The biggest story of this weekend: tomatoes. You recall that I took over tomato growing responsibilities from my well-meaning but plant-killing mother? Well, Friday afternoon I picked (and promptly ate) my very first tomato from the garden! That makes one more tomato than we've grown in the past, I dunno, ten years? Not only that, but there are a ton of green ones waiting to ripen and at least two of my nine plants are just about to top the six foot fence! We had a minor debacle last week where something (some rotten scoundrel deer, I think) came by and took out the top of one of my plants. There was also a bitten-into green one on the ground inside the pen, which I think may have been a squirrel or even raccoon - I don't envision deer chomping tomatoes. So Danny and I upped the security on the two tomato pens this weekend with some light-weight netting that completely covers the enclosures but allows the plants to still grow vertically. I also pruned off the stalks lower than the first fruit-bearing branches (source: the internet) to channel the plants' energy into the fruit instead of bushing out. Honestly, I'm not really bothered by how much I produce, so long as I get a couple of tomatoes out of the deal, but Danny wanted to try it so we did ;)

The rest of our weekend was relatively laid back. We had friends over for a crab-feast and catch-up on Saturday night, we slept in ridiculously late both days and saw The Heat (Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthey[?]) last night. Next weekend we have a cookout with friends/family so I expect it will be a bit busier than this one was. I can't believe the summer is flying by so quickly! There were a couple of times that our friends mentioned "next summer" and I have to remind them (and myself!) that I don't have next summer off - I'll be in rotations! Hopefully I'll be able to schedule my externals all near home and have my break times so that I can see family and friends but still...crazy.