Reunited and it feels so good

The interwebz has returned to my house - finally.

Attack of the killer tomatoes!

Alright, so not really attack of the killer tomatoes, more like attack of the 10 feet tall tomato plants. It is crazy how tall our tomato plants are this year.

Case in point:

Oh! By the way, that is my neighbors vehicle in the background. Granted we have a raised garden, but still...it is crazy.

Take a look at the size of the stakes we are using to support the plants.


Besides the ridiculous size, I am happy to report that my tomatoes are finally beginning to ripen up! I was starting to get paranoid.

I am glad the tomatoes are finally changing colors - I have a ton of peppers that are just waiting to be diced up into salsa.

I am by far no gardening expert, this is only the 3rd year we have had a garden at our house, so I curious as to what is the deal with some of my Early Girl tomatoes.
Check out the black spots.

What are those? What causes them? And how can I prevent this in the future??

Yeah, I read "young adult" books, what's it to you??

On Saturday I went to the closest Barnes & Noble with every intention of picking up Stephanie Meyer's new novel Breaking Dawn and a few other titles that caught my eye.

As I made my way to the checkout line I witnessed a teen girl coming rushing into the store, run up up to the table where a friendly Barnes & Noble employee was handing out the pre-ordered and non pre-ordered books. The girl screeched out, "Are there any books left? Please tell me there are books left!"

The employee not even phased by the outburst handed her a book which led to the girl jumping up in down in place with the novel tightly clutched to her chest.

She raced to the checkout line with her mother lagging behind. I ended up directly behind the mother and daughter in line.

The mother glances at me, notices that I too have a copy of Breaking Dawn. No lie. THe mother rolled her eyes at me and says in disgust, "Oh! Not you too!"

I most have had a look of bewilderment on my face for she followed up with the following line. "You are obviously not a teen, therefore I cannot imagine why you would want to read that book." Note - she stressed the words obviously and that book.

I replied why shrugging my shoulders, "I like the series."

Her reply, "But it is a teen book".

I wanted to blurt out "SO" but instead I just shrugged my shoulders again and said, "I happen to enjoy reading all different types of books - including young adult."

I have never seen someone be so disgusted at the thought of an adult reading a "young adult" novel.

Honestly, what is the big deal? Just because I am of a certain age does not mean I am suddenly restricted to reading certain types of books. I was astonished.

I feel bad for this woman - she must lead a life of restrain and do what everyone expects of her. How boring.

Not me. I shall continue to live my life enjoying all types of novel, short stories, graphic novels, etc. Isn't that the point of reading - to enjoy yourself.

Hmph...some people.

Regarding the book, I started reading it Sunday evening after the in-laws left. I'm about 530 pages into the book and all I will say is - it is different. I'm not going to pass judgment now. I'll wait until I actually finish the book. I will say - my favorite part thus far were the chapters told from Jacob's point of view.

It's like Christmas...but in August

After a so-so day at work, I was pleasantly surprised to find my package of yarn from Sunshine Yarns.

Confession time - I'm a total Harry Potter geek and so when I found out that Dani at Sunshine Yarns hand dyes yarn in HP colorways I pretty much freaked out. I splurged and bought myself the following colorways:

Tonks


Welsh Green Dragon


and lastly
Dobby


Yay! If I only didn't have three other projects on needles, I would totally dive into that Dobby colorway.

I tell you, yarn is like crack - super addicting.