeks ago I placed a bid on a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes on eBay thinking I'd be outbidded but won. The shoes arrived and they were actually very nice on me but they had a bit of sharpie graffiti on the bottom which I thought was strange cause the auction didn't mention anything about any writing. I was a bit peeved and I contacted the seller asking for a refund. A day or so later, I was looking at some pictures of a shoe signing at the new Manolo Blahnik boutique in Dubai when it hit me......"Could this possible be a signed shoe????" So, I looked some stuff up and it is! It is Manolo Blahnik's signature on my shoe! I still can't believe it specially considering the shoe was a bargain and new although it was listed at "gently worn". Some luck that!
As you can read back and find out, I sowed some lettuce on the 15th of April, which, much to my surprise, were showing above the ground just a three days later. Well, they are pretty big now and I think we'll be eating our first salad from them in the next couple of weeks. One of the rows of romaine lettuce didn't germinate though, which is a shame. The romaine that did germinate is doing well too but they will take a bit longer than the other mixed lettuce. The cabbages are doing good too despite their slug issues at the beginning which nearly killed them. One of the plants is really big and the other two are not too shabby. The strawberry plants now have two strawberries and many, many, many flowers. The rocket, which I thought wouldn't make it, has sky rocketed....pun intended! I think I'm gonna have to move it because it's overshadowing the rest of the herbs. The carrots are doing very well too, we have thinned them out a couple times and there are still plenty of them. I think we will start eating baby ones sometime in June and make room for the rest to grow more.
I have to say, that even though I'm a self proclaimed city girl through and through, seeing all this success with growing these plants is pretty amazing and enjoyable. I can see how some people can get totally hooked. I am not obsessive about it like I have been with other hobbies but I do wish I had more room to grow things. If we were to stay in the UK, I think I'd try to get an allotment. I am hoping that when we move to the US we find a place that has a big enough backyard for this and that the landlord is kind enough to allow me to use it as a vegetable garden.
Well, enough with gardening and on to girly things. I have, for the first time, actually counted and photographed all my shoes. Before I started, I thought the count would come to 50 something but I was off, way off. I counted a total of 74 pairs including flip flops and sneakers. In actually, it's 76 because I left two pairs out, one intentionally and one accidentally. I didn't realize I had this many, but, when I look at the pictures, it doesn't really seem like that many! I guess that does make me a shoe addict but there are people worse than me out there....and not all women! Here are the pictures: Shoe Inventory
Keeping with the theme; to make a long story short, a couple of weeks ago I placed a bid on a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes on eBay thinking I'd be outbidded but won. The shoes arrived and they were actually very nice on me but they had a bit of sharpie graffiti on the bottom which I thought was strange cause the auction didn't mention anything about any writing. I was a bit peeved and I contacted the seller asking for a refund. A day or so later, I was looking at some pictures of a shoe signing at the new Manolo Blahnik boutique in Dubai when it hit me......"Could this possible be a signed shoe????" So, I looked some stuff up and it is! It is Manolo Blahnik's signature on my shoe! I still can't believe it specially considering the shoe was a bargain and new although it was listed at "gently worn". Some luck that!
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