Thursday, May 5, 2011

I Love Spring.....

I love spring, the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and I am sneezing.  Even though it is one of my favorite times of the year, I don't look forward to the sneezing and itchy eye's and for some reason the month of May is the WORST!  I hate taking allergy medicine, because then I just want to go to sleep.

I will be cooking some more food, however, I am going to have to re-formulate some of my grandma's recipes, to make them a little more heart friendly, since my hubby had his "incident".  We are eating a lot of chicken, chicken and more chicken, I sort of feel like Bubba from Forrest Gump - we can have chicken salad, chicken soup, chicken chili, chicken enchiladas, etc.

Tom and I did plant the garden last weekend, 2 jalapeno peppers, 2 anaheim peppers, and 11 tomato plants (La Roma, San Marzano, Beefsteak, Yellow Pear, Cherry), 1 cucumber, 1 pickling cucumber, 3 basil plants, 2 thyme, 1 mint, 1 rosemary and some green beans.  Hurry up and grow so we have have some yummy treats!
My husband is a hottie-working the soil
my herbs
Can you believe I took this picture!?!
Tomatoes and Peppers


Tom and I decided to spend last sunday at the beach, we drove to Half Moon Bay and walked around and then took a beautiful drive south on Route 1 to Santa Cruz so we could eat at our favorite restaurant, The Palomar.  We have been going there since 1992, when we were just friends and as always the food was DELICIOUS.
Half Moon Bay, CA - at the Ritz Carlton
Tom and I taking a stroll on the beach in Half Moon Bay
Downtown Santa Cruz - always lots of interesting entertainment