Almost self-sufficient

Check out what we've got growing in our yard.


When we first moved here, I thought this was a lime tree. There were so many "limes" on the tree, I picked them when they were bright green to use as my green decor for the kitchen. And to attempt to find use out of them for cooking. Turns out I prematurely picked tangerine oranges. It's a Tangerine Tree! We get so many and it's that time of year where they are almost ripe.


Our Apple Banana Tree. We need to pick these before the birds get to them.


Cotton Tree? What? For the longest time we were wondering why there was so much cotton on the lawn. We thought that the neighbor's dog liked to chew up patio furniture or dolls and the cotton would just blow into our yard. I'm still not convinced that this is real cotton, it's probably something poisonous so if you know what this is, let us know! Or if you get sick from one of our Arkotec pillows, please let us know.

Belly Shots

Baby's half baked, I'm 20 weeks now! Picture on the left 18 weeks, on the right 20 weeks (and a little nerdy looking). Time is flying and it's only going to get faster. I am starting to feel him move a little, which is fun. Back pains have lessened, thanks to some back exercises I have learned. And I have been sleeping a lot better at night with NO pit stops to the bathroom. I've learned not to drink a lot right before bed. 2nd trimester has been treating me pretty good.

The Ramsey Scale

Thumbs up:


Ben and Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie - Ice Cream of the Week. -SH


The month of Halloween means nothing but scary/horror movies. -CH


Thanks for discovering America Mr. Columbus, I get a 3 day weekend. -CH


Economic troubles means fewer of these people walking around, less people in the water, less crowds everywhere you go! -CH

Thumbs Down:


Panda Express was gnarly the other night. Tried to help the economy, but don't want to go back anytime soon. -CH & SH


Constant back pain and shooting pains down the leg, nerve crushing and achy-ness. It will only get better as the belly grows, right? -SH


Airlines, all of them! They suck. Inter-island tickets are now like $500 for the two of us to go to the B.I. for the weekend...if we book it a month or so in advance it's cheaper, but still not what it used to be.
"Thumbs down on the Ramsey scale." -CH & SH