Thank God It's Friday!!!!

I am so happy that it's almost the weekend. I am sitting here at work, and I'm ready to bolt out of here. This has been a fairly long week. The week wasn't difficult, per se. It was just long.

I thought I was going to do a little relaxing this weekend, but apparently not. One of my friends who I've known for almost 15 years has invited me over to her house. She's invited me over to celebrate her son getting his black belt in Karate, but she also wants me to meet a few of her male friends. Honestly, I don't know how I feel about it. I mean, I do want to meet new people, and no one is saying that I have to go out with any of these guys or if they'll even like me. I think I'm a little apprehensive about getting back out there on the "dating" scene.

This time around, though, I would like to actually date different people. I've never really been one to date more than one person at a time. It's just never worked out like that. This time I want to see how it might work out. I'll keep y'all posted (maybe).

It's funny. I've always heard about how there's a shortage of good, black men in the Atlanta area. So far, it seems like they are out there.

We shall see.

I'm Loving Georgia Right Now

I don't really have a lot to say right now, but I just wanted to come in and talk quickly about how much I'm loving Georgia right now.

I can't believe that it took me so long to move here (almost 12 years), but God knows what he's doing. I went out to Wal-Mart and Lowe's this morning (for the patio garden. lol), and was just very thankful for the things I'm experiencing here so far. I must say, though, I really do like this side of Georgia than the area where I work. I work about an hour away from where I live and it's further down south. I don't really like that area too much. I'm not sure why either. Most people love it, but I've just never been a fan.

In any case, I am happy to be here in the state. I needed a new start a few years ago, and I've gotten it. Now, I just need to meet some more friends. I think I am going to start a Meetup group of my own, but I would like to close on my house first.

Anyway, I feel very blessed this morning for this experience.

The Start Of My New Vegetable Container Garden

I'm so excited. I've started another container garden this year. What you see in the picture are some of the vegetables I'm growing this year.

About two years ago, I decided I want to try to grow some veggies. I started with a simple tomato plant, and it did well.

Last year I wanted to plant a little more, so I grew a variety of different vegetables. This year, I wanted to grow a little more.

In the picture above, you see a few tomato plants, Japanese Eggplant (VERY VERY good), regular eggplant, some kind of white eggplant, lettuce, spinach, corn (YES! Corn!), green peppers, red peppers, yellow peppers, Jalapeño peppers, cayenne peppers, Serrano peppers....and some other stuff.

In the empty container that's what I'm going to grow my onions in. I'm hoping to be able to complete these in the backyard of my new house (when I close).

You may not believe it, but container gardening is very relaxing. I like the fact that I don't have to dig into the ground to actually produce vegetables. Last year I grew a lot of vegetables, and I plan to grow even more. The price of produce these days is ridiculous. I had to figure out a way to cut costs, and this is the perfect way.

I'll keep you posted!

I Don't Want To Be At Work Today

Let me preface this by saying I am VERY grateful to have a job in these trying times. However, this is one of those days when I wish I wasn't here. It's not really that I don't want to do work today. I just don't feel like being confined inside a building today.

I really would like to hit up Home Depot and buy some pots, potting soil and some seeds and start my container garden. I had one for the first time last year, and I LOVED it. I planted so many things on my deck. I had so much fun (I'll do a post on that later).

Anyway, I just want to be outside today, but if I want to pay for this house...I'll be keeping my behind here. Sigh. Oh well. Hopefully the day will go by quickly.

Why Did I Get Married Too

I'm a little late doing a review of this movie,but better late than never. Right?

Anyway, I went to see this movie exactly one week ago with one of my Meetup groups. I really wasn't that pressed on seeing the movie since I didn't see the first one in the movie theaters. However, as I stated before, I'm trying to get out more.

I must say that the movie had me a little...blah. It's not that it wasn't a good movie. It was, but it wasn't a great movie. I think what makes me frustrated is the fact that it had the potential to be a great movie, but missed the mark. I am not sure what it was missing, other than some under-developed storylines. I felt that Tyler Perry could have gone into more detail with some of the characters...actually all of them. I'm not going to give a synopsis of the movie, because you can find that online. I will say,though, that I think this should have been given a little more thought.

In any case, it was good to get out of the house and meet some more people. I didn't really get a chance to "bond" with anyone because I didn't know them, but also because I just didn't get that warm and fuzzy feeling with these people. I've been to events with this Meetup group before, but the folks there just wasn't...I don't know. I can't really put my finger on it. It may have something to do with the fact that we were at the movies. Kind of hard to talk to people there, but even when we did have time to talk some women just seemed a little standoffish. Maybe they were shy. I don't know. Oh well. There's always next time!

Lazy Easter Sunday

Happy Easter, everyone!

I didn't go to church today because I still haven't found a church that I would truly like to attend. I still haven't been to the one I was looking at a few months ago. Eventually I MAY go there, but that's another story.

Today, I haven't done much of anything. I woke up pretty early (for a weekend) and worked out a little bit. Then, for whatever reason, I have been tired for the rest of the day. I'm not sure why, but I'm EXHAUSTED. I am in the process of trying to wash clothes and clean up the house a little bit, but it's a very slow process. I still need to get up and make dinner/lunch for tomorrow.

It appears to be a very beautiful day outside. I'm not going out there, even though I should. I'm just thankful it has finally warmed up. Tomorrow it's going to be in the 90's, so I will need to find my sandals tonight and make sure the polish on my toes look good.

I just hope I have the energy.