Last week my uncle gave us a squash. It is large. Extremely large. We’re talking this things weighs 40 pounds. And last night as I was going into the kitchen with the lights off I swear it kind of glowed a little. So I’m not ruling out nuclear radiation. Here is a picture of it:
Nuts, right? So today I am working on getting this thing down to size. I’m making squash soup, squash casserole, squash salad, roasted squash and sautéed squash; then I will freeze most of it for later. On another note, Monday was my first day of work and it really is perfect so far. I love to set my own hours and do things at my own pace. I also like what I do; right now I’m in the middle of making appointments to check out some venues for a business meeting in September. The client is from Arkansas and they want something “unique.” So I’m giving them a few options: Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, The Hard Rock Hotel, Leu Gardens (so pretty!) and The White Wolf Café, among others. Tomorrow someone from our Atlanta branch in flying down to check them out with me, so that should be interesting.
I’ve also started collecting herb plants and naming them after famous biblical villains. Right now I have Judas (an oregano plant) and I plan on buying Barabas (a basil plant) at the farmer’s market next weekend. Judas is doing really well; I took him to the beach with us when we went for vacation earlier this month and he really liked it there. I think he grew, like, three inches. I’m starting to like herbs more than flowers, and that is HUGE because I really like flowers.
This is Judas. Isn’t he cute?Also, I can run 6 miles now! Mom says that’s not a big deal and we should start running 8 soon. AHHH! But I’m proud of it. When I started I couldn’t even run 3, so its progress.
And now I’m going to leave you with one of my drawings:
And my cat Isaac Hampton:
Hope everyone is having a fabulous week!
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10 comments:
I was so excited that you can run six miles that I almost missed your Angelina drawing...there's some talent!
Oh and I think your mom's right...once you hit a certain mileage it seems to get easier to add miles.
Are you sure you should be eating that squash, given your idea that it might be radioactive?
What a cute drawing!
I love that you name your herbs after biblical villains. :-)
That squash weighs almost twice as much as my older son and over 3 times as much as my younger.
Squash is great stirred in with mac and cheese.
The end.
Oh, and, ps, scrolling quickly through my news feed, that squash looked like a pregnant belly, and I was very concerned. ;)
So basically if the world ends, all one really needs is one giant squash to live out the first year of nuclear winter. Gotcha. I love the drawing, it's very sweet, and I'm very happy to hear you're doing well! Keep running, you're an inspiration to lazy people like me :D
Are you signed up for one? When and where?
AHAHAH! I like your squash. I kind of want to poke a hole in it though.
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