while at work this morning, i kept thinking "what can i blog about next?" you see my sewing machine is not sewing correctly (something with the tension, i think) and i will not have time to do any really fun cooking..... so what else is there? then i remembered a question i am constantly asked, a topic that people never tire of! my job as a flight attendant. over the past 7 years, i've had plenty of funny things happen and i am always asked about them. i have a very short memory, so this is just a list of the stories that stick out.in random order, funny stories from a flight attendant:1. one of my dear friends was about 7 months pregnant when we got a layover in cancun. as young spring breakers would pass us by on the beach they would do a double take. she decided to yell after young men to their shock and amazement 'be careful! this is what happens on spring break!'2. i am particularly fond of seniors, so i feel a little guilty telling this one. one elderly woman realllllly had to go number 2. she could not possibly wait in line for the bathroom up front, so she walked to the vacant lavatories in the back. she however did not make. she left a pungent aroma through the whole cabin and left droppings all the way down the aisle.3. a few nights ago i was doing the beverage service and i asked a girl about 6 years old what she wanted to drink. very politely she responded "i will have some french fries please".4. a senior male flight attendant was talking to a few passengers about the beautiful beach they would soon be arriving at. he told a busty looking woman about the "titty blue water" instead of the "pretty blue water". the owner of our company was sitting right behind her.5. one of the flight attendants was about to leave on a voluntary furlough. on her last flight as we welcomed our passengers to their final destination, we also announced that she was leaving us to go on tour with david hasselhoff as his backup dancer. the passengers took it very seriously and all congratulated her on their way out.6. one trip down to cancun was loaded with young spring breakers. one row had three college linebackers packed in together. the guy in the middle got incredibly sick and needed more than just his sick bag, he needed more of a large trash bag. being fairly new and being simple minded, i began to laugh so hard that i couldn't even speak. luckily another flight attendant was able to take care of him.7. before we had a safety demonstration video, we had to do it manually. one of our favorite activities was trying to get the flight attendant out in the aisle to laugh since the are facing the back and everyone else faces forward. joining in on the fun, newly hired jessica started shaking her butt and dancing like a fool to get the flight attendant to laugh.....completely unaware that all the passengers were now turned around looking at her instead.so there is my list for now. i have plenty more stories to tell, but how many can you really take? maybe some of my friends have stories to share???
well here is our very first garden together! i have to say we become prideful of our garden. since this is our first attempt, we have learned a lot and are already anticipating next years garden! we've met some great farmer friends that have given us a lot of organic plants to start with, making the process a lot easier.our garden contains: red leaf and butter crunch lettuce, habnero peppers, tollie sweet peppers, a variety of herbs, peas, green stripe and heirloom tomatoes, watermellons, cucumbers, white ghostbuster eggplant, yellow squash, broccoli and onions. a few things that didn't make it.... RIP carrots and arugala.
one hot husband, cutting back the tomatoes
one small broccoli head, one bigggg plant
the amazing basil
one heirloom tomato that is literally as big as my hand
farmer bill
lettuce still growing and some herbs
and last but not least, our homeade composter! we bought a large rubbermade and drilled holes into it. we have really cut down on how much trash we throw away due to how much we are able to put in our composter. we've also periodically put in worms. they help compost the materials quickly and they produce amazing fertilizer for your garden! i found some helpful information at www.howtocompost.org
yesterday was the third lansdale farmer's market. this is so close to my heart because we have seen this market go from a meeting of four people in our living room with a vision to an actual market! all those months ago i could've never imagined how truly great it turned out to be.yesterday bill and i started by riding our bikes to the market at seven. the weather could not have been more perfect, sunny with a light breeze. there were already vendors setting up and lots of volunteers on hand to help them when we arrived. you could already start to smell the fresh herbs, produce and baked good. there is a genuine sense of community from the vendors, to volunteers and to all the shoppers. at nine am the market officially opens. out of all the wonderful stuff that happens at a farmer's market, the thing i love the most is really supporting the local farmers and their work. letting them know that we are committed to helping our local farmers is so important. this summer is a great time to search out your local farmers, you willmost likely find better much betterproduce. every dollar you spend is changing the way food is produced in our nation....its so powerful!
this is my first real bag! even though its not perfect and might not get a lot of use, it was great practice. since i am terrible at following patterns, i like to do things freehand. i also did my first button hole, i feel so accomplished!
i also just made some fresh pesto...so good and easy! the basil in our garden is huge, we've just had so much that i've been making batches of pesto and freezing them. i make mine based on taste not measurements. just blend basil leaves, olive oil, garlic, salt and parmesean cheese. i put the pesto into ice cube trays and freeze them. when i need them, i can just grab out a cube at a time. i found this nifty idea on my friend's sisters blog.
i've never even considered blogging before. if you ever should return to this little blog you will undoubtedly realize that i am a terrible blogger and you will hopefully remember that i warned you! i guess i wanted a way to document all of the little joyful things that happen in my life. things like our garden, photographs, my new pet fish mordecia, my sewing projects, good food, projects, anything that may inspire me and everything but anything that is really important. ah, you get it now?
