Time to Catch Up

I am back home for the first time in what feels like 2 weeks, when it was actually only 1.

HIGH VOLTAGE!

Camp A Cappella was an amazing success.  Not just in the fact that my group #HighVoltage rocked the entire week, but in the sense that I met so many incredible musicians and made so many new friends.  I definitely hit the refresh button on my musical soul even if I barely got any sleep or ate anything that was nutritious at all.  Womp.

But I'm back in North Carolina now and I'm ready for the next few months worth of projects and activities. First up, it is officially July which means that in we're closing in on the halfway mark!  Jeston comes home November 29th! YAY!

Also, next weekend I'll be in FL for 24 hours so I can visit him for a full 6 hours......ugh. Totally worth it though, I need a good hug and kiss from him. But I wish it was for at least a full day. Hopefully soon I can get him to score me a cheap cruise so we can look at vast expanses of water together.


But I digress.  Let's talk about fun house projects.

THE GARDEN IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY!

Cucumbers can't spell worth a damn.

I've had a bunch of cucumbers come in while I was away this week.  Almost to the point of annoyance. So I've decided to pickle them!  I've had them sitting in some salt, pepper, rosemary and garlic for a few days.  Just letting the aromas mix in.  Today I'll get the vinegar, cut the cucumbers into spears and put it all together.  Hopefully they will taste good.  I'm going to try a few different kinds to see what tastes best.

1. Vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, dill, rosemary, garlic
2. Vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, rosemary, garlic, jalapeno
3. Vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, onions, dill, rosemary, garlic, jalapeno

We'll see if they taste any good at all.  YAY EXPERIMENTS! 

Radishes!

I've also gotten some radishes in so that's going on the menu this week. And I think I'll need to start harvesting, or at least digging around in the potato patch.  The vines are starting to sprout flowers and I think that's a good sign.

There was a lot of overgrowth while I was away so I trimmed back the cucumbers, tomatoes and sweet potato branches/vines.  Still no ripe tomatoes but a lot of small ones are starting to come in! 

baby tomatoes!!

THINGS ARE HAPPENING INSIDE THE HOUSE!

This week we heard exciting news that our a cappella friend from upstate NY, Rick, is moving to the research triangle for a fancy new job!  Which means he will be taking over the lease for another friend of mine, Kristin, who was planning on moving in with me!  So yay! I get a roommate and a new friend! 

We're slowly moving her in this month and I'm most excited to have more than 3 forks and 1 cutting knife. 

I have now created plans for the kitchen.  But I will not implement them because 1) I am not an electrician and 2) I'm out of remodeling money for the rest of the summer. 

So the list of things that I will be accomplishing this summer is:

mmmmmmbed

• Catching up on bills
• Instagram Magnets 
• Instagram Coasters
• Keeping up with the garden
• Painting garden stones for a pathway
• Artwork for the walls indoors
• Coffee Table
• Bring up my last piece of furniture from FL
• Painting the kitchen table/chairs
• Outdoor furniture?
• Music/video production area, which is probably going to be the office.....ugh. I literally haven't used that room since Mark moved out.  I just keep putting things in there and not thinking about how I'm going to deal with it all. 

But yea! LIFE!