And so begins the gardening season...

I finally broke down and got my shite together to get my balcony garden going. After hitting a local farmers' market and picking up some eggplant, basil and an heirloom tomato plant, I rounded out yesterday at Home Depot. I now have onions, cucumber, zucchini, tomato, sweet pepper and I think that's it. And after some advice from the guy @ the GreenSpot F.M., everything should be set up and planted today! Yay! I just hope that the 10-day or so trip to Germany doesn't kill them in June...

I will post pictures shortly. I think this year will be dedicated to food-producing plants over flowering beauties.

On another front, I just created a profile on e-Harmony... what a drag! It took so long to complete and I don't even know if I like what I've said. I know it's changeable, I just don't know if I am ready for the dating games to begin. Also, cheapskate side of me says why spend money on this thing. We shall see how it pans out.

And lastly, on the hedgehog front, Trickles, (tribute to Pickles), who had been suffering from significant swelling in his lower jaw, is on his last couple of days of antibiotics. Good news is that the swelling seems to be gone and he's none the worse for the wear, beyond being a mighty pissed off creature who has had to endure twice-daily syringes of medicine in the mouth. Other good news? The penecillin-based meds did not give me any kinds of problems either.

Ooh, I just remembered, I have to call a local artist to see if I can pick up a couple of his magnets. He's an amazing metal artist/welder who creates wickedness and also does a lot of calavera-themed objets d'art. Will post pictures soon also. Look at me promising to do things hehehe we'll see how that works out.

Just over 2 years since...

Wow, it has been a long stretch. In a few brief words, here's where we find ourselves today...

Karin is living and working in Dallas and back on the singles scene (arg).
Loves her job for the most part even though it can be a drag some days.
Trickles is now nearly 3 and Karin and Trickles are living with 2 of Trickles' 5 illegitimate Hoglettes.
Karin is slowly starting to find some coolio and off-the-beaten path areas and scenes in Dallas.
Karin just got back from Chile for work and is heading back home for a mini-break next weekend.

Must clean the apartamento, which has been suffering since the return from Chile last week followed by a bout of Westie flu.

Am now on the search for some cool new arsty type friends and hipster/rocker knitters to get me back into the groove of creativitay.

Ok, enough with the disjointed blurbs. Am trying to get back into this as an alternative to the quick n dirty Facebook status changes. Stay tuned for the latest!!!