MoreDisabled Gardeners Laughing With Joy...3

Yeah!!! I have snow on my blooming daffodils.
I'm not sure if it has got cold enough to freeze my daylillys. It just hovered
around 32*
Miss Kitty is locked in the house and not a bit happy about it. She always returns dirty,wet and cold. She can just stay in.

Vickie, I hope your flowers and mine will be ok. I always get started too early and then we have one last cold blast. It snowed a little here but never stuck because the ground was too warm. It sleeted off and on all day too. I had just put out $40 or so in plants so I pray they will be ok. I was just dying to get started on my new yard. I worked so hard on a bed right in front of the house. I had to dig out all the red dirt and put in good soil and that was a big job. Hubs was gone so I did it all myself while sitting on my little stool. I pray they will be ok. That was a tough job for me. It is supposed to be warm again tomorrow or so the weatherman says. My back is hurting from my little embarrassing fall but it could have been worse. The ground was soft there.Have a good day. Where is everyone? There has not been much going on here. have a good day.scraps

All my plants survived ok. Nothing froze.
Went to the doctor today. They took my BP first thing. It was 198/101. They sat me down, gave me a shot and checked it every 5 or 10 minutes for an hour. The same for my blood sugar. It was 365. They told me i was a stroke waiting to happen. The bp came down considerably. The blood sugar some. The doc put me on two more bp meds and a practically nothing diet and threatened hospital. I told them i can't afford it. I'll take care of myself and behave. The doc would'nt even talk about my wrist. He'll see me again in 2 weeks. The eye surgery is put off till everything is under controll also.
Tomorrow the weather will be nice till night, so i'm going to sit outside and play in my flowerpots. There is nothing more soothing than playing in dirt. Guess i'll eat sugar free jello and boiled eggs and lettuce tomorrow.
In the valley the forsythia and bradford pears are blooming. Not up here yet tho.
Vickie

Haven't checked this thread in a while and I missed everybody's big news! Big newses?

Anyway, in reverse (More-or-less) order: Vickie! Be careful, and PLEASE take care of yourself. We don't want anything nasty to happen to you; we need you here.

Steph, please give my deepest sympathies to your DD. She is lucky to have you and a supportive DH. Those types of experiences really show what a strong mother she has had in you, because look how strong she turned out to be!

Kay and Jim, I know you and the rest of Armagia (my spell-checker doesn't like that word) will do your best for "J." as long as she needs you to; you are good people. And Jim, my condolences and I hope you track down every copy of that video tape - good luck.

Hello everyone,
Hey Carrie it is good to hear from you. Hope life is treating you well. How is the weather there? It is getting springlike here. Trees are budding out everywhere, Hyachinths,Buttercups and forsythia are blooming. The hubs and I have been fishing several times.
My DD is doing better I think for the most part but the school where she teaches did not explain to the students what had happened that she lost the baby and kids keep asking about her baby. So she tears up all over again trying to explain. It breaks my heart when she calls in tears but it is getting a little less frequent. Time heals as they say. She is a good girl and just does not understand why bad things happen to good people and people can have babies who do not want them. And mom is supposed to have all the answers. I have said I know baby alot lately. I would literally give my right arm and leg to take away that pain and give her a healthy baby. But momma can't fix this one. On to happier topics. I hope the reason there has not been much activity here is because everyone is having good weather and are out busy planting pretty flowers to take pictures and show us here later. Have a good night everyone. scraps

Welcom back Carrie, You were missed. Jim and Kay are too.
See New England is getting lots of rain now.We are going to hit 70* next week at last.
I'm behaving myself.But gee am i hungry. a boiled egg and jello every three hours don't go very far. Saturday i can eat a little more if the blood sugar goes down.BP is still up. Guess it takes time to start down. Am going to do Tai Che exersizes with TV, That is supposd to be relaxing. I know being uptight all the time is a big part of my problem. DD says if i quit watching the news it'd help. Probably right.
Eva Mae has been diagnosed witH Congestive Heart Failure. I really hate that.It's really hard when you can't do the things you used to take for granted.
Everyone (and their dogs) have a great day tomorrow.
Vickie

Oh no, poor Eva Mae! Ts & Ps for her too. Congestive heart failure is not good, although it might explain some of her sx.

Steph, I had two 1st trimester miscarriages and the first one felt like a real death, like a baby had died. I was depressed for a long time. (The second time I started bleeding heavily the day the pregnancy test came back +, so I kind of realized it was not working, but the first time I walked around feeling pregnant for three months.) I think the school should have told her students about the baby or maybe she should tell them herself. I hope she's feeling better soon.

Carrie, I'm sorry about the loss of your baby.

Oh, Vickie, it was so long ago and my REAL big loud smelly "babies" occupy so much time and money that I hardly mind any more. I probably wasn't ready. But thank you for your kind thoughts. I just remember how sad and dead I felt inside myself whenever I hear of a miscarriage, let alone a stillbirth.

There are statistics that say that only such-and-such percent of sperm-meets-egg actually leads to a fetus or baby, it's just that nowadays the tests are so crazy accurate. But they aren't testing for the presence of a viable embryo, in most cases, they just test for hormone levels, which can be altered by other things too. My DIL in Atlanta is crazy trying to get pregnant, but her uterus can't tolerate an embryo for some reason, so she keeps testing positive and then gets her period :(

I am so sad. I try to forget, but cannot, the pain of loosing 5.....the 1st @ 20 weeks.
And that was 37 years ago, Father's day..my then DH went to play golf as I went to surgery......perhaps that was his way of coping...
Understanding people is so hard

It sure is, Sheri. My H (I cannot call him a DH, unless the D stands for Disgusting) had got himself a very fancy coloring book, like stained glass, sort of, and while I was in labor with DD#2 (a preemie) my mom held my hand and he colored! Totally ignored me, never even looked up!

It was carefully explained to me that my first miscarriage never had a heartbeat, so once I had an actual baby I felt better. Of course you never totally forget. All my friends were getting pregnant by mistake and I couldn't get knocked up on purpose! It was a horrible time, which is why my heart goes out to any woman who loses a pregnancy or is dealing with infertility. I am pouring out empathy and been there, done that, wish I could take a little bit of your pain, sweetie.

Hello everyone,
Carrie and Birdie, I too had a miscarriage, 4 1/2 months, So I know what she is going through also and I think that makes me more able to understand and deal with what is going on with her right now. I went to her house and we got out and planted impatients in her front flowerbed. She teared up a time or two but she was mad at lazy hubs for not doing yard work. She said he did not care about the baby and that he wants to know why she is still crying sometimes. But he already has several kids. She would not let me take the poor so and so and so out of his misery and out of her life.LOL I could sit on him and end that problem. He is about as big as my fist. Enough on that subject.
I hope you all are having good weather. I am loving spring here. Although it was cooler today because it rained last night but it will not last long. Have a good day, scraps

They aren't selling impatiens here yet - I'm IMPATIENT for them! My DH just gave DD#1's boyfriend a piece of his mind - long overdue - bf said he will pay us back on Thursday. (He's owed us $500 since January.) It's a looooong boring familiar story, and I can see her ending up like me with her father if she doesn't change the way she acts towards men, starting with bio-dad.

Isn't it remarkable how many of us have this secret miscarriage pain inside our hearts? It's not talked about, the way domestic abuse is still not talked about. Hunh, I always feel like I'm the only one. Isn't it weird the way it's considered 'surgery?' That always struck me as a bizarre way to look at it. Hmmmm. Love and hugs to all.

Sheri, You poor child. I'm so very sorry you had to go thru that 5 times no less. No people don't talk about it nor abuse. I was lucky and had no problems having babies.I was anemic and had to take shots and passed out all the time but that was no biggie.
My DH disapeared when i was in labor too. He said he could'nt take me being in pain. He could have helped the pain alot just by holding my hand. SHEESH!!!!
Sheri, am glad you checked in. I've been wondering if you were ok.
LOL Carrie we are all impatient for warm weather. Proud of your hubby for laying the law down. I know by experience most young people seem to have no sense of being responsible. I really hope you get your money.
Steph, I think your SIL needs a reality check of somekind.

Thank ou so much for caring about me. I am OK, much better than that actually since being delivered miraculously of all of my major pain meds that I had taken for many many years. I had no idea how foggy I was from them. My mental clarity is truly a joy. I am looking forward to getting my physical self back in shape to match the new mind.
There is much volunteer work that I wish to become involved in so that I can share the gift of hope with others.
I must admit that even if I am not writing, I am probably lurking occasionally. I really have been spending much less time on the puter and more in the Bible these days.

Blessings and hugs to all,
Sheri

Sheri, I am glad to hear you are lurking - it's nice to know you're there even if we don't "see" you or "hear" from you. As for Kay and Jim, I really can't imagine them lurking silently, but maybe?

Sheri, I'm so glad you're here too. You guys are my lifeline. Tell us about your volunteer work.
Kay and Jim may still be knee deep in little ones. I would like to know how they are and how Amargia is doing.and J too. I hope i did'nt run them off. I'm good at saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Vickie

Oh, I doubt anyone could "run them off."

I serve at my church every Saturday and am in charge of making sure that the 800+ bulletins get trifolded and in place for the greeters each Sunday and that any left over from the previous Sun are discarded. Sorting clothing for our blessing room is also something that I try to assist with. We have absolutely the best store in town. Wonderful gently used GOOD clothing for infants children & adults. Totally free + the gospel message and the good news of Jesus Christ is shared with each recipient of our blessings...be it clothing, food, financial assistance, etc.
A couple of Fridays ago I saw an eaarly preview showing of a soon to be realeased movie "Letters to God". After ^_^

BTW--I am soooo excited at whaat is happening at my church. we have a baptism each month. Last month we baptised 35 people and this past Sunday, I do not know the # , but had to go to doing 3 at a time due to the Y needing to close!! We are getting a new ficility that will potentially hold 5000 people!! And only 7 years ago this began as a home bible study of 15 people. Amazing things happen when the wWord is taught expositionally. word by word, verse by verse, as opposed to topically wich makes it very easy to avoid uncomfortable areas of God's teaching.

If anyone wants to check out some excellent teachings , or even our new worship video...please check out...ReachTheTriad.com Also CrossTheBridge.com is our outreach ministry and the music video

Vickie, we love you just the way you are! Don’t get all sacarin sweet on us or anything. Those people scare me! LOL. We are still here just so tired we haven't even turned on the computer lately. I haven't even gone online to play World of Warcraft in weeks. I’ll have to join you in that meal of Jell-O and boiled eggs. Had my appointment at V.A. today. My weight crept back up to 301. I’m blaming J. She’s an excellent cook, but it is traditional southern fare. Delicious, but not conducive to weight loss.
J. is doing well. I think I understand her situation much better now. If I had to take care of three children, effectively alone, while holding down a job, I think it would drive me to drink too. (I'm learning just how TOUGH motherhood really is.) Of course, alcohol is a depressant so her drinking, even though it wasn’t serious, threw the anti-depressant medications out of whack so things just spiraled out of control. (The soon-to-be ex- is so lazy and self-centered; he was only making the problem worse. I hate to see a family break up, but sometimes it is best for everyone when the couple’s relationship goes toxic. J. deserves someone who will appreciate and be supportive of her. Ex found a girlfriend and was trying to get custody of the boys. Those little guys adore their Mom. The 4-year-old said unprompted he did not want to go back to his Dad’s to live so that is all I needed to hear. I don’t think there will be a court battle. Ex is like most bullies. You find there isn’t much substance to them when someone stands up to them. Kay told him she would cut his heart out and eat it sautéed with onions if he ever raised a hand to or bad mouthed J. again. I guess that might also have had something to do with his new-found civility and spirit of co-operation. LOL. Not sure what it is about my dearly beloved that brings people to their senses. Maybe, it’s something about the way she stares people down when she says stuff like that. (It is very disconcerting to be under the gaze of those obviously blind, but somehow penetrating eyes. Or, the emotionless, matter-of-fact way she says the most absurd things spooks people.
Whatever the secret is. No one is better at making unreasonable people see reason. ROFL. )
The weather has been great. Everything is in bloom. We will be sending plants out tomorrow. Will you please leave a mailing address in mine or Kay’s D-mail, Sheri?
J. actually got me to taste the oxalis leaves. It has the same tart flavor as the grass people here call sourgrass or Indian cane. The plant Kay calls sheep sorrel.
The first type of flowers you see on Surprise lilies (Resurrection lilies) are beginning to bloom. They are fragrant enough to earn Surprise lilies a place in the V.I.’s garden. This is our first year growing these.
Sorry to hear about EvaMae. Hope you’ve recovered from your spill, Scraps. Man, do you remember the days when we could take a fall like that, bounce back up, laugh it off and not think twice about it. Now, I even find the idea of a fall scary.
Here’s a possible article idea, Carrie. The making of birch beer. Nadine sent some to Kay and everyone has been pelting me with questions about it. I’ve always thought of birch beer as a New England thing, and I’m a mid-Atlantic boy. (I do remember my Mom making traditional root beer. No birch beer, though.) But, Yankees are Yankees to the folks around here and birch beer is “some Yankee thing.” LOL. (Jim)








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Hello everyone, I hope you are all ok. I just got on here to tell you guys I won a million bucks last night at the casino. heheheh Just in case you have not noticed it is officially April Fool's Day. I wish it were true but it is just my old former self coming out.When I was younger, I always loved to play pranks on people but lately I do not do mean ones. I would paint myself up to look like I had been beat black and blue and get people all day long, unless they knew me and knew how BAD I was. Now I try to to be a better person than I was then. But I love the idea of being able to paint a person up like that for a movie. I could make it look pretty good with make up so if you had all the modern stuff they use now on movie sets that would be fun.I

Jim, you are so right about the fall I had recently while fishing. I would have laughed and slid the rest of the way down in the mud and then jumped in to wash it all off. However, I hurt for days. I could once ride a bull 8 seconds. Now I can barely move without hurting Thanks to fibromyalgia and low back pain. Do you like fried catfish, Jim? The hubs and I have caught an average of 50 or so per day this week. That is the only way we will eat it and it definitely is not on anyone's diet. Not that I bother anymore. But I was curious as to how Yankees eat their catfish. Or do you even have them up north? I suppose I could google that but it just popped in my mind.

I hope you are all well and have a good Easter holiday. Love and Prayers, scraps

Bet Alabama Jim and Kay and BB know all about catfish, Carrie not, but she has lobster,sea bass.and i forgot the name of it but that flat as a pancake fish that is as good as catfish. I remember....... Flounder.That is good eating. Well Almost as good as catfish.
Kay is a good person. If she goes after his heart. Tell her, his liver would not be as tuff as his hard heart. LOL
Bullies do tend to back down to anyone who can put them on a level playing field.Kay has a mind of her own and she knows when she is right.

We have sheep sorrel here. Love it but use it very sparingly.Have never heard of Birch beer. I'll have to google it.So i can keep my know it all trivia record.
I am so looking forward to the pink shamrocks. They'll go close to my angel statue.
I saw what walmart was calling Easter lillys yesterday and they were not!!!! They did'nt have a hint of fraqrance.
It has been very nice working outside. Seems like i'm soaking up the sunshine. I've started digging my iris and potting them, Around the 15th i'll plant out my annuals. One of my peony bushes is poking thru shoots.Hope i did'nt lose the other one.
All my Daylillys are up now.The rose bushes are putting out leaves too.Creeping phlox has a few blooms. Life is good.
LOL Steph, I can't imagine the toughest cowboy riding a bull for 8 seconds. Kay of course would stare him down and he'd roll over and do tricks for her.LOL Sheri would be shaking her head and praying for our mental well being. Carrie would sing to calm the savage beasts....US.
Steph of course would paint his face to look like Ronald McDonald. Me? I'd be in a tall tree laughing my head off.
Like any senseable person, Jim would be studying how to bring a bunch of out of control ladies back to normal.
Night all,
Vickie

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a beautiful day today. I worked all day outside and I am paying for it now with back pain. But I loved every minute of it. I may say that every time but it is always true.
Vickie, I had a brother that was a bullfighter and a bulldogger so I had plenty of help nearby or mom would not have allowed it. However, there were times she did not know it but that is another story. If the brothers could do it I had to try it too. Now if I saw one coming at me I would just have to pray it would be over fast because I am to tired and sore to run from it and I could not get up on him to ride him. LOL. The nearest I have been to a bull in years is a bullheaded man I refer to on here as the hubs.However, he helped me plant a very long row of zinnias today so I can't complain then he cooked supper.Well, I am so tired I need to go to bed. Goodnight everyone. scraps

LOL, Vickie..."praying for our sanity"...well, ya know, miracles do occur! ^_^
I so love all of you and my true prayers are that this resurrection celebration weekend brings the hope and faith to each of you of a new life full of health, well being and joy.

Hugs all around,
Sheri

oh & PS..being a transplanted Washington, California, NY, MD to North Carolinian, I really don't have much experience with catfish, but surely do love my Salmon. Fish is surely very healthy, but I never learned one from the other as far as taiste, + HATEd having to deal with all of those tiny bones...so.....c'est la vis!

I have heard of catfish but never eaten it .... I don't even know where I could buy it up here. DH and consequently DD do not like fish. DH will eat scallops once in a while so that is our seafood treat.

Taxes taxes taxes today. Lovely to see you all! Bullies need to be spoken to firmly. VERY firmly, Kay-style.

The very best thing about catfish is they do not have little bones and have wonderful boneless catfish fillets. My DH insisted on me cooking the belly meat. yukky stuff. I knew the thin slices when i saw it and avoided it.
Taxes? Seems like i've heard that word before.Also when i buy grocerys,pay bills,buy gas,We could all refolt. Rob a bank and let everyone else pay our living expenses in the big spa,a prison.Except we would'nt have a flower garden in prison. Guess i'll let the bank keep their money.
I had a good Easter,Very glad Good Friday is over.Jesus is not in pain again. My GS came over and put in an AC for me and i cooked his favorite dish,broccoli casserole. Along with ham and mashed potatoes. Course can't breathe tonight and my shoulder hurts.But i injoyed the day so much. Next door DD and her BF are mad at me and we're not talking.Oh well, This might be a good thing too.
Night all.
Vickie

Hey everyone, I do not like that word, TAXES, We have to pay in because the stupid accountant does not know his stuff. You were supposed to get a tax break on buying a house. Well, we built one and he could not use it he says. Why not? I guess because we did not take out a huge loan and some fat cat did not profit off of us. That is just wrong in my mind. Oh well, the Lord has provided so far and will continue. I have to have faith.
Vickie, I was worried since I had not heard from you. You can't overdo before you come visit me. You will have a long drive ahead.
Does anyone else have tons of pollen all over everything yet.I have never seen it this bad in my life. I have sprayedoff the car 3 times in as many days. It is way thicker than last yea. It has given us sinus headaches. Everyone has allergies around the area also.If you do not have it you can feel lucky because it is awful. I have chores to do so I better get busy. Have a great day everyone. Scraps

For us, this is probably the last year we will get a refund, unless DH changes his filing status. He was paying alimony (for ten years!) to his horrible ex-wife, which is deducted off your income before you calculate your taxes, so for ten years we've gotten refunds. He stopped paying in 2009, so our 2010 income won't have that huge deduction. On the other hand, not paying it is like getting a raise!

Easter is a funny holiday for me. It's one we didn't fight over in custody battle - I got Christmas Eve + morning but he got Easter weekend and didn't want it after a year or two of being the Easter Bunny so I got it back.

The pine pollen is unreal here as well, Scraps. You can watch huge drifts of it floating around in the breeze like yellow ghost. Kay says she has never seen it this heavy here before. The funky weather, maybe? I have to rinse off my truck every day. It is covered in the greenish-yellow pollen every morning. (The locals tell me it is rough on a vehicle’s finish.) Everyone is red-eyed and sneezing. Even those who don’t normally have an allergy problem.
I LOVE catfish. I did eat them growing up in PA. But, that may just be because my Dad was originally from Jacksonville (FL). I grew up eating grits, too. Something that was definitely not on the breakfast table at my friend’s houses when I was growing up. Kay will scale, gut and fry up bass, perch, red snapper or any scaly fish without hesitation. Can’t get her to skin a catfish though so I don’t get them very often.
The work your church is doing must be impressive, Sheri. Our little church just won an award for community service work, but we are a small congregation and not growing very much. I am one of the YOUNGEST adults and I’m not that young. Those demographics are the norm for most churches these days. The fact there are so few young adults attending churches concerns me. We had a beautiful Easter Cantata. Even 4-year-old V. sat through the entire service without squirming MUCH. LOL.
2-year-old D. didn’t seem to grasp the Easter Egg Hunt concept. He stopped to crack and eat every egg he found. LOL. He LOVES eggs. Both boys are gaining weight. (A good thing in their case. Both were a little underweight.)
I procrastinated getting my taxes done this year. Just filed today. Good thing I have my hair buzz cut. I would have been pulling it out otherwise. Hoping for a return large enough to be able to afford to have a couple large pine trees close to the house taken down. Professional arborists are expensive! But, it is definitely not a do-it-yourself job with such large trees close to the house and power lines complicating matters.
Heads up, Vickie. I think Kay put a holly tree in your package along with the Fairy Bells. Hopefully, native holly will do better for you there than the other hollies you’ve tried. She says it is about knee-high (on her) and single-trunked so it won’t be hard to transplant. I saw some gorgeous old tree hollies at an upscale beach house in Delaware so I know they are cold tolerant and tough once they get established. Establishing natives can be tough though. I think the ability to withstand transplanting is inadvertently bred into typical nursery stock. (Jim)

Hey evryone, I hope you are all well. I want you guys to Pray for vickie because she is having blood pressure problems and had to cancel her trip to see me. She had to go to the ER again. I really hate she will have to postpone her trip but I am concerned about her.

Jim, The pollen was horrible today. The wind was brisk and it was coming off the house in sheets like rain. I was working in the yard and had to wipe my eye glasses several times because they were so dusty. My arms are itching where I let my arms rest on the arms of my rocking chair on the porch and got it on my skin. My youngest DD has allergy to it touching her skin but it never bother me before but it is now, worse than poison ivy. I wish I could send you some catfish through the computer. Can you mail frozen food? That is a question that never even entered my brain before. Surely there is a way. Tell me how and I will see what I can do. However, today I only caught 1 fish to his 9 but we only had a short time. They were not biting today. However, there is always tomorrow. I had worms in my flowerbed so the fish were free. Can you believe that a very small container(about 1/2 the size of a cereal bowl) full of worms is $4 nowadays. I need to go in the worm business.
I am tired so must get a shower and head to bed. Goodnight all, scraps

You are in our thoughts and prayers, Vickie. Get better soon!!!
I know my father taught me how to skin catfish when I was young. In our household, cleaning the catch after a fishing trip was considered children’s work. What I remember doing as a child though was sitting next to the cooler that contained our catch on the trip home from the lake and sneakily transferring all the catfish on to one of the stringers my brothers would be responsible for cleaning. All I remember now is that skinning catfish was done with pliers; I thought it was hard and I went to great lengths to avoid having to do it. I liked eating them. I just hated to clean them. My brothers hated scaling the little brim (the fish Jim calls perch) and I would put all of the brim we caught on the stringer I was responsible for so my brothers never ratted on me. LOL. Part of my aversion was the slick feel of them. The major thing though was catfish are so good at surviving and they were usually still alive when the time for cleaning came and I hated to have to do them in myself. The family business was Sorensen Marine Sales and Service. The daughter of a marina owner is not allowed to admit she is squeamish about killing a fish. LOL.
They sell Maine lobster online. There should be a way to sell Mississippi catfish. It would be a business your DH would love, Scraps. LOL. You would have to write “The Fisherman’s Wife” cookbook and become rich and famous. (Can’t let DH have all the fun!) But…..would you still associate with us little people who knew you back when? :-)
I encountered a friend I haven’t seen for 40 years on Facebook. She uses a w/c so decided to settle in Oakland, California. Evidently, Oakland is considered the #1 place to live if you have mobility problems. We ought to put our heads together and come up with a money-making venture to fund a trip for all of us to a place like Oakland. Or, a cruise on one of those liners that advertise accessibility. I could use a vacation! LOL.
Is the house renovation completely done now, Carrie? Kay*

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well.
Vickie, How are you? I am worried about you. Here is hoping you are feeling better and big hugs from me.

Kay,Mississippi has a booming catfish business already but it is pond raised catfish. Most of which are done in the delta region which is northwest of me. We fish in the Pearl river and to me they taste better. I think it is because it is fresher water than a pond. But I am not sure about that. I have never tried Lobster but would love to someday. My hubs does the cleaning of the fish and refuses to let me help for some reason. He always says he will get it so I do not argue. I know when to keep my mouth shut. He also puts the worm on the hook. I have told him over and over that I do not mind and he says he don't mind either and that there is no reason for both of us to get dirty. So once again I do not argue. If he is busy with his own I will do mine but I think he considers it a mans job kind of thing so I let him be manly. he will not teach me to drive his boat either. I think he wants some things to be his and his only.LOL. I had a hard time at first dealing with it because I always competed with my brothers so much. I thought I had to do it if they could but hey, where dirty jobs are concerned I know when to back down. I just sit back and reel in the fish and then hand it over. He likes cooking them too so I just let him have at it and enjoy.

I have been in the yard all day and then went fishing late this evening so I am tired and need a shower. I got on to see if vickie had been on with news about her health. have a good evening everyone. scraps

I got back home tonight. The doctor did'nt want me staying alone for a few days till my BP was back to normal a day or two and no chest pains.I was at my DD's. My Texas DD is coming Tuesday to stay awhile. Her DH has'nt found a job and he's going to look here,and DD s going to look after me.This spell kinda scared me.I might even have to behave. I am going to eat tho. I'll just have to leave off the salt. Going to teach DD Nita how to quilt. She came across some old crochet stuff i did'nt finish so i can do that and be a good ole girl and do nothing strainious. Can't wait to
get into my flower containers tomorrow in my chair.
Kay and Jim did you say you'd sent some flowers? There were'nt any in the mail.they'll be going in a container.
The temp is predicted to get down to 31 tonight. I do hope nothing gets bit back. My pear trees are full of blooms and they've been froze the last 3 years.We've got that yellow pollen all over too.
Good night all,
Vickie

Vickie, It si so good to have you back. Take care. I do not have much time but I am so glad you are ok.scraps

It sounds to me like you have the ideal fishin’ buddy, Scraps. I seriously considered worm farming once, but we have such a fire ant problem in this region I’m afraid I would end up with an ant farm instead. (The ants always try to move in to freshly loosen soil and raised beds.)
It was decided the earth-as-seen-from-outer-space logo Amargia has been using for a while is just too serious and somber to accurately represent us. We’ve been looking for a fun new logo/icon for Amargia. I voted for an ant. Got voted down though. With all the digging we do and all the near-sighted, light sensitive folks around here, I thought a mole would be appropriate. Got voted down on that one too. I’m afraid we are going to end up with a donkey logo. People associate Don Quixote with Amargia because he greets everyone who comes up the road with that horrible sound donkeys make. But, he actually belongs to our neighbor and we don’t know much about his kind. (We are still debating whether he is properly called a donkey, a mule or a burro.). Well, I’ve always thought Jim is as stubborn as one. What bothers me is Jim gave our donkey logo lipstick and long eyelashes. Hm-m-m, some passive-aggressive venting, perhaps? I’ve decided not to take it personally. If his insinuation were aimed directly at me, I’m sure he would have given it one of my signature straw hats. LOL.
So glad you have improved enough to be at home, Vickie. We got Sheri’s plants in the mail when Jim said, but delayed on yours. They should be there by Wednesday. Hopefully, you will have your DD to help you put them where you want. I don’t like mailing out plants before a weekend because they spend longer in transit. I want to get out your way as soon as I can afford it. My sister near Dallas is not doing so well and I have another sister near Houston I haven’t seen for years. . My urge to go somewhere else for a while couldn’t POSSIBLY have anything to do with the fact that the hyperactive little boys are here. I had them solo for about six hours yesterday. Man, am I ever feeling my age today. LOL. Kay*

Hello everyone,I hope you all had a good day. It was a beautiful and busy day in my yard. My hubs spread out some topsoil on our bare frontyard and planted some much needed grass seed. The seeds were $50 so I better have some great looking grass. We have some shade so we were told that Zoysia grass would work best there and in the part with sun. I had looked it up online and I found that it did say in part shade so I am sure hoping that we get a big bang for our bucks. It has been a bare muddy mess this past winter.
Meanwhile, I chopped and hacked at weeds with a hoe until my arms ache. I have some poison ivy and honeysuckle headed straight for one of my flowerbeds so i tried to hack away at the roots. I will cover with a heavy load of leaves and try to smother it. Hubs does not like weedkiller or chemicals. I love to kill poison ivy with roundup because it does a number on me every year. I hate the stuff. He is too sweet to understand hating a weed with a vengence, I suppose.

Kay, Remind me again what is the meaning of the word Armagia. I know you have a community garden but I can't remember how you came up with the name. I think the donkey looks alot like the one from the movie "Shrek". I think he is cute. I also think the straw hat would be cute. I saw one on a donkey in some movie.
My hubs is a great fishing buddy. Nobody else would have me. He has spoiled me by putting on my worm. He was telling me a cute story about a mule just today. His father helped put out sprigs of grass on a roadside when he was about 11 or 12 years old for about a dime a day. There were several boys, an old man and a mule. The boys ask why the man made twice the amount of money and he said he had to pay the mule half of his. I thought that was quick thinking.LOL.
I have planted a bunch of seeds again this year and hope I have better luck with them than I did last year. I should have enough to cover the entire yard by now. I hope everyone else is busy in the yard and enjoying the sunshine. Love and Prayers, scraps

I forgot to check my mailbox yesterday. Fortunately it is on the house fairly well shaded by the eaves from the southern sun. today after church I found a box from Armagia!! Aloe and ?clover were wonderfully packed and arrived in great shape. I am heading out now to pot up the aloe. Does the clover need to go in the ground? Or is is shamrocks for a pot? Also, sun or shade if a ground dweller?
I was told somewhere never to say "thankyou" for a plant (??). So I will just say how much I appreciate it and that I am so very happy to have a couple pieces of Armagia and remembrances of my friends with me!!
Hugs all around,
Sheri

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Sheri, glad things arrived okay. The children “helped” package it. LOL. The Fairy Bells, like most of the plants here, were “pass-along plants.” The start originally came from Holland so have probably been bred up from the wild species. Miss Helen saw them growing in a garden there, thought they were particularly pretty and brought the bulbs back in her purse. LOL. At Amargia, we use it most as a ground cover under shrubs and places that are hard to mow. . It will disappear when things heat up. Don’t be concerned. It will come back and flower again once things cool off in fall. The spring blooming is a little more impressive though. We have it everywhere from full sun to fairly heavy shade. The light conditions just alter the bloom time. It looks delicate, but is a tough plant that thrives on benign neglect. At least one lady I know loves it as a houseplant because it is almost constantly in bloom in normal indoor temps. It is edible, but Kay tells me it isn’t good for the kidneys to consume large amounts. As its botanical name implies, it contains oxalic acid.
It is just an improved version of Oxalis violacea to the best of our knowledge. Everyone seems to have their own common name for it. I’ve heard purple or pink wood sorrel (the flower color is somewhere between pink and lavender). Indian lemonade plant, sheep sorrel (Kay uses this name for an entirely different plant. A grass with a similar taste), pink wood sour, sour clover, fairy bells, cuckowes meat, pink or purple shamrocks, trinity sorrel, Hallelujah and there are probably some more I forgot.
Steph, Amargia literally means “return to the mother” in some ancient Middle Eastern language. (Sumerian?) Kay bought the property with the idea of restoring it and returning the property to her mother. (Her mother had sold the land years before to pay medical bills.) Gaia was Mother Earth so we used the globe as our original symbol. The business end of things is MacroSphere Enterprises so it initially seemed like a good symbol. Amargia isn’t a profit making venture though. What money it does make goes back into Amargia for improvements. We want to keep the experimental element and basically just enjoy what we do. Can’t do either if you are worried about the bottom line. Everything will be paid off in 2012 that is when we will buckle down and get serious about things. Well, as serious as we get, anyway. I think if people don’t smile a little when they talk about Amargia, we are doing something wrong.
Hope you are feeling better, Vickie. You are still on our prayer list.
Hanging in there, Carrie?
Think I can go back to sleep now. Kay brought D. into our room so his mother could concentrate on getting V. to sleep. Of course, Kay does not sleep with her hearing aids on so D.’s snoring isn’t a problem for her. He just rolled over and isn’t snoring quite so loud. Will have to ask about this next time we take him to see the doctor. I don’t think it is normal for a 2-year-old to be snoring like he does. (Jim)

I'm still here. For some reason we can't e-file as we usually do so we have to print it all out but the printer's not working so DH has to do the printing at work and who can trust him do an important job like that? The oxalis sounds lovely. I wonder if it could smother some weeds I have in mind?