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All that work for one watermelon...

So many of you know that I've been working on my gardening skills for the last few years. My goal this year was to grow at least 3 things that I would actually eat. I planted two varieties of strawberries, 3 varieties of grapes and 2 varieties of watermelon. (I had a ton of tomatoes also, but my parents eat most of those.) The grapes produced about 7 bunches, and I had about 50 tiny strawberries overall. My Jubilee watermelon plant pretty much took over the yard, and for months, I couldn't see a single watermelon growing...at last, my dad spotted a watermelon that was about the size of an orange. I kept a close eye on it, and after nearly 4 months, I picked it today. It's a bit bigger than a football, and weighs somewhere between 15-20 lbs. I almost hate to cut it open now! :)

A visitor!

Okay, if you've never been to Idaho, you probably wonder why ANYONE would live there or visit there. (Believe me, I hear it a lot!) But there are some adventurous souls who brave the unknown and travel to Boise.

My friend Stephan (who now goes by Steve...but I just can't get used to that) sent me a text last week, wanting to know if he could come up for a visit. And of course, I said that it would be great. (I mean, come on, there aren't a ton of people who would a) spend the gas money to drive somewhere so supposedly blah, and b) actually make the 5 hour drive to get here.) Nevertheless, Stephan drove up Friday night to stay for 2 nights and then head back down to BYU on Sunday. We went to the Farmer's Market in downtown Boise on Saturday morning, then toured the Boise Art Museum, only to be amazed...and somewhat disgusted... by Catherine Chalmer's 'American Cockroach' exhibit. After a great dinner at Smoky Mountain Pizza, we decided to check out the "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" movie at the Majestic Theatre. You'd think that would have been enough in the fun day, but get this...my BYU-attending, former missionary friend wants to go clubbing! Nothing against that, but it was a bit unexpected. So, we head to China Blue in Boise, which is one of those mod bars that seem to be all the rage. It took awhile for me to find any rhythm, but we did have a good time dancing at the club, alcohol-free. (Truth be told, I may have become a better dancer if I would have had a Midori Sour or Daquiri!)

I think Stephan definitely realized that Idaho isn't a tiny hole in the wall place, and that it's pretty much like any other city (albeit the crime, a few major retailers and snowbirds). See, it's not so podunk and redneck here after all!

ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so I went to the Gavin DeGraw concert tonight by myself...thinking that I would get to hear some great music and get out on the town a bit. Once I'm inside the Knitting Factory (concert house), I manage to sneak through the crowd to the front row. Awesome, right? The concert starts, and I'm mesmerized by Gavin because a) he's REALLY hot in person and b) I have the best spot at the concert. Gavin is working the stage, and during one song, I stretched out my hand toward the stage...and he grabs onto it and seriously holds my hand, and SINGS TO ME!!! I'm not kidding! Okay, I'm nearly hyperventilating while this is going on, yet I'm gazing into his gorgeous eyes as he's serenading me. After about 30 seconds, he lets go, but wow... :) And I have to admit that as my hand dropped, it kinda grazed his butt...nice!

So here's a picture that I managed to get on my cell phone. Told ya that I was really close!

Going to see Gavin DeGraw tonight!

Gavin DeGraw is one of my favorite musicians, second only to Rob Thomas. So you can imagine how excited I was to hear that he was coming to Boise, and that tickets were only $23! I'll try to post a picture on here, if I'm able to take any at the concert.