Groovy.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom! I hope those flowers that H. sent you lasted until today. : ]

Before I get to the rest of this post, H. just showed me something that I think you will all enjoy. Especially if you've played Portal. (Someone show this to Dad!)

And now back to your regularly scheduled programming. 

I would like to point out that on the right-hand side of my blog there is now a section called "Labels", with a sub-heading of "Recipes". If you click on the word "Recipes", it will bring up any post I have written that contains a recipe. So have at it!

H. and I are getting into a groove with planning out what we'll eat for the week, then buying groceries to support those ideas. On the menu this week we have lasagna, pizza, and soup. Each of those should last for two days, excluding the pizza. We're gonna gobble that up.

I learned how easy it is to make french toast yesterday. Eggs + milk + vanilla + cinnamon = french toast. I thought it was loads harder than that! Turns out H. has a fondness for french toast that I didn't know about, but will now exploit. Recipe found here: French Toast Corners.

GO MAVS GO! I willingly accept that I might be a bandwagoner. I never really cheered for the Mavs before, although I never cheered for any basketball team before, either. Heck, I haven't even watched a full basketball game in my life. This is still true - I usually miss a couple minutes here and there of these play-off games. It's just not in my Em-Oh to watch an entire sports game unless it's the Rangers (swoon!). Or the Stars. Hockey makes for great entertainment. And I suppose I did watch an entire football game at some point. ... okay okay, so maybe I just don't want to watch a whole basketball game. It's the constant back-and-forth that gets me.

As I look at my Bookmarks Toolbar in Firefox, I see links to sites that I will probably never visit again. Looking at wedding websites just isn't fun anymore, now that I've experienced the best wedding evar, mine. I realize that I'm extremely biased, but so is everyone. Whenever I look at posts picturing other couples, I just don't get as excited as I used to. I suppose that's a good thing, but now I don't have a lot to occupy my time with in the apartment. Yes, I could clean for the eight or so hours that H. is at work, but who realistically wants to do that? If it weren't so hot outside, I might go for a walk or something. I will admit that I'm a little nervous being in the city alone, though. There isn't much crime around where we are, but you never know.

When I'm not looking for a job, or figuring out how to become a US Citizen (more on that story when I talk to the Social Security people), I would like to paint. I started sketching out those mountains, and I bet it's time to put brush to canvas. I need one picture of the mountains with the light that I sketched them in, and then I can be on my merry way. H. keeps asking when I'll finish that, too.

I cannot wait until I get some of those wedding favor wildflowers! My gladiolas are definitely dead, and while I'm a little sad that we couldn't make it work, I'm going to blame them for growing so tall. Would it have helped if I had staked them? Maybe a little, but I would have had to really take care of them to ensure that they never toppled over. This time, I'm picking non-fussy wildflower seeds. Those couldn't possibly grow to be as tall as gladiolas, right?

Oh that reminds me! Now that it's full-on springtime and the earth has moved slightly on its axis, we get the slightest bit of sun on our balcony. Not a huge achievement, but if I wanted to, I could plant something outside that loves shade and a little bit of sun. I hear direct sunlight is good for things that grow. Previous to this, the only sunlight we got was the early morning sun coming through the office window. We'd have sunlight for about three hours, and then nothing. And don't'cha'know, that little bit of sun heats up that room like a sauna? Even with the blinds drawn closed? It would be marvelous if I could put plants outside on our balcony and seal off that nasty, temperature-increasing sunlight. I'm thinking fitted sheet with an elastic outside seam to cover up that window. All of the heat would stay inside the sheet, wouldn't it? And I'm sure Walmart has a cheap sheet.

And if gardening on the balcony doesn't work, I could always do this:

"Kokedama" String Garden | Design*Sponge

Yeah, I don't really get how that works, either. How does the dirt not end up on your floor? Well, at least it looks fancy. Probably smells like earth, too.

Have a great Mother's Day!