Planting Plants in Planters and Pots

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Yesterday R and myself went out and got our little plant buddies that will be living on our deck this year.  Today I planted them, making a gigantic mess I hope didn't make too big of a mess on the deck below us when I was cleaning up!


This year we're revisiting the upside-down tomato thingy and the strawberry side-hole pokey planter (Pretty sure these are the trademarked names).  Last year I loved the tomatoes a little too much, and constantly over watered them... giving most of the ones in the middle and end of the season "stem rot".  And we started with only seeds in the strawberry planter... which never grew into anything at all, so at least we're already ahead of the game this year in that department!


We've also got some basil, rosemary, and thyme started in these little guys.


We tried some shady and half sun plants for the bottom pots this year, and hope they enjoy their time on our deck facing east into the forest.  Also, decided to try a sweet red pepper plant, second from the right.  Must not have gotten a closeup of that guy.

Nithya's favorite puppy statue protects the plants R will have to give you the name of.

We'll keep you posted on how everybody's doing as the season goes on.  I love this weather, and also bought some tennis balls today in hopes of getting R out on the court.  Can't wait to get a few more miles logged in my brand new bike jersey too... Maybe R has a pic she can upload of that?  
...hopefully not. haha

K

The Academy is Rigged!

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Hey everybody, K here!


First of all, I'd like to thank the Academy, and all the little people who made this possible... However, you've outdone yourself this time, Academy.  When R finally returned home from Tinseltown, she had apparently accepted an Oscar on my behalf! AWESOME! ...However, it appears I won an Oscar for BEST HUSBAND, something I haven't even become yet!  R was apparently very short and to the point in her acceptance speech, and the audience seemed to appreciate that with claps, smiles, and gentle outtro music... not even skipping a beat I'd been awarded an Oscar for something I am not!  I hate to expose the academy in this way, but I love little Oscar and he's going in the trophy case now.   THANKS!



In other news, I recently found out that R couldn't remember the last time she had an Easter basket.  I love baskets of candy and presents, so I decided that we would celebrate Easter for the sake of having a basketfuls of presents and candy! Yay!


When I was home sick last week, we rented Lego Harry Potter years 1-4 on Wii, and R loved it.  She admitted it was the first video game she's actually really enjoyed playing (Sorry Mario Kart, looks like you were living a lie this whole time.)  Anyway, I knew this had to be the centerpiece for R's basket.  I then found an actual Harry Potter Lego set, and threw that in among some candy, knowing the display on R's work desk could use another geeky, dorky trinket.
Jim Halpert Bobble-head, and Battlestar Frak mug... Meet Lego Harry Potter, Dobby and Lucius Malfoy

Yes, R may have gotten her basket early this year, but she's coming home every day this week to find several candy-filled eggs hidden all over the apartment by what must be some terrifying gigantic bunny.  It's the only explanation I can think of...
HAPPY EASTER!

My Trip to LA

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So the story is that I work with a bunch of wonderful people in LA. This past week I was lucky enough to travel there on business, right in to Hollywood. 

Here follows a pictorial journey of the fun stuff I did. 

We did the star walk. Naturally, the only star I took a picture of was the one I felt would get the biggest laugh from K. 


E and Sly, whom I was lucky enough to travel with, kindly didn't look away as I touristly took photos. Yes, touristly. 


Here is the famous Grauman's 







Clearly, this was also due to K's influence.....


I also almost missed the Kodak. It is hilariously surrounded by shopping malls and people dressed as spiderman crouching on trashcans. 


Have you ever seen Big? 



Yeah...


I was pretty excited too. 

This is Sly's fabulous view from her office window. I feel pretty jealous staring at psuedo carpet cube walls. Ah to be fabulous 


If you look closely you can spot the Beverly Wilshire  where we walked to a celebratory lunch one afternoon. I felt as though Richard Gere would sweep in to give me a giant cellphone and save my life.....or something :) 


It is a bit hazy, but you can see the Hollywood sign and all. 


Our first night we dined at La Loteria 

It was divine, fragrant rice, perfectly stewed beans, tender shrimp tacos. 


I felt pretty damn chic 


Alas, still not celebrities lurking in those dark corners. 



One afternoon we drove to Santa Monica, where the stars gather their Vitamin D. 


If only K were there to ride to beach-long board walk. 




We supped at the delicious Gladstones 

We are pretty happy sitting in the sunshine with Mojitos. 


However, we became much more deliriously happy when we got moved to a table next to the beach. We watched the sunset and basked in the glory of amazing food. 



I started with some New England chowder. Now, this was the one thing I didn't like so much, but that shows me for ordering this in CA. Duh R. 


Sly's Taco Salad. 


E's basil shrimp, goat cheese flat bread. 


Yes, it was a sandwich. But I swear, it was the best sandwich that has ever graced my mouth with its presence. Seared Ahi tuna with a house made Chile Harissa (i.e. delicious, crack sauce) with avacado, pickled red onion and spinach on a soft ciabatta roll. 




Seriously, even foodporn can't describe the magnitude of this sandwich. 


We even got a glimpse of a seal gamboling about in the water, I assume in joyous celebration of my sandwich. 

All in all, what a lovely trip to LA. 


Oh yeah, and I did work too :) 

Living Like Mavericks

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K here again.
I used to love to play hockey.  I was on several teams, and played for several years.  Ever since they announced there would be a hockey team coming to the Independence Event Center, I have been constantly wanting to go to a game.  About two years later, R finally made my dream come true.  We got tickets to a Missouri Mavericks game, and it was fun on a bun.  D and his lady, KT came to town for the weekend, and joined the "Orange Army" with us Saturday night.  We all had a blast.  The arena was small enough for every seat in the place to be a great view.  The crowd was riled up, and we had no problem fitting in.  The one downside was the "Maverick" cowbells everyone had.  R did not appreciate the 4 sitting right behind us.  I however did not mind them.



D and myself went exploring and got a little something for everyone... KT got the foam finger she'd been wanting, the boys got a couple "Chuck-a-Pucks" to throw out onto the ice in an attempt to win $600 and other sweet prizes (We won nothing... not even close... our puck chucking skills need some work) and for R, I tried to continue our streak of having her try the most ridiculous food sports arenas have to offer.  Of course there was the usual nachos, peanuts and such... but then I saw an item on the menu that had quotes around it... And if that doesn't say "GET THIS, GET THIS" I don't know what does
Today ladies and gentlemen, I present you the Missouri Maverick's food spectacular:
"The Mighty MO Dog"

It's basically a chilidog, but huge, doused in chili, onions, cheese, and topped with Fritos (but Fritos probably didn't want to endorse the mighty mo quite yet, so the menu describes them as corn chips)


R had about 2 bites before she felt like she had to pass on the ol' MO.  I kindly obliged to finishing it for her.




The game was fun, and tied up until the last few minutes when the visitors scored 2 unanswered goals to bring the Mavs a loss.  They're headed to the playoffs still though, and I hope we get to go to another game if not this year, then next.


We then went out with D and KT to Westport and had fun relaxing and getting the sound of cowbells out of our brains.



So all in all, a fun weekend!  OH YEAH, and we did get an actual weekend now that I'm officially a full time employee and have Friday/Saturday off!  Hopefully the first of many real weekends. 
Wahoo!


Also in wedding news, we have lined up our good friend, and D's father Mr. Fuchs as our "ordained minister" to do our wedding for us!

Loves it.
K

Fast Times at Dorky High

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We've been having some big fun this last week everyone. And by big fun, I mean the totally mundane things mostly only our families and a few bored friends care about (thanks for visiting everyone!)  

We got out on a bike ride the only nice day for the last couple weeks: 




We have not yet invested in our really dorky bike clothing, so we are only a little bit hilarious. Trust me though, K is in the works to buy a rear view mirror because he constantly wants to look back to make sure I am still there, so it will get worse. We will eventually be donning the seriously unattractive bike shorts, with their adult diaperish padding and sausage thigh design. We....are in this thing. 


In other news, K recently let me give him a haircut. The back story to this is he hates getting haircuts. He finds it awkward to sashay into a barber shop chair and be inundated with annoyingly chit chatty questions while he tries to articulate how much he does or doesn't care what this hair cut will eventually look like. Enter, me. I am, a little overconfident when it comes to things I've never done. I am one of those "give it I got it" people, who, after watching my mother give me haircuts, was feeling a little bravado that surely I could lick this hair thing in no time. So as not to leave you in suspense, K is doing fine. 


However, this process was much harder than I thought and our entire bathroom was covered in hair. Mad props Mom, because I'm pretty sure K squirmed way less than I did, yet it was challenging stuff. In the end, I think K will come back to the R's Cut and Mess, but probably not for as long as his hair allows. 

This weekend we got to do some wedding business with my savior of a sister, LP. She should clearly be in charge of this occasion and has been a great inspiration. We did a little thrift store hunting and made some progress on our DIY missions. We got a delicious lunch and great company out of the deal, which made for an awesome Saturday. 

Last but not least, here are some pictures of Nithi and her favorite person reading some books. 




Complete with video so you can all witness the cuteness, if only for a moment since the batteries were running low. 


Happy March everyone, who wants to buy me some galoshes:)