Another Great Weekend!

This weekend was ANOTHER great weekend!  We're very lucky to be kicking off this summer break with so much fun in store.

On Friday night, we went to Dart Bowl to celebrate our friend Matt's birthday.  I was the only person in the group that hadn't lived in Corpus Christi (Josh knew all of them from the time he spent going to middle school in Corpus).  It was a really great time hanging out with Matt, Breanna, Zen, Ashley, Josh, and Cody.  We also ran into Christina who was bowling that night too.

The boys.

The girls.

Christina

Group photo.

Then, on Saturday, I was off work (a true rarity for a weekend day and it only happened because I requested off).  So, we went to lunch with Josh's parents at the giant Golden Corral on Parmer and 35.  That place is a mall of food, it's ridiculous and awesome at the same time.  After that, we got Josh's oil changed and I picked up some bamboo sticks and twine to help support some of my plants in the garden.  We also stopped by Whole Foods so I could get some natural face wash, shaving cream, and lotion.  Ever since I heard the Jillian Michaels podcast episode about how terrible beauty/hygiene products are about disclosing what they actually consist of, I've decided to replace all of my products as they run out.  Did you know when it says "fragrance" on the ingredients list, that one thing can contain something like 200 chemicals?  There are also links to cancer causing things in beauty products and I sure don't want to mess with that.  So, it's definitely more expensive to buy the organic/natural products, but I figure it will be worth it in the long run by not directly applying chemicals to my body.  Okay, rant aside, after that we went to Peter's graduation party at his mom's house.  We had so much fun!  We saw Peter, Alta, Mary, Trevor, Camille, Joe, Thomas, and some other Compton's we hadn't met before.  Camille had bought one of every good beer under the sun, so Josh and I were pretty happy about that.  I tried a vanilla porter that was absolutely delicious.  Also, Camille loaded us up with a grocery bag of leftovers that should feed us for quite a few days (we got potato salad, rolls, onions, salsa, and a giant bag of chips).  She's so awesome.

Three generations of nurses.

Potato salad pocket.

Then came Sunday.  I had to work all day, but Josh made my day by coming up to work on my lunch break and taking me to Panera.  Then, that evening we had a good time.  I put all my bamboo stick supports in the garden.  I did lose a tomatillo plant to gravity before I could help him back up again, but I still have like four more, so it's okay.  Also, my friend Jason stopped by and brought me some lady bugs, so Josh and I released some of them into the garden to eat the not so great bugs.  Hopefully they don't all leave.  Last night we also had a bad run in with a june bug who flew into the house unknowingly.  I made some crazy throaty yelling sounds as it tried to attack my face.  Luckily, I escaped and Josh got the june bug back outside where it belongs.  Then, we played some Little Big Planet (super fun game, by the way).  We also watched Get Him to Greek with Russell Brand and Jonah Hill.  I thought it may be dumb, but it was actually really funny.  I laughed out loud quite a bit.

Now, it's Monday and Josh and I are off on the same day again!  We walked up to Torchy's this morning and had tacos.  I've never been there before, but it was pretty good.  Pretty pricey too, but we had a coupon.  We went back home, but then remembered we wanted to go to the Red Box for a movie, so we set out walking again.  We ended up getting No Strings Attached (I love romantic comedies) and It's Kind of a Funny Story (which I've been dying to see ever since I saw the trailer forever ago).  I was only going to get one movie, but the Red Box was nice and said I could get a second for fifty cents, so I totally jumped on that deal.  So it looks like it's destined to be another great day.  I was thinking about repotting my money tree and my inside herb garden, but that really depends on if it stays scalding hot all day.  Anywho, here are a couple of garden updates, post bamboo stick supports.

Thurgood Tomatillo bloom!