There are approximately 12 tomato plants, 5 dying cucumber plants and 3 or 4 dead cauliflower plants on my porch right now...without a house and a garden space to plant them they are mostly doomed. My mother-in-law is adopting my tomatoes in hopes of some sort of harvest on them this summer, but I suppose I will replant after we close and fertilize the crap out of the garden in hopes of some salvation. I think the worst part of it is that I gave these things life only to watch it slowly wither away again. Even though we are vegan because plants don't have feeling and animals do, I still feel horrible bestowing life upon something and then being forced to watch it die.
Separately from this, Lincoln is getting closer to 8 months and his teeth are beginning to actually come in after months of trying. He cut his first tooth about a week ago now and despite the horrible pain and suffering it caused him, he seems to enjoy chewing on real foods now. He has recently been using this little bottom tooth to shave bits of carrot off into his mouth as well as cucumber and bread. I occasionally get the feeling we will see the emergence of yet another one next to the first based on his demeanor some nights. Hopefully it gets a little bigger soon so I can take some pictures.
Finally, don't get your hopes up too high, but I think we may be finally finished with this house deal. We have an estimated closing date of June 23rd and we have to close before June 30th to receive the tax credit for first time home buyers. We are most of the way through underwriting, which means that as soon as we get our "commitment" from the bank, we are waiting for "cleared to close" and then BOOM, we are homeowners! Like I said, I can only look at this whole thing with the greatest skepticism due to the overwhelming problems we have constantly run into. So keep hope alive, but don't get your hopes too high...
I don't know how I fell apart with this blog, oh wait, yes I do...no reliable internet access, living in a house where we would rather be gone all the time, working more hours...and last but certainly not least, a baby that demands almost every extra minute of free time we have! Anyway, I am working hard to correct my failures here and hopefully soon we will have a house and the ability to upload all of our pictures and post new updates regularly.
On a completely different note...Apple announced the new iPhone4 yesterday and I couldn't be more excited about it!! Preorder begins June the 15th and we have no contract right now. The only bummer is that AT&T is now limiting the amount of data usage you can have. 250MB or 2GB...no more unlimited...bummer.
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