Tomorrow is my 30th birthday! Do you know what that means? That this is the last day of my 29th year, and hence the last blog entry! Honestly, I am tired of taking pictures every day, and have been waiting for this day for weeks, but now that its here I'm kind of sad. A lot of days I do nothing noteworthy, but some times cool stuff happens and its great to capture the moment. I looked through all of the previous posts tonight, and this has been a great year.

I've noticed that as a result of this project I take a lot more pictures of other stuff, not just myself. Which is a good thing, taking pictures is fun. Also, I would have given up on this project long ago were it not for all my friends and family members who read the blog and tell me they enjoy it. Thanks, everyone!

Tomorrow I will be 30, and all grown up. Do I look any older than I did on the first post? Thats ok, I'm expecting a lot more fun in my life to come. And maybe I can come up with some kind of new project to remember everything with.

Jon called me tonight and said that due to some logistical issues, he has to tell me what my birthday present will be rather than give it to me. Yes, my birthday is coming up! And he is getting me apple trees! I think espaliered apple trees will be very nice against the east wall of my house. Ever since I was a kid, I have wanted an espaliered tree, and apples will be a yummy addition to my garden. But I need to pick out which varieties I want, and we don't have a truck, so we might need delivery. Hence the logistical issues. But I'm still excited! Thank you, Jon!

The problem with February is that there is so much gardening that needs to be done and so few days that you can be outside doing it. Today started out nice, and Jon and I planted onions, garlic, shallots, and strawberries. It is pretty early for strawberries, but they are in a sheltered location, and I will cover them with a sheet at night to keep the frost off. We also spread mulch, trimmed hedges, and trimmed the tree in Jon's front yard.

For dinner we went to the Keg and used my free birthday coupon. My friend John was in town for a wedding, so we had dinner with him. It was fun, and yummy.

Part of the 2 Hands gardening group is that all of the members go to each others' homes and help install thier gardens. Today we are at Meredith's house, and we are planting grapes, blackberries, roses, asparagus, a peach tree, and a fig tree. We also covered her entire backyard with cardboard and mulch to kill all of the grass, and eventually her backyard will be nothing but garden. I'm not quite ready to go that far. I like having a yard, and want my garden to coexist with the grass.

I am about to take my first bite of a Fred's burger. Fred's recently won the title of Best Hamburger in the DFW metroplex, which is no small feat. We have a lot of amazing burger places around here. Fred's was also featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives on the Food Network once, but I have not seen that episode. The place is rather small, and it was packed, so we got our food to go. We also had a movie to watch tonight, Moon.

It was indeed a very good burger. I think my vote for favorite has now come down to either Fred's or Tommy's. Its been a while since I've had a Tommy's burger, so I can't make a determination now.

I have been invaded by lady bugs. I guess if you're going to be infested by insects, lady bugs are a good one to have. I think they came in with the lemon tree, and have hatched. They are all over the sliding glass doors. I tried to get some of them outside, but they keep flying away from me.

Jon won 3rd place in the medium-spicy chili category! Hooray! Comments were that his chili had a nice flavor, that he did a good job with the blend of chili powder and cumin.

Tomorrow is the chili cookoff, so Jon made a lot of chili tonight. I helped out by chopping 4 onions, 4 peppers, and about 10 cloves of garlic. Its very yummy, and luckily there is enough to put into freezer bags. Yay.