My First Tomato

Today I plucked my first ripe tomato off my tomato vines. It is small and covered with cracks from the wonky growing season it's had, but still, it's mine. I grew it without anything artificial - just water and sunshine. My little one was so excited about it that she wants to pick tomatoes too. I promised her that she could pick the next one that turned red (which may be ready as early as tomorrow). Just had to share that little bit with you. :)

Tuesday Afternoon Confessional

Lately, I've felt buried under my own inadequacies. Even the simplest tasks have seemed to overwhelm me. I've been feeling like every effort I've made is being stonewalled by some outside force. Some days it was hard to get out of bed, and I did the absolute minimum to get by. I missed my own personal deadline for my Etsy shop, I haven't been able to maintain my diet and exercise, nor have I gotten done any of the little projects around the house I wanted to do. Even couponing fills me with feelings of mediocrity. I mean, sure, I save a little money, but did I really get the best deal? To add insult to injury, a store would have an even better sale the following week when I'd used up all my coupons. I know none of this sounds like it's all that bad, but trust me, with the state of mind I've been in, all I've wanted to do is throw in the towel. I wanted to cry, but I somehow couldn't even bring myself to do that. Getting out of this mental muck and mire isn't easy, but I'm trying.

I type this, and in the back of my mind I hear Yoda saying, "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."

That's my confession. I normally try not to let on about how bad I'm feeling on here, but I guess I needed to get it out in the open. I've felt as worthless as a penny at a vending machine.

A blog about things

Well, I have some random things to share with you today. My tomatoes have succumbed to some kind of bacterial/fungal wilt. It is ravaging my Marglobe tomato pretty badly, although the fruit is still in tact. I hope to still harvest the tomatoes that are on the plant, if I can keep it alive. The other two tomatoes are only just now showing signs of wilt, so, I'm hoping they'll also be okay until the end of the growing season. I'm not sure how this happened; they are being grown in containers filled with purchased potting soil, so it didn't shouldn't have come from any nearby plants. I have read that these nasty diseases can enter through broken branches, and all of my plants have suffered broken limbs from the crazy afternoon thunderstorms we've been getting, so that could be it. I've also read that beetles can transmit diseases, and today I did see a beetle hanging out on one of my plants, so that could be it too. Either way, it happened fairly quickly, seeing how when I left on Friday, my plants were perfectly healthy. I'm telling my husband that he killed them, since he was in charge of keeping them watered while I was away. Thankfully my tomatillo seems uneffected.

In other news, I was away this weekend at my cousin's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding at The Gatherings in Dorchester, SC. My little one had a great time dancing the night away at the reception. She was the life of the party, making up her own dances and having everyone on the dance floor join in.

I have taken my Etsy shop out of vacation mode. I don't have any listings up at the moment, but I'm hoping to change that as soon as I get a few things photographed.

Well, that's it for now. Catch you guys later!