Check out my mango tree:
Looking so healthy!
In addition to the mango, I’m growing cherry tomatoes and jalapenos in my Aerogarden (the salsa kit!).
tomato blossoms
I’ve also got some other peppers growing in a pot outside.
peppers
If you don’t have an aerogarden yet, I highly recommend it. Not only do herbs grow wonderfully in it, put any plants near it and they thrive also. It’s great!
Ritz Carlton
Today we had a lunch at the Ritz Carlton Resort for the boyfriend’s grandmother’s birthday! I hadn’t been there yet and was super excited to go. It was a long drive and situated right up against the mountains.. it was beautiful! Spring is here! The trees are turning green and there were wildflowers everywhere!
wildflowers
The food and service were excellent and we all had a great time.. the weather was perfect! When we got home we looked at our fruit bowl and veggie drawer and decided it was time to juice. I shop once a week and whatever we don’t think we’ll eat before my next trip (tomorrow) gets juiced.
We juiced carrots, celery, a cucumber, a tomato, mandarin oranges, a lime, a few blueberries, and ginger. It tasted so fresh and packed a lot of ziiing! After finishing our juice and cleaning the kitchen we hit the pool to relax and soak up some sun!
Because we had such a big lunch we decided to take it easy and have some of the pasta salad I made Saturday.
In the mix are cheese tortellinis from TJ’s, tomatoes, cucumbers, spinach, artichoke hearts, olives, feta, basil, crushed red pepper, and artichoke pesto. I like to make this salad in the summer because it’s a yummy, quick, cool meal perfect for hot days.
I’m off to bed.. have a great week everyone! 🙂
So between trying to figure out my new camera, work, school, staff meetings annnnnd jury duty, I haven’t had a chance to cook yet! I plan on making a pork roast pulled pork tomorrow in the crockpot.. can’t wait to try it and photgraph it! So until then, here are a few of my first pics with the new camera as I try to figure it out! Let me know what you think! 
The boyfriend has a major sweet tooth so I try to buy a lot of fruit to keep him from eating a bunch of junk candy and my cookies (hehe). He also has the greenest thumb I’ve ever seen. Put the two together and you get a mango tree! It’s a not a tree quite yet but it’s been growing like wild! 
I’m not sure when we planted the pit but the first picture is from Feb. 18 and the last picture is from yesterday (Mar. 2). Crazy fast! We are keeping it next to our Aerogarden (love it!) and we’re think the special light is what’s making it grow so fast. Either way, it’s fun to watch.
laughin' in the rain.. 
