My little 10th floor garden

Moving to this new place has me  trying new things:  Working out, cooking more at home, eating healthy...  I even started a little garden.  Now I have never had a green thumb.  Something that was never passed down to me by my Grandfather... but living here has me attempting a green thumb.   I still have Charlie "the cactus" that has been with me since before Kevin and I got married.  He survived living in NC 1 year so I got others.  I was able to keep them alive...  they even made the move down here to Florida.  Sad to say the last of my other cactuses died last year... :(  But Charlie is still kicking.  He has even sprouted other Charlies in his pot.  I honestly thought he was a goner when we moved.  He was all dried up but I decided not to give up on Charlie.  So I replanted him and gave him some Cactus Juice.  And a week later he was growing green again.  Then one night I was inspired after reading a kids recycling/ Green Earth book (that I got for work) to plant my own tomato seeds (from a left over tomato).  So I cut the seeds out of the tomatoes, let them dry, then planted them in a yogurt cup.  A week later... GREEN stuff!  So I headed to the Home Depot 2 weeks ago and got some more pots and other gardening stuff - I came home and replanted them and amazingly enough they actually grew...  and they are still green and still growing.    I may have to name him Bob (after the Tomato in Veggie Tales).  While I was at the Depot I picked up some herbs too.   I have decided to grow fresh Sweet Basil and Cilantro.  Yummy...  I love the smell of fresh basil.  And every time you step out on the balcony you get a sniff of it.  I am still in shock that things are actually growing and staying green.  Every time I look out there at my little 10th floor garden I get so excited... I made those!      

Miami Evenings...

Finally, the weekend has arrived!  I sat out on our balcony last night looking up at the night sky and watching the sun set over Dadeland.  After living in eastern NC for 18 years and living in the suburbs of Kendall I finally feel as if I live in a big city!   And I love every minute of it.  Last night I sat outside for about 2 hours and just watched the cars drive by, listen to the metro rail, goal tend the railing so the cats don't fall over, look at the city lights, and enjoying a glass of Strawberry Riesling (from that cute winery outside Tampa that I stopped off at last tour).  It was a perfect start to a much needed weekend after a really crappy Miami-Tropics wet week.  Kevin and I went to our old Target Thursday in search of the patio chairs he wanted.  Target just put them on sale and by the time we figured out - our Target was sold out.  So we headed to West Kendall.  There they were... we even got a new little chair for Lillian (not sure she liked the fact that I told her she had to share when Jayden and Tyler visit- cause I have to pry her out of it to get her inside.   Then again maybe she likes being outside on the balcony too.)  When we got back from Target we sat outside playing Phase 10 and drinking a bud for an hour and a half till I really needed to go to bed.  Last night I fell asleep out there waiting for Kevin to come home from work.  It's silly, but I think this is my new favorite room in our new place.  

Home Sweet Home

Our new home! We finally moved from the Hammocks to the Dadeland area (South Miami/ Downtown Kendall). WHOOOO HOOOOO!

You can see our place in this photo. Look at the traffic light. At the top of the pole go up one window. That balcony is our next door neighbor. The window right next to it (going back away from the road) is one of our bedroom windows. And our place takes up the entire side of the building.

We live on the 10th floor. IT is so cool to look out the window and see the Grove and then look the other way and see a city skyline.

We love this place! We are walking distance to everything - Target, Best Buy, the Metro-fail, Dadeland Mall (Banana Republic), Restaurants (Chilis, Panera, etc.). We are a short metro ride from Sunset Place to a lot of other restaurants (Outback and Carrabbas), Whole Foods, and Barnes and Noble. There is a pool and cool gym on the 7th floor, a coffee bar (with free coffee and free wi-fi) in the building, and the most importantly a garage. So hopefully we will no longer have any car issues.

The Snapper Creek (as in the Snapper Creek Expressway or the 878) goes right outside our window. During our first inpromptu party (thanks to Chilis happy hour) Colleen, Lucy, Pancho, and Sommer (with Kevin and I) stood outside on our balcony and noticed there was a baby manatee swimming outside our window. How cool is that?

This is an amazing place. I don't think I never want to leave here!

Nick Tickle, Fairy Tale Detective Calling!

Arianne is back to playing the bad guy, Goldi Locks! Nick Tickle will be FTF's summer show staring a cast of hysterical characters: Andy (Bob the Wolf, Papa Bear, Hansel), Cindy (Granny Possum, Mama Bear), Larry (Nick Tickle, Gretel), and Thespis the Theatre Cow (as herself).

Happy St. Patricks Day

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!  

This March 17th- Kevin and I headed down to South Miami along with Zory and Jeff.  We had a great time hanging out at this new bar... Irish Times.  

We drank Guinness and I even ordered an order of Corned Beef and Cabbage!    I still have to crack up at all the Latino people wearing green "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" shirts...  there must have been at least 75 of them.  Any excuse to drink - I suppose!