The Cactus Recovery Project: our first guest

11.25.2009

our first guest

My little brother jesse is home for thanksgtiving, and he's our first house guest! After picking him up at the airport, Jesse got the grand tour of our house (that took about 3.4 minutes) and then Jason, Jesse and I headed to dinner in Old La Mesa--our first dinner out in our new neighborhood. Special blog-shout-out to dad and mom for sponsoring tonight's dinner (and gelato) at Centifonti's.

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sdsarahNovember 26, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Please post some "normal" house pictures for people that haven't gotten to see it yet!
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Barb SangerNovember 29, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Julia & Jason,

What a wonderful memory you'll have of your Cactus project. It will be fun to watch it grow!
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What's The Cactus Recovery Project?

Jason's Take on the Story:
So we were hanging out at Ikea (one of our favorite places) picking up a few things. We passed the plant section and Julia felt it would be a good idea to get a plant. Her choice was bamboo or cactus. Both almost impossible to kill (she has some plant killing issues). I figured a cactus was cooler than bamboo...so cactus it was. Should have known from the beginning it was a bad idea after it stabbed me numerous times on the ride home. We get back to her apartment and she put the cactus in a bathroom (with no natural light) thinking it was fine. A few weeks later it was quite sickly looking and the cactus finally was put outside on the balcony. It was at this moment the cactus tried to end it's misery. Each day, it leaned closer and closer to the railing. It never made it all the way...but boy did it try. Now that we have a place all to ourselves, we are going to blog about our random day to day life. And hopefully we can keep the cactus alive this time.

Julia's Take on the Story:
The Cactus Recovery Project stemmed (no pun intended) from Jason’s fascination with my green thumb deficiency. He's right--gardening’s not my best thing...yes, I bought a cactus and struggled to keep it alive. And yes, Jason looked at the cactus on the balcony of my 12th floor apartment one summer day and pointed out that looked like it was trying to jump off the balcony. It's true: I had a suicidal cactus. Jason and I started the CRP when we moved in together in November 2009. This project goes way beyond raising sane cacti. We’re homeowners now and it’s time to get our act together. This blog chronicles our adventures as we start a wonderful, “suicidal cacti-free” home.

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The Cactus Recovery Project

11.25.2009

our first guest

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What's The Cactus Recovery Project?

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