"Joo, I'm only doing this for you." -me

To make Joo happy - this is my only motivation as I kneel on the lavendar (Susan's presence even from all the way in Cherry Hill, NJ!!!) sponge knee protector with the hoe in my gloved hand poking at the hard ground. She's been stressed out for weeks now because she has not been able to work on our backyard due to bad weather on weekends. Finally it's a free Saturday and the sun is shining. Instead of going to the beach, we're at home on our knees doing manual labor. This is not my idea of fun. Since I have no idea what it's supposed to look like in the future (it's all in Joo's head), I just obey Joo and do whatever she tells me to do. We pull out the dead grass and lots of rocks with our hands. The most interesting thing we found was a pretend sheriff's badge. "I guess a little boy must have lived here before," Joo thinks out loud. I'm thinking, 'Why does she assume that it was a boy? It could've been a girl.' I can't help it. It's the feminist in me. If I was a little girl, I would want to pretend to be a sheriff. Oh wait, maybe I'd prefer being the robber =P The most amusing moment was when one of our neighbors belched out really loud while Joo and I giggled quietly. Sunday, we come back home from being at Orange County all day and we're so excited and anxious to check up on our little garden of vegetables. Now that I've invested my time and energy into our garden, I feel protective like a parent against all the stupid stray animals that enter our yard.

GROW VEGGIES GROW!!!
GROW HERBS GROW!!!
GROW ROSES GROW!!!
MAKE JOO AND ME HAPPY AND PROUD!!!