Darn Beans

I planted five short rows of green beans (bush variety) and a grand total of six beans have sprouted. I can only assume that either I planted them too deep (or they were smashed flat by the hail storm) or that I received a bad batch of beans but I'm almost certainly going to have to replant again.

So why won't mine do this:

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Yesterday, Linda and I and our favorite timesink had some family portraits taken. It will be another two weeks before we get our copies so Linda have plenty of time to pick out the perfect frame.

Rain rain rain...

It keeps pouring down rain here. I think Mother Nature doesn't want the soil to dry out enough so I can re-plant all the tomatoes the hailstorm on Wednesday caused. Either that or she's just being capricious as usual.

Milestone

My favorite timesink slept for six hours straight last night! That's monumental with an eight-week old child. Perhaps he's turned a corner and his parents can finally start enjoying late mornings on weekends again.

I won't hold my breath.

Disciples Are Good

It's nice having a follower. Hi Linda.

In other news, it looks like Central Texas is getting some very much needed rain. I shouldn't have to spend much time on my garden this week beyond planting my onion sets. That will leave me plenty of time for my favorite timesink, Jacob.

Busy

We spent all of Saturday turning over the garden soil and yanking weeds. I've got a nice sunburn on my back to prove it. Hopefully all those little plants will be worth it.

Sunday we drove up to Temple to attend my niece's fourth birthday party (dinosaur themed). She's quite the energetic little girl who only knows two speeds: stop and go.

Put all that together with raising a two-month old and I'm ready for another weekend.

Thriving

Everybody at home is doing well after Jacob's first round of shots and I planted multiple rows of okra, peas, yellow straightneck squash, green squash (supposedly a small, more prolific variety of zucchini), and cucumbers. Today we'll be putting in some tomatoes, herbs, and green beans.

All my timesinks are finally starting to live up to their names. There's just not enough daylight to spend enough time with all of them.

Green Beer for All

Happy St. Patrick's day! Linda and I spent the afternoon at the pediatrician getting Jacob his two month check up and the first round of shots. My little Korean tiger has almost doubled his birth weight in two months. The doctor said babies don't normally do that until their fifth or sixth month.

I celebrated my little linebacker's accomplishment with many pints of Guinness and Harp's. All is right with the world now.

The Grind Continues

And another work week begins. This time it's only for a the incredibly long time of six days. If you count the half-day I'll work on Tuesday then I guess it's really only five and a half days. At least I'll have my two favorite timesinks to come home to every day.

Go With Throttle Up

Is there anything more inspiring than watching that little space plane riding a controlled explosion into space? Someday I'm going to watch a shuttle launch in person. I suppose I better get my act together since NASA will be shutting down the Shuttle program very soon.

Day After

Linda and I got to enjoy an entertaining evening at "Spamalot" in UT's Bass Concert hall last night. We enjoyed a light lunch before the matinee showing before fighting traffic on MoPac and paying an exorbitant ten dollars to park on campus. It might possibly have been last December since we had a date together so it was very much called for. A break from one timesink is always welcome.

Unfortunately I had to go and ruin our quiet evening together by spending today at work. Working on weekends and holidays should be outlawed.

Bonus

Central Texas (the Austin are specifically) is finally getting some much needed rain. We've been under an exceptional drought (I keep thinking we'll get upgraded to ludicrous drought some day) warning for so long that most yards and plants are just green memories. This burst of rain and colder weather can only help out my garden once I get around to planting it.

And my other little timesink, Jacob, has started sleeping for three hours at a time in just the last few days. Hooray for small miracles.

Arterial glue

Chili and cheese almost make up for all the lost time.

Productive day

I've been up since around 8:20 this morning and so far I've managed to play one hour of World of Warcraft, eat breakfast, and get a haircut. It is currently 4:20 in the afternoon. Baby-raising is a serious timesink.

Hello, world

Hopefully I'll find time away from my biggest timesinks of baby-raising and gardening to fill in some of the blanks for you.