General Discussion & Chat: Best,Worse,What did I learn today..chat with friends old and new..come sit a spell.., 1 by WormsLovSharon

WormsLovSharon wrote:
Pat, I am so with you. I am so used to being here alone with Vern, who did very little talking. After he died, so many friends and relatives came over and would not leave. After 3 days, on a Sunday at 4pm, I told everyone they needed to leave. I needed some alone time.

My sister is coming from Ventura, Ca for 3 weeks tomorrow. Her husband just died and she needs her older sister. My brothers will be dropping by for a visit but they do not stay long. They both live in Nevada and will probably drop by for a day.

I worked in the back landscape, Saturday, A little Sunday and big time today. I was running around like the energizer bunny. I wanted to get all of the debris I wanted hauled away, raked or swept into piles for the gardeners that got here at 1pm. I got an enormous amount done because I didn\'t have to pick it up. Only thing I forgot was to take a photo of the final piles.

African Sumac are very popular evergreen trees in the desert Southwest but when it gets hot, they drop their leaves. Not just a few but hundreds. So I am out there, right after feeding the pups, raking, cutting and sweeping. I worked over 2 hours, mostly in the shade of the Sumac and was very pleased with my finished job. Most please was the look on their faces when they rounded the corner and saw what I had for them to pick up and haul away. I also checked the irrigation and found a few problems. I will work on that after i walk the dogs this evening. They only got a short walk this morning because MOM was on a mission.

I have a DMV appointment to get my Real ID Then I will get my passport. Only two destinations are Mexico and Canada. I have no desire to go to Europe. I am going to take my sister with me. And when I come to Canada, I will drop in and say hello to all of you. First trip will be the train ride beginning in Vancouver and going East.

Susan, hope you are feeling better. Blood clots are so dangerous. Vern had 2 in a lung and one in a leg and kept complaining about a back ache. I kept telling him to take a Motrin. Wonder I didn\'t kill him. Forth day I took him to emergency and they found the blood clots. I would be a really good caregiver now because I learned so much from mistakes I made. Luckily, none of my mistakes killed him.

Karen, I know how much you love the visits from your grandchildren. Are the great-grandchildren old enough to visit yet?

Debbie, so pleased your dogs did so well. Heat will wear you out. And here it is a dry heat and your sweat evaporates and you are not aware. First thing, you are dehydrated and sick.

Debbie II, hope your kitties get better so you can join Betty and her friends on their adventure.

Betty, you are hopeless. You cannot slow down. But who am I to talk.

First photo is Juliette tomato, second photo, roses cutback by pool, third photo Champion tomato and forth is all the trimmings off the oleander bushes and roses.