It's already September!

how cute is this kitty? Linx sound asleep

I can't believe how fast this year is flying by. It seems like it was yesterday that I was posting about our wild Thanksgiving, or money problems around Christmas, and the crazy rain and cold weather... and here we are, moving out of summer... back to school for so many, Labor Day weekend is behind us... Time really did slow down when we were younger, didn't it??

We had a totally insane week last week, lots of trimming and lots of sweating. It was hot, and humid! It was a total blur.

I had Sunday and Monday off, and we basically did ... not a lot. I ran some errands and did a little shopping, visited my horses, but did not even ride. Sunday night I had way too many margaritas and a whole entire bag of Kettle brand potato chips - Sweet Onion flavor. Together in the moment these two things are deeeelish. The margaritas were on the rocks as I prefer, no salt, with Grand Marnier. Cold, tangy and refreshing. The chips were sweet, oniony and crunchy. YUM!! But that night I wanted to shoot myself ... I had a terrible stomach ache and was up all night. That's what ya get, right??? And I gained 2 lbs back - so much for my first 2 lbs lost on Weight Watchers the week before! So I am back at ground 0, starting again today.

Here's a picture I took of my Arnold Palmer (lemonade and iced tea). It's in a Guinness glass, but it's really not beer. You probably can't see it, but there is a mint leaf in the glass. Mint in iced tea will forever remind me of my grandmother. She made the best iced tea!!! She served it in tall Tom Collins glasses - they had gold paint on them... either little golfers or some had diamonds on them. I love, love, love mint. So you can imagine my delight when this mint plant happily took off next to my potted rosemary. The rosemary came from a client when Hope died... which I thought was so nice! I have another little pot of mint next to it that just never really rallies - everyone says mint takes over and grows like mad, but the other little pot just makes little tiny leaves and never seems happy. Since the rosemary pot seems to be the magic touch, and they are right next to each other, it makes me think there was something going on wrong with the soil in the other pot?? Now that I've got oranges, avocados, rosemary and mint growing happily, I think I'll give a shot at tomatoes next year??? weird for me to say that because I don't really like tomatos. But it's actaully that I don't like the grocery store tomatoes that have no flavor and are mealy. To Mario's shock I will eat GOOD tomatoes sliced cold on a plate with a little salt and pepper. :) I think we need some basil too. What else should I plant?