I’m a fellow apartment gardener with a decently sized ground level patio. I have had good luck with tomatoes, small peppers, herbs, and plants like shiso and spinach. My biggest issues are aphids, slugs, and too much rain. My mini-garden improved once I figured out that some plants aren’t meant to be in zone 9.

History, the more you know...

Former waitress who will add one more reason to the list...

Your steps 2 & 3 sound like a great idea. I’m sure there’s some way for the cruise companies to use it as a tax write off, and it’s good publicity. I can’t imagine how hard it is to focus clean up and rebuilding when you have nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat.

And it came from one of my ladies who is normally pretty quiet. I retold it all day long.

Oh, my. That’s one of the best bad math jokes I’ve heard in years.

My middle school algebra crew is pretty witty. Here are two of their gems from this week:

You know Aniston has the scoop on tucked away taco places. I wonder how knowledgable she is about old school DOOL gossip; her dad has been around forever.

I would bump up Coolidge and Aniston and put Lopez in 3rd. I’m also going to add Jennifer Grey to list, probably in 4th, just so I can grill her about Dirty Dancing. Also: in case anyone else wants to play along...

In Iowa City we had these things called pokey stix - pizza crust slathered with garlic and cheese with marinara and/or ranch for dipping. Grilled mac ‘n’ cheese sounds so much better.

Oh. My. God. Where was this when I was in college?!

Tonight’s meal is nothing fancy: salmon, mushrooms, rice, and cukes. Tomorrow is all about fried green tomatoes and poached eggs!

That’s who I thought it was at first, too! I was super confused.

I’m going to hold you to that!

Let’s hope so! I’m in my late 30s, so we’re just hoping there’s something left in there to work with.

Thanks!

Thanks! The plan is to get knocked up shortly thereafter. Here’s hoping!

Yeah, I went from 8 days down to 5. That’s not too much of a change, but man, those extra days just seemed to drag on and on.

My flow has been pretty consistent both before pill and during. I’m just hoping my periods don’t last forever like they used to.

I’m hoping that won’t happen since volleyball season just started. That kind of forces me to get more exercise, otherwise my girls will give me some side eye for slacking in practice.