Other than all that, school ends in a couple weeks...just 4 more of each class to go. I'm so ready for a break--I'm ready to read some books of my choosing, and I'm ready for evening classes next quarter. My schedule is looking so good come January 6th. I'm going to buy a bike by February and start looking for some Triathlons to do. WOohoo!
Gunter, Beca and I went to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago...
Good news readers (mom and dad), the boyfriend and I are organizing ourselves to get internet at home. This means a few things: 1. I will be able to do most of my homework at home instead of at work late at night. 2. I will be able to update my netflix queue...not very important to you of course... but most importantly 3. I can play with my blog again!
The only project that seems to be in the works is my damn homework. As much as I enjoy going to school and giving my brain a workout, I'm having a little trouble adjusting to the schedule of class, study, class, work, study, work each day...it's a tad maddening. I know I will get used to it. The classes are really pretty cool (even for a community college--not really what I expected), and I met one nice classmate (mostly in the first weeks I'm finding no one wants to talk to you unless you'll let them copy your notes) named Nikita from India. My anthropology teacher is the most inspiring of them all, she'll be talking about this or that and then interrupt herself and giddily sigh "oh anthropology is just SO great." This makes me smile and really puts us all at ease. ...I will try to refrain from talking about school too much...I think it's a lot like new parents and it's hard not to talk about something that seems to consume all of your time and energy.
Other than that, I am starting to think about my Christmas projects. It's going to be another "Homemade Christmas." Not only because of funding, but because I enjoyed it so much last year (except the flu I got during the homestretch...) I thought I'd do it again. So, look forward to some more hilarious "Hannah in the kitchen" posts in the next few months.
Does anyone have interesting Halloween costume ideas? I am not even going to go into my rants about working in a costume store this time of year...I'm trying to be positive. I am going to be the crazy cat lady from the Simpsons I think.
Summer is winding to a close and it's been a freakishly productive one for an infamous stop start-stopper you all know.
I never knew I'd become a "plant lady." I used to kill plants all the time. Part of it was just me being so busy I'd forget to water them, and the other part was pure A.D.D...just plum forgetting them. With a lot of patience, care and attention, I have mended my ways and now enjoy a houseful of plants. I also never knew you could become addicted to plant-collecting. I have been looking forward to our weekly Saturday Farmer's Market trips for a new reason--succulents. Tony has (logically) advised me to only buy ONE succulent plant a week--tricky, but it gives me something to look forward to. When I get my new plant home, I have to decide which of my 1950s animal planters will be the most attractive home for the succulent. This is also something to look forward to. Here are some I've done in the last few weeks:
I've also discovered that they make a nice gift for my very special friends. 
Vladimir loves his new backyard...every night when we finally manage to drag him back inside, he passes out in his favorite chair and is comatose the rest of the evening...this is a good thing.
Tony bought and potted a Chocolate Mint plant...the only thing I can come up with to do with this is put it in some sort of sweet bread. Any other ideas?
Herbs handy at the back door
The tomato patch. Basically, I knew I needed to get the plants in STAT, so I really only planted tomatoes because I can't live without them. We planted 11 varieties of heirloom tomatoes including: 2 black brandywines, orange oxheart, red zebra, green zebra, mortgage lifter, rainbow, and Nebraska wedding...the other 3 I can't remember off the top of my head. Hopefully they thrive--since the garden is in my backyard this year, I think I'll have time to weed and water accordingly. I also planted a bunch more basil in there for pesto, and I'm trying a row of heirloom squash seeds a friend gave me (though it might be too late this year for seeds, we'll see).
This crazy vine (above) takes over the back fence, and since we moved in we've noticed a lot of the back neighbors (mostly immigrants from here and there) picking the leaves. Once Tony was back there and a lady asked "is it okay that we pick these?" and Tony of course told her that it was fine and asked her what she did with them. 
This morning the doorbell rang and there was a light knocking, so I answered it. A sweet-faced woman stood there with a plate wrapped in foil. "For you and husband" she said to me. I asked what it was and she told me "wraps, for you and your husband." I didn't correct her, but I did ask her name (Dula) and thanked her a bunch of times.
We'll get there. At least my flowers are looking good, the herbs are up and the garden is planted--more on that later.
Prettiest Google image search = "rainbow chard"
It's slightly nutty with a really nice texture. I'll be bummed when it's all gone...which is soon.
So, as usual, I'm sorry that my posts aren't frequent but my laptop is "in the shop" for a while and I only have internet access while at work. Soon I'll have it back though, and I'll be back on it.
My composition class is stupid and boring, what did I expect? I'll get through it.
What I'm really excited about though, is my newest art project. "Swarm" is still a plan, but I don't have the space right now to work on it. Currently I've been dutifully turning out what I call my "coaster people." (pen and ink, some watercolor...people I've drawn on the backs of coasters from the bars) I have a date set in stone at the Zoo Bar for my art show: Sunday August 9th. Mark your calendars because I'm going to have about 3,000 of my little friends and I'd love all of you to come see what I've been (and will be doing) manically drawing for weeks now. Pictures soon...I did a Zombie Series I'm pretty proud of.
That's all I've got for now. Things are going really well, I'm happy and having a good time with everything I'm doing (even the apartment shopping Tony and I are doing is fun) and I look forward to sharing it all with you.
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