Farmer's Market, why hast thou left?

You know, it may be all the snow we've been getting recently, or perhaps it's the abolutely frigid temperatures, or maybe it's because I had to miss the last two months of it last year, but I am SO missing the fresh produce from the local Farmer's Market. D and I would get up early EVERY Wednesday morning (didn't miss one! Even when I was stuck at home, D would go and call me on his bluetooth headset, and walk around and tell me all the things that were there and what we could buy. That's love :)) and go to the Hilldale parking lot and pick up fresh, local food (mostly produce, but things like coffee and cheese too). We would get home with bags of yummy stuff, and when I got home from work that night we would wash and chop and cook and bag and put everything where it should be, and for the rest of the week, until the next Wednesday, we had fresh fruit and veggies to eat.
I would make fresh, whole-milk mozzerella, and we'd have a fantastic caprese salad with home-grown tomatoes and basil from the plants that were on our deck.
Now, I bought a tomato from the store the other day, because I had a craving - and OMG, ick. It was mealy and yucky.
The stringbeans that we bought the other day were large and tough.
The spinach was sub-par.
We are thinking of joining a CSA this summer, but half of what I liked about the Farmer's Market was the experience of strolling around there in the morning air and having fun with D for half an hour, as sort of a mid-week break. I cannot wait until it starts up again!!

Hey Mom, look what I made! Part II

I spent the Thursday evenings in January attending a stained glass class, where we got to pick out a design (or bring your own, but I'm not up to that level yet :P), buy the glass, and then make your own piece, pretty much by yourself. The fiancé and I are going to look at some houses next week, and my long-term goal is to replace the kitchen cabinet faces with stained glass pieces. Making a window would be pretty cool too. But I think that, for now, I'll concentrate more on simpler pieces that won't get as much exposure, like lampshades or jewelry boxes.

Which, as you'll see from the below pictures, is probably a good idea. This piece is better than the first one (largely because I got to pick out the colors), but I still have a long way to go before I start making pieces that are the focal point of a room I spend a lot of time in :)

Sam's long day

My horribly abused kitty was loaded into the terrible carrier and taken to the evil V-E-T last Saturday, and the poor baby had a tooth that had to be removed. So, this morning, I dropped him off, again at the V-E-T, in the hated carrier - after not giving him any food since 10pm the night before. Talk about adding insult to injury!

I almost cried when we left him there - I hate leaving him there to be put under by poor strangers. At least during the appt on Saturday I was there so he could bury his head in my side and pretend that we couldn't see him.

He had a long day. He was hissing at the evil V-E-T when they put him in his carrier to go home (something he never does) and he groggy when we got home. He's staying in the bedroom with us tonight to make sure he's ok.


Poor baby. He wants so much lovin'. He's even sitting on my lap as I type. Major guilt trip!

What do you think?

Opinions plz! Vote on whether you think I should go simple or fancy for my wedding dress. I've included examples below to help you :)

(I don't promise to go with the majority, but I'm interested in what people are going to say...........)

Simple:

Or Fancy:

What Will Be, Will Be

"Heard you calling
From high above
The sweetest voice was saying
that we could learn to love
Each other and be as one
When we start believing
Our journey as begun
Join with me
Set your spirit free
You'll find your destiny
Stay with me
What will be will be
We'll find our destiny"
~Divine Inspiration

Anthem

"Lately I've been feeling the same
I've being losing hope, resisting the pain
It's cold outside, I wish it were clearer
Sometimes it's just easier to turn around then look in the mirror
Sometimes when I go to sleep
My life spins out in front of me
Like a hurricane, a bottle of wine
Sometimes it's easier to let something else control your life
This is an anthem for the girl that got away
This is an anthem for the war of yesterday
This is an anthem for the rebel of my youth
This is an anthem for the risk of loving you"
~Filo & Peri feat. Eric Lumiere