Catching up

Well, I went and got busy again. But it was a good busy. Here are some wonderful things I've done in the past week or so:

• threw a BBQ in the backyard for ~20 good friends and family
  
• hosted my parents for a week-long stay, and enjoyed every minute of it. Except that part where I was sick as a dog due to heat exhaustion. Smooth.
• finished the penultimate draft of my "meaning in music" paper
• harvested our first crop of lettuce from the veggie patch
• harvested our first little strawberry - it was tart due to premature picking, but it tasted like heaven to we who watched it grow
• visited my brother's soon-to-be first house
  
• played hours and hours of Scrabble and Civ 4 with the 'rents
• kicked Mom's butt in Wii bowling
• baked several loaves of fresh bread
• took guilty pleasure in reading Coastal Living and Martha Stewart Living, cover to cover

We took many photos of our garden that I will post as soon as we get them off the camera. The plants are thriving in the good soil and perfect weather; it's exciting to be growing our own food!