Coffee and...Part 19! :-D

Sheila, you lucky duck!
I'm STILL waiting for a Red Breasted Gross Beak sighting here at my feeding station.

Phew - just got back from a funeral - took 5 hours!! The cemetery was miles away (was already in line with the orange flag when I discovererd where it was!!), then had to go back to the church for food (wouldn't miss that now) Husband of a dear friend passed away - it is the first of us to lose a spouse. It was a touching ceremony -wife sang to her husband - I , of course, sobbed thru out the whole thing. The wife and a bunch of us all got together at the church and made plans to go to the casino (her husband wouldn't have approved) We did this at the Baptist Church and we laughed and laughed. She wasn't a strict Baptist at all...

My folks are coming out later = stepdad wants a hair cut. All I do in snip frantically with my scissors - he only has a few hairs to try to do anything with! They will come at dinner I am sure...

DH got the stinkin woodchuck that has been eluding us for weeks. He dug a huge hole and then thad the nerve to poke his head up as he walked by!! He put a flare down in the hole and blew air with a compressor, and when that didn't work, dumped a huge barrel of water down the hole. The woodchuck poked his head up looking like a drown rat- bam bam - woodchuck no more!!! Anyone want woodchuck stew???

Well, gotta go get out of these dress clothes. I wore a tight pair of pants hoping that would be reminder that I shouldn;t eat too much - didn't work - them church ladies know how to cook!!! Had home made rhubarb pie....yum.

gotta turn the sprinkler back on - suns a baking here...

Whooee! Today was my lucky day! I haven't been able to find my favorite gold earrings since the KYRU last September. Today I decided to clean out my backpack... Lo, and behold! They were in it!

I was so concerned because I could never afford to replace them, and besides, I missed wearing them. I had them custom-made back in the days when I had money. They are the wings of Isis.

Sorry about the flash glare.

Oh Darius, they are so pretty. What a good surprise, it's almost like getting something new isn't it.

M5...shame upon you! tsk tsk tsk...you got your priorities in the same order as me! LOL Whatever catches my eye HAS my attention! (We're lucky, we have a family of grosbeaks that nested near our feeder last year and this year the whole clan came back. We saw one of the new hatch babies this morning at the birdbath.)

Your garden is lovely...great looking lilies. I'd probably be going to the nearest nursery or HD or Lowes and finding me a BUNCH of those so-called 'sun-coleus' (for me they work best with a bit a shade...especially with the HEAT we've been having. (Thank God I *don't* live in Arizona!! *OR* Florida...I'd be having amajor melt-down!))

Darius...Oooooo those are beautiful! And I know what it's like to find something so dear that you figured you'd never see again. I've done it more than once.

Sarv...a FIVE hour funeral!! And I *LOVE* the plans you gals made...need some company? My DH probably wouldn't approve either. LOL

~julie~

Those are beauties, Darius. isn't wonderful when the you find something you've given up on (for the most part) - I did that with my silver necklace - Dad went to Canada in May 1948 Mom sent him silver cufflinks with the crest of Texel (island off the coast of Holland where they both lived) on it in Sept. for his birthday. After we lost Mom in 2000. I took the cufflinks home and had them made into 4 necklaces for the four girls. Talk about being a special necklace!!! Well I couldn't find mine for a number of months and was just sick about it. Finally it turned up in the bottom of a drawer, apparently had stuck onto some socks and traveled into the drawer with them. I cried with relief when I saw it.

I call finding something precious like that a gift from God....for my occasional efforts to be a good person. (I don't get many...) Those are lovely. I have favorites too but I end up wearing the same studs day after day because I'm too lazy to decide what to replace them with. I did put in opals for the do this evening....probably wear those for days now.

Hahaha Julie, the tight pants trick never works for me either! I wore some fairly snug ones this evening, and by the time I walked from the car through the house to the bedroom, they were history. They had one of those "chocolate fountains" surrounded by things to drench in chocolate, pineapple, strawberries, pretzels, cookies, etc. I had chocolate hors d'ouevres, and chocolate dessert, and even brought some home for DH who had NO dinner, poor soul. You may ask WHY....

Because! he took my '69 Mustang convertible to work Monday, and proudly announced when he came home (while I was sweating over the stove preparing his dinner) that he had taken one of his female coworkers to lunch so SHE could have a ride in it. So, I was waiting to see if he would complain about no dinner waiting for him tonight, so I could suggest he should ask her to make dinner for him. He didn't say anything though, I think he's smarter than he looks.

Nice job on the woodchuck. The last time I tried to drown some chippies that had tunneled under our deck, one came up gasping and coughing, and the poor thing only had one eye and I felt so guilty, I wrapped it up in a towel and dried it off. DH tries to tell everybody that I gave it CPR but that is NOT true. After that I left them alone. Obviously my capabilities as an executioner fall far short of the requirements.

All this whining has left me needing more chocolate.

Thanks for the 'Chippie' story M5... now I can go to bed with a chuckle. : )

Hello again. Great story, M5, I can just see it. Did you give him a bouquet of flowers to munch so he wouldn't hate you for getting him wet? And so in gratitude, did he leave your garden alone after the rescue? Not likely! I could have done him in, no problem.

I guess I'm just too lazy to deal with jewelery, hair color, painted nails and the like. I look at it as having saved a bundle of time and money over the years, of course to spend on something else that is high on my priority list like my horses and my garden. Save here, spend there, it's all a matter of priorities.

Today was cooler than yesterday but a very nice day even with about a 20 mph wind. While I was out riding I saw 3 deer and I think that was it for wildlife, thankfully no rattlesnakes, but one of our neighbors has a car sized hole in their fence where somebody drunk lost control of a car last night and went through it, landing in a creek. It's that old story of surviving unharmed because they were drunk and relaxed where sober people might have been killed. They knocked on a neighbor's door at 1:30 in the morning and asked to borrow a tractor to pull the car out, (the answer was no), but another neighbor had heard the commotion and called 911 so the police were soon on the scene to take them to jail. The driver was booked and released I understand. Plus the father of one of them is making sure they fix the fence and he is not a happy camper. The driver was driving with a suspended license. Hope they put him under the jail when it goes to court, he needs some time to think it over. I don't think that will straighten him out but at least it will keep him out of circulation for a while.

While there is still some daylight I need to go plant a few new plants I bought yesterday. I just found myself at this nursery without a plan, wandered through and found some things I didn't have and then the next thing I remember is that I was paying for them!

Goodnight all.

Up early this morning. Went to bed at 9 last night - had an aura (lines in the eyes) and when they go away, the pain hits. Usually I have a half hour window before the pain hits so I made brats for hubby and DS -ran out of time, took Tylenol and hit the hay. DH got up at 4 am and I couldn't get back to sleep so guess where I am.... lol I have a bit of a dull, heavy-headed feeling this morning - the normal 'day after' feeling.

Have to hit the shower soon - DGD's tonsilectomy is at 8:40 am. Please add a prayer for her this morning. Thanks!

Deer in our back year at 7:30am munching. Opened the door and gave a hollar. They looked up and they sauntered away. Darn things are so beautiful, but man, can they eat!

Darius - good looking earrings. Now that I am not working, I seldom put on any jewelry. Haven't been able to wear rings for years as my fingers swell up like sausages and they bug me.

M5-don't cook for several days and go out and buy yourself some new things. That will teach DH a lesson - how dare he.....He needs punishment!!

Meeting the retired gals for coffee this morning. We always laugh so loud that people look at us like we are crazies. Then I am coming home and getting everything left in the ground. How many times have I said that???But today is THE day. Sat is a garden tour, so I will come home and rearrange!!

Well, gotta go - house is a royal mess and I am leaving it till I get home. SO what if it doesn't get done....There's always tomorrow!!

LOL buying new things won't help, I pay for them, not him!! Off to golf this morning, hope we get done before it hits 90*....taking my frozen water bottles along. Only good thing about the heat is I sweat so much I don't have to stop and...well, you know. Have a good day everyone!!

Where is everyone?

Wow, an entire 12 hours without any new posts except yours, M5!

I've just been busy and besides, have nothing to say worth hearing, LOL.

Almost have everything planted!!!! Just 5 more perennials and a couple of annuals and I will be done!! After coffee, all my friends went to the local greenhouse- I opted NOT to go as I have no will power and I knew I would come home with a car load. Mulched a bed and weeded another. Put on my bathing suit and when I got roasting, I would hop in the pool. Felt wonderful. It is an old suit and I gave it a tug to cover one cheek and my hand went right thru it!! LOL I'm gonna wear it the rest of the summer - I never go in public with a suit on, so it will be fine if it's a little holey.

After all that work I had two bowls of ice cream and finished off the cake that had been sitting here. And I wonder why my weight is going up!! Darius- I need your help!!!

DH is watching big time wrestling - I absolutely HATE it, so I have to find something to do so I don't have to listen to that junk. He watches it on Mon and Thurs. I try not to complain, but it is SOOOO rediculous! I can't even ask him a question when it is on - he doesn't want to be interrupted!!

Tomorrow the weatherman is saying it is going to be horrid out= 90's with high humidity. I am gonna get up before sunrise and do some planting, then come in and veg the rest of the day in front of a fan!

Hope everyone is hanging in there!!

Sarv, I'm beggining to think the only way i could help you is to come and sew your lips shut, LOLOL!!

We're got the horrid weather for 3 days now. Mid to upper 90s and humid! Uck!!!

Samantha is home and doing ok after getting those nasty tonsils out. She's busy eating popsicles - they do a good job in pain control - only time she cried was when she decided she wasn t going to take her medicine. Little stinkpot! She let me peek in her mouth and I was amazed - there's lot of room there now. Most of the time the left side was right against her epiglotis (is that what u call that thingey?) and the right side was almost up to it.

Gotta go water flowers.

darius- now that is an idea.....I just love to eat!!!
And have no control of amounts....Everyday when I get up I say "Now today I am going to eat sensibly - and before I know it, I'm in the freezer with a handful of cookies!!!" I just hate myself when I do that....Tomorrow is another day with another frest start....

She'ssssssssssssss Backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!

Here I am, tired, but good to go in the garden...Brought back 20 coleus, 3 begonias and 2 misc plants In My Carry-Ons....had to pack 3 times to figure out how to do it, but I did....I'm a persistent little bugger..I am, I am..... There is no such word as NO in my vocabulary....in fact, NO is a challange..hehehe

Had a wonderful time with DD, as usual...she's a great gal. We are just two nuts, joined at the hip.

Off to see a dr....old age, I think and then back to the garden...yippeeeee..


Hap

Welcome Home, Hap!

Darius, save some of the needle and thread for me too! Got on the scale this morning...EEEEK! So I'm thinking, I haven't been eating all that much, what happened? Then I realized the reason I haven't been eating much REAL food is I keep bags of York Peppermint Patties and Reese's in the fridge, along with ice cream in the freezer. I just love that cold, sweet rush when I come in out of the heat. *sigh* So I guess I'll pass up the sweets when I shop this week. I obviously live in La-La Land where little pieces of candy and ice cream don't add up. LOL
Pati

Me too....oh dear,,,, where did that little girl go....who is this muffin that I look at in the mirror...???? Such a shame. it is....My downfall is cookies...never met one I did not like. When I was thin, I only ate the soft ones....now,,,,I don't care what it looks like or how hard it is.....it's down the hatch..hehhe Of course, then there's ice cream...has anyone tried, Ben & Jerry's Mafia Something-or-other? To, die for....and that's what it does for ya too....LOL

Oh Man IS IT HOT!!! Teed off at 8:30, and the temp went up 3 degrees every hole. They had the sprinklers on so we made a few side trips to get a splash of cold water on our sizzling hides......

Mr. Thoughtless hasn't had a real meal all week. (snicker)

Too hot to think. I'm m e l t i n g................

meezer....shame on you....no guilt at all? justa tinnny bit?

Not a smidgeon, not an iota, zip, nada, zero....if he had had the grace to at least acknowledge how insensitive and thoughtless it was, I might have summoned up a soupcon of mercy but since he's treating it as being perfectly all right, I feel fully justified to my full blown snit. I dont even want to get into a recital of all the things he doesn't do with me, from golf, to vacations, to the occasional social events which he attends with all the enthusiasm of watching a cholera epidemic.......

Enough, I'm getting mad all over again.

meezersfive, I know just how you feel. My DH is so insensitive that sometimes you just want to kick A--!! My dogs have more feeling than he does. I do plan a vacation every year, and he can go if he wants, or stay home as he pleases, up to him!! I travel with my twin sister, and believe me we can have a good time anywhere. Her DH is cooperative and always goes on vacation, my DH has only missed one. I plan, I make arrangements, I pack and he can either go and have a good time or stay home. We've been married 40 years, and lately, I am thinking, WHAT WAS I THINKING? I asked him to go to KYRU, and that was a negative. He plans a trip to Florida every winter, to be with horse people, buts says (You don't fit in with this crowd), this said just because I smoke, but am considerate and smoke only in my home or outside if at someone's house. He does have redeeming qualities, but how can anyone be so kind and generous to other people and overlook spouse. Enough venting. Hope everything turns out well.

Good Morning folks!! HOT and steamy in Mich. Today is the garden tour- got my map all set. The only clinker is that there is a running/walking race in the same area at the same time. Why they do this, I will never know. Last year we got caught in it and the police had closed off all the roads. I imagine it will be the same this year, only this year I have a MAP!!

I always get a migraine on these things- I think it must be the sun on the noggin, plus I don't have access to my stash of cookies!! Already took two excedrin this morning as I had a headache all night long. What in the world am I stressed about???

DGS came over with his folks last night. He just got an expander in his mouth and since he is vacationing with us for 10 days, I have to adjust the darn thing nightly. Man, I couldn't see where to put the tool and it looks awful to do. His mom showed me, but I am really leary about sticking something in his mouth and prying on it... He is such a good kid, but I am a nervous wreck about the whole thing!

DH went to the dentist yesterday afternoon and called me three hours later. I was worried sick he was along side the road or in the hospital!! Turned out he was at DS, sucking down some brews, and forgot about me. I had dinner without him. He came home and gave me a back/neck rub - closest thing to an apology he could do. I should have milked it more as I really wanted a foot rub too!!

Well, time for some toast- I'[m trying to stay away from the cookies today - I bet I had over 20 yesterday - wonder if that is the cause of the migraine???

sarv.....I really feel for you with the migraines.. I had them in my 20 and 30's until "I" decided that giving up 3 days every 2 weeks for them had to stop. I did, what I found out later, was self-hypnosis. It took me over 6 months to do it, but it made me headache free....WOW...

I think that anything can trigger them but too much of anything is a trigger too. Then, there's just life along with the mix..They are hell on earth.

If you want me to explain what I did, I will mail you....it's not instant,,,,but it works.

Hap

Sarv, a garden tour sounds wonderful, but without a migraine. Hmmm. I just yesterday read about some micro-nutrient for migranes. (At least I think it was a micro one.) I'll have to go back over what I read later this afternoon.

Today will be a tiring but "Yippee!" day. A friend with a van is helping me move books from my storage unit! Mostly they are books to sell, but I'll have my gardening, cooking, and reference books here too if we have enough room.

SO glad we do not have really hot weather here. I don't think I could stand it, no AC in the apt. or truck and I can only take off just so many clothes. Today will be an exceptionally warm one, supposed to hit 87º. Ugh. We've had so much rain it will be steamy for sure.

Have a nice day, everyone!

Yesterday our temps only were in the 80s and today is supposed to be the same - wish I wasn't working! Tomorrow the 90s are supposed to return. UGH! I stay inside then.

Garden tour sounds wonderful but you gotta get rid of those migraines! ow ow ow! Be sure u drink a bunch of coffee - there's caffeine in migraine medication to help shrink the blood vessels that are causing the pain.

Enjoy rediscovering all your books, darius. Isn't it fun to do that?

It's SATURDAY! It's the end of my babysitting week! AND it *RAINED*!! I managed to get the last of the plants there were sitting around the patio into the ground just before the rain started and then I sat back and just *listened* to that glorious FREE sprinkler run through the night. What a relaxing sound! :-D

I actually went bed at 9:00 last night and *just* got up...10 hours of night-night time...That's rarity for me. LOL

M5, I read your comment about the car ride...I nearly answered with an incident extremely similar (but I didn't). Now I read that you're still in a 'snit' over it. Well, I'll tell ya, my 'incident' *still* remains a bone of contention after nearly 25 years. And it involved taking a female for a ride in Land Cruiser to show her the 'back forty' of our property. A chunk of land I'd never seen...AND a car that *I* wanted to ride in too! (Not to mention the 'female' was my "hot" step-sister) If it weren't for the fact that DH had the good sense to take our youngest son with him on that ride, he would now be my EX-DH!

And Dcat...I can commisserate with the 'insensitivity' issue as well. After over 40 years of marriage to my DH, the one thing that totally rises to the top of the 'unforgiven' list in terms of insensitivity was the day my father died (or was killed, murdered or otherwise disappeared from the face of the earth - a long story, but true). For some strange reason, it took DH well over THREE hours to drive *15* miles home from work. When he finally got here the story was "I got behind a tractor...and there was no place to pass it." (Yeah, right!!!) And if you ever come to Wisconsin, you can smoke in *my* house, (We're *both* socially unexceptable. :-D)

Sarv, I hope your headache is better today. You really *do* need to slow down on that worrying.

Hap...glad you're home. And I LOL'd about that repacking to make sure you got your plants home. I probably would have UPS'd my clothes etc and packed the plants! :-D

Right now it sure is tempting to head outdoors and see if those weeds will be any easiier to pull now that they have released their grip on that hard sandy concrete-like soil...but I think I may ran the vacuum instead...or not. hehehe

Y'all have a good day. See ya later.

~julie~

As Usual, I took so long writing that I missed a couple of replies. LOL

Hi Darius!

Hi Kooger!

~julie~

Seems I'm not the only one with an egocentric DH. I wish I had the capability of thinking of myself first and ignoring what he wants/needs but I suppose that's the difference between men and women. It will be a long time before I get past this one.

Hello to all, and Sarv, you need to determine what your triggers are for the migraines. Some are caused by food sensitivity. DH has cluster headaches, which are migraines that just keep rebounding, sometimes several times in a day. He takes Imitrex now for the really bad ones, but most of the time his daily meds keep them at bay. It's worse during seasonal changes but at least now he can anticipate and prevent some of them. Have you ever been tested for allergies? Those are triggers. Chocolate (heaven forbid!) and some food dyes, plus I'm sure there are others I'm not familiar with. Check out one of the support forums for migraine sufferers and see what other suggestions you can pick up.

Speaking of being socially unacceptable, looks like Wisconsin is going to pass legislation to make ALL public places non-smoking. Too bad, DH never takes me anywhere nice to eat so it's a moot point. I don't smoke in other people's homes either, and even outdoors, I make sure it's not offensive to anyone around me. Wish other people would be as consciencious about B.O. or Halitosis or cheap perfume, oh wait, I'm ranting again. Sorry. LOL Since I laughed, I guess I'm not sorry! LOLOL

Nice to have your books home again, Darius. Where do you sell them? I put mine on half.com, which is now a subdivision of Ebay, but you don't have to pay a commission if you don't sell the item. New books are better sellers than old ones. If I kept all the books I've read, we wouldn't have room for walking around, we'd be like those old Collier brothers in Chicago who collected so much newspaper that it finally collapsed on them and killled them.

Julie, you guys around Madison hogged all the rain, we didn't get a drop!! Weather channel had warnings for Waukesha county, but it came to nothing. More predictions today, but I'm sure that's all it will amount to....predictions. Gonna go spray some Miracle-Gro on the flower beds before it heats up again.

Glad to see you back with your plants intact, Hap. I might have shipped my clothes UPS too! Once I came back from Atlanta with a #10 bag of Vidalias......but since I'm accustomed to strange looks from people, I just swung that bag up in the overhead and smiled at them!!

Good day everyone....see y'all later. Thanks for sharing my snit.

I Really understand your snit, M5....been there, done that, and have many T-shirts........

BTW, I didn't ship my clothes...going back there next month....that way my DD will have time to wash/fold....heheh

Hap, that's a very good plan, and a switch from most offspring who usually bring their dirty laundry home for mom to wash.

Look at the time, almost 10 and still sitting here in my jammies. It's NOT RAINING so I need to get out and do some gardening. I hear DS is awake now and moving about. He's promised to help rearrange some things in the yard. Get it while ya can, I say.......he may not be here next week.

I have half a notion to yank all those cannas out of the ground! Leaf rollers have desiccated the foliage. So much rain, it's useless to treat or spray the slimey little worms. Isn't that the term I use for my "X"?

M5, I feel for ya, but I won't get into the rant. I'm as sick of talking about it as people are of listening to me talk about it. LOL

Now off to dirty my fingernails.

Molly

M5...I'm *really* sorry to hear that Waukesha didn't the rain it was promised. :-( We all needed a bit of relief from this horrid heat and waterless summer we have going. I'll tell ya what...next rain I get, I'll bundle up every drop that should have fallen in my yard...and I'll send it to you. How's that for friendship? ;-)

Hap...I love the way you think! It'd be a cold day in you-know-where when *my* kids would wash a stitch of *my* clothes...much less FOLD them! hahaha (You have a great DD!)

Hi Molly! Yep, everyone is sick of hearing those dear spouse stories, but ya know...sometimes it helps to know we aren't alone. Now if Robert would share some not-so-nice stories about *his* spouse (As if that would ever happen...;-)) we'd know where we women could change things to make the guy's life a bit easier. (BOY, am I opening up the soapbox with that one! LOL) OH and if you have any yellow cannas you want to throw out, you can toss them my direction...sans the leaf-rollers, please. HAhahaha

Can you tell I'm NOT vacuuming? :-D

~julie~

Julie,

Please let me clarify, I was only referring to everybody being sick of my "X" stories. I know I get tired of listening to me.....just sometimes don't know how to shut myself up. 2 more months and it will be 1 year. I think that will be my deadline to "get over it". He certainly doesn't deserve that much of my time, but it's time I need to reconcile my feelings towards the other gender as a species.

So please, I was only pointing that finger at myself. K?

Molly
:^)))

((( ~hugs for Molly~ )))
No Problem whatsoever...really. I didn't mean to sound like I was jumping down your throat for your remarks. If I did come across that way, please accept my apology. And as far as venting over the "one" who (honestly) doesn't deserve ANY of your thought process...fell free to let it all hang out here. We don't mind in the least. As long as you don't read the 'vents' we thrust on you. LOL

I just came in from a quick walk around the flower beds. It's the first time I've felt relaxed enough to actually LOOK at how well things are doing. (I'm *impressed* with myself. hehehe) I think I made some wise choices for my area...but even better there were some wonderful surprises that came from some great friends here at DG.

My thanks go out to each and every one of you guys who have stuck by me while I went through my first *real* spring gardening session. It's been a long, hard, road for me...and I swear, if it hadn't been for being able to talk about all the things I've had on the 'to-do' list...and feeling like I really wanted to attain the goal (because you all were watching :-)) I would have given up on the task several times already.

((( ~ Hugs to ALL!~ )))

~julie~

Julie (and the rest of the ladies),I'm sorry to hear of the terrible spousal abuse so many of you seem to be plagued with. I don't think it's a "guy thing", more an insensitivity on the part of some men in perhaps some sort of 'male menopausal' snit. But I could be wrong there, it may just be an individual character flaw. Wish I could regale you with tales of not-so-nice events foisted upon me by my bride, but I can't. I can't even plead for sympathy or understanding (does that mean I'm deprived?) Our 31 years of marriage haven't been perfect, what is, but so much more than I would ever have expected. Putting up with my many idiosyncrasies has been a chore for her and she has tolerated a great deal more than she had to. Without her I would be devastated and unwilling to go on. It seems the few things she may do which I might not like pale in comparison to just knowing she is near. Don't mean to wax mushy-syrupy, but she's a peach and I'm so lucky to have her.
On a less personal note---- Our weather has been great. Some light rain to keep the dust down, some sun to keep the id up and enough heat to make it enjoyable without broiling. The new screen door is in as is the doggie door (another of my sweeties ideas I never would have thought of), the lawn is due to be mowed (small job) and today may be the day I lay out the last 6X6 post anchor for the last post for the last 10 foot section of arbor lattice-wall. Now don't that sound like a fun day! Then this evening its a trip to Brier for our granddaughters 7th birthday party. On top of that my wonderful 'sort of' sister is due on the 30th for a weeks visit from the crowds and traffic of So. Cal. All I need now is for someone to buy my '87 Toyota flatbed truck so I can buy more plants. Could use someplace to put them too. Enough of this prattle!! I have to put on shoes and socks (actually the socks go on first, as in socks and shoes) and get out in the yard and do something.This is Tinker's view of her new doggie door.

Robert,

Do you have a clone somewhere? If so, send him my way...................

Molly
:^))))