a spiced life

Apparently it's National Declutter Day today. As such, I thought it was appropriate that I finally try and get rid of the pile of toys that has been sitting in our living room for the past month. You see, when you only have one child, there is absolutely no excuse for keeping around toys and other items that he has outgrown. He is never going to play with Rescue Heros again, I know this, yet it's so hard to part with those little bits of childhood that have passed us by.

Our little family is actually taking a summer vacation this year (a rarity in itself). This also marks the first time that we've taken a vacation with just the three of us that didn't revolve around either a work trip or visiting family. After much debate (and several foiled plans of visiting family or tagging along on work trips), we decided to bite the bullet and go visit Puerto Rico for 9 days.

I mentioned before that I have a bounty of swiss chard in my garden this year. This is the first time I have tried to grow chard, and I am amazed at how well it did. My vegetable garden suffers from not getting enough sun, so production tends to be on the low side.

I had to share this with everyone on the chance that I wasn't the only person living under a rock that had missed it. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

My little baby boy turned 8 years old today. I don't know how this happened, given that when he was 6 I forbade him from getting any older. But there you have it; not even a teenager yet and he's already disobeying me.

I mentioned before that a new Farmer's Market had just opened on Wed's morning in Fair Lakes.

I love hot weather. Ok, I'll admit that the DC-area's steamy summers aren't the best, but really, compared to 30 degree temps, I'll take the heat and humidity any day.