Planning my garden early

This year I have 215 sq ft of garden space. (37% increase from last year) I planned out what we are going to plant this year and I'm amazed how much I can get in such a small place.

Here's my plan for 2010.

# of plants (# of sq ft used)
4 (4) -Jalapeño Peppers
4 (4) -Anaheim Peppers
4 (4) -Bell Peppers
144 (36) -Corn
7 (28) -Roma tomatoes
2 (8) -Better Boy Tomatoes
16 (4) -Lettuce
4 (4) -Broccoli
2 (12) -Zucchini
2 (12) -Squash
72 (36) -Potatoes
3 (3) -Cucumbers
256 (16) -Onions
108 (12) -Beans
240 (15) -Carrots
2 (8) -Pumpkins
8 (8) -Herbs

Sydney Bob Joe

New year, New camera

We had a little accident last year and broke our little canon camera. Since then, I've been looking for the replacement. I finally found it. Canon SD780 IS. Today I actually read through the manual to see what features it had. There are a number of cool ones.

1. Blink Detection.
2. When you focus on a subject and push the button down half-way, it pops up a little window to show you a zoom of the face, which is really nice

As you can see, I had fun playing with some of the features.


Syd - Green

Syd - Pink

 Ryan and Syd - Green

Ryan and Syd - Red

Who said $10 can't buy happiness?

Last night we ran out to the store to pick up a birthday present for a party Sydney was invited to. In the process, Ryan found a $40 guitar that was clearanced to $10. With his wallet in tow, he decided he had to have the guitar. So he bought it.

When we got home, I tuned it for him and showed him three chords every guitar player needed. G, C, and D. With these 3 chords, you can play just about every country song ever written.

Ryan and his guitar.  I've never seen him so determined and excited about something.

Deni losing Gracefully