No, this is not my cat. I just couldn’t resist sharing, though.

See more hilarious pics of cats with “stuff” on them at http://stuffonmycat.com.

…But his name isn’t Tiny Tim.

I have christened the little guy Pee Wee.

He is my very first homegrown eggplant, and I am stupidly proud of him, like a parent whose firstborn child has done a #2 in its diaper for the first time. Sure, the Giant Thai and Bulgarian carrot chile peppers have been popping out fruits left and right, but I knew they’d be easy from seeing my father’s pepper plants. The eggplant is a first in the Wang family gardening history.

I’ve been reading up on the basics and finer points of gardening in Gayla Trail’s You Grow Girl. What a great general beginner’s guide to gardening, especially in urban/limited space environments! It covers everything from seed sowing, transplanting, and fertilization to making your own compost, harvesting/saving seeds, and mixing up your own organic pesticides. If you ever bet bitten by the gardening bug, but don’t know where to start, check out this book.

Meanwhile, those of you who are already horticulturally-inclined are welcome to look at photos of my current crop of balcony veggies and fruit tree-lets. There are actually half a dozen more plants out there than pictured, but they are still scrawny and uninteresting with no flowers or fruits, so I left them out.

Besides, I kind of forgot which ones were which….

Note to self: Labelling is a necessity, not an afterthought.

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Nutrition: Non-Training Day Menu
(SGX nutrition details omitted by request of trainer)

1: Pumpkin bread, 1 scoop chocolate whey powder
2: 3×1 spinach omelette with pecan raisin bread
3: Apple, 3 oz. tuna
4: Strawberries, 3 oz. tuna
5: Thai chicken pasta salad
6: SGX meal

Daily Supplements: multivitamin with iron, calcium 500 + D, 1 T. flaxseed oil or natural peanut butter

Water: 16 cups minimum

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Workout:
7:00 PM YF Workout (60 minutes)

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The Awful Truth:
1. Had some of my supervisor’s homemade pumpkin bread today. It was definitely too moist and yummy to be healthy. :eat:

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Brownie Points:
1. Made a spreadsheet to calculate seed starting and set out dates so I’ll never have to hand-calculate that #$@!$ stuff again.
2. Staked my tipped-over pepper plants.
3. Took pics of my container garden.

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Short-term Goals:
1. Update HandBase workout module.
2. Read two chapters from NASM book.
3. Bake new batch of carrot/pumpkin raisin bread.
4. Pack up most of my books, bookcases, desktop computer, peripherals, and computer desk for move this Saturday.
5. Bag, marinate, and freeze 8 lbs of chicken breast and 4 lbs of chicken legs.
6. Fold laundry.
7. Vaccuum.
8. Throw out boxes in the kitchen.