Coffee and...Part 27...! :-D

New session (#27) Continued from http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/538620/

Please feel free to jump in, introduce yourselves, and join the group...anytime!

~julie~

Since nobody has brought anything to the counter, I made blueberry muffins. Help yourselves.

Last night posted about DH's cousin by marriage having early stages of alzheimers, well this morning about 6:15, he brought 3 lawn mowers over for DH to fix. He is obsessed with lawn mowers now, and the funny part is DH doesn't even work on our lawn mower!! Where he got the notion he was a lawn mower mechanic is beyond me.

Well went to the garden last night and pulled all of the beets. So I will be processing them today. Will can some, and make pickled beets.

Have had my garden walk this morning, have some beautiful morning glories in bloom, dahlias, and some gladiolas, plus my wild flower garden and the annuals in bed in front of the house. I have collected several varieties of seed for next year. I have a row of zinnias and cox comb planted in the vegetable garden and they are gorgeous too.

Well if I want to get everything accomplished today,must get started. Have a good day everyone.

Aria - your gardens look gorgeous - Mine are crammed full - no dirt to be seen. And I have a hard time cutting back things. I took a wander, felt overwhelmed and came in and had 4 oreo cookies and a cuppa coffee laced with amaretto creamer. How in the world am I gonna drop pounds doing that??

Defo - you are ambitious - I just buy my beets. I can't get up the oompf to do much of any canning. I had a ton of cucumbers on the bar - waiting for bread and butter pickles, but they will probably end up in the compost. Shame on me. I do tomatoes tho - juice too.

There was a frost advisories in the upper part of Mich for last night - fall is surely around the corner. Plus my pumpkins are all orange and the vines dead looking. Early trick or treating!! I was hoping for a couple of big ones, but have 20 or so mid sized ones. Forgot to nip off blossoms Oh well, there's always next year.

Julie,

Are all 4 o'clocks the same everywhere? Are they annuals or perennials where you are? They are perennials down here.

I will gladly save some seeds for you. Although they are blooming now, they haven't put any seeds off yet. I know I need to keep a watch on them soon or they will take over everything.

I remembered I have some gingers growing back in the mass of mess. They are being provided shade by the surrounding foliage. I should probably wait til the temps cool down a bit before I thin that area out.

Molly
:^)))

Molly, up here the 4 o'clocks are used as annuals so I plant seeds every spring. I just love them because, if I plant several seeds close together I can get a shrubby appearance *plus* flowers in a very short time.

I wish you girls would stop talking about the veggies you're managing to remember! LOL I have a whole bed of beets that's going to turn into compost by itself and the tomatoes are FAR beyond my capability to *do* anything with! (I just love the fact that DH planted the veggies and promptly went about his merry way...never giving that garden a backward glance. ~sigh~ Oh well...like Sarv says "There's always next year" (I hope! hehehe)

I gotta get off here before DH has a caniption...(Sarv we had 47° this morning...I gotta start DOING instead of THINKING!)

~julie~

47!!!!!!! Wow, that is cooling down now.

I amended my veggie bed soil on the weekend, started some salad stuff from seeds on the patio. I'm hoping they will germinated and make nice little plants within a month so I can put them out and get my tiny little winter crop going.

I miss my fresh sweet little tomatoes.

Most of my veggie seed packs said to sow in the soil, but it's way too hot yet out there. Any advice? If my efforts to germinate from seeds fails, I do have some left in the packets for a second chance try, and if successful, those seeds will be my second winter crop.

Molly
:^)))

Thanks for the compliments, guys, I am afraid without the rain we had all summer it will not look like the year before :-((

Sarv, stop eating the wrong foods, but I guess you know that with out me telling you LOL

Julie, winter is around the corner, yuck! Actually I do not mind it but can do without the snow,
do not have 4 o'clocks , don't even know what they look like lol
Maria

Here's my wild and wooly steps leading down to the lower drive/garage. Mind you, I didn't plant a single allysum or snapdragon. These have selfseeded for the past 3 summers. Works for me. Everything looks like it's winding down though, I think we will have an early fall/winter. Leaves are browning. I have green tomatos for the most part, lots of little ones on the "early girls" which no longer qualify for early. Not sure they will get ripe with the weather cooling down so much. Picked a handful of the small yellow pear tom's last night after propping up the tower and pruning some stray branches. Pulled out the green beans last week, but swiss chard is coming in strong again. And some lettuce, which I thought would get tough in the heat wave, but it didn't.

Think I'll go wave a dustrag around and pretend I'm a good housekeeper. Or maybe not. Sarv inspired me to clean out my closet so I have a big bag of odds and ends to drop off at the Goodwill. Need to do more culling. I still have blazers that I wore for work....! Should pack them up for impoverished DD....

Have a nice cool day!

M5,

That photo made my heart stop. It's beautiful. I live in the flat lands and had tried to make a rock garden, but it gets so hot here in the summer, no plants could live on the hot rocks.

Maria, I think you missed my photo of the 4 o'clocks in the last thread, we were cross posting. In this photo they are the taller shrubby plants on the right of the ground vines. You can see a hint of the blooms of white and pink which are now closed as they don't open til 4 in the afternoon.

Maybe later, after 4, after I run the sprinklers to cool them down, I'll take another pic when they are open so you can see.

Molly
:^))

Wahhhhhhhhhh! :-( I want M5's ROCKS!! ;-) A garden like that would cost me am absolute fortune...just for the boulders. It's gorgeous!

Molly...you have WHITE 4 o'clocks??? WOW! I've never seen those before. I've grown the pink. yellow and 'broken' colors...I love them all. But WHITE! That's spectacular!

I guess you guys know you're interferring with my "to-do" list for the day, right? hehehe

(BTW...I wanted to comment on all those great pics everyone posted over in the last thread...I didn't...don't feel badly...I saw them all. :-))

~julie~

Hi all,
The reason we came to Texas? Simple DS and wife live here with the two grand babies. We wanted to see somethinh of them while they were tiny - they change so fast, so we moved here. The other two, in the UK, being older don't change so fast and are big enough to travel. So this was the best solution!
The thing I miss most is my fur babies. We left them with friends because the old boy was too old to make the trip and cope with the heat - he's 12 now. This was my Christmas card from him - how he took his own photo I'm not sure. ;>)
I have visited him twice now and he is obviously very happy and spoiled rotten too.
Love those garden pics GOBs, One day I'll have a mature yard again. Its fun starting from scratch but that is the other thing I miss - my established garden!!
Carol

Meezer, that picture is what I dream of haveing somewhere in our yard. I have never had success with snapdragons and allysum even growing very well much less reseeding. But I love the snapdragons especially the red/orange ones.

Last night I finally worked on a job that has sat undone for about 3 or 4 years. It took about 6 hours but now we no longer look at insulation between the windows of the front porch Jack built several years ago. I had decided that it needed to be insulated so put that in and covered the bottom part right away. But I never got around to doing the areas between the windows. The material was there all along but I just didn't get it done. Now we are getting the house painted and that has somehow spurred me into action. Now I need to get the windows framed in with a nice finished look wood and we will get the curved part over the windows done. That will require the purchase of another sheet of the chip board. I hope I can match the one we already had.

Yesterday morning the weather man said we had a 40% chance of more rain today. About 2 or 3 in the afternoon the painter came down from the roof and said he thought he say rain a few miles east of us. Sure enough, while we were talking and he was moving the pails of paint into the garage the rain got to us. We ended up with about 1/2" of nice slow rain that still has left no puddles. So far in the past couple weeks or so we have gotten about 5". Only one time did it come pretty hard for just a half hour or so. Areas around us have recieved more but they also got flash floods and hard winds that did tree damage. GOD has been so good to us. We got exactly what we needed. I do believe the drought has been broken for this year. We are suppose to get more showers before too long this morning. They are already in a town about 8 miles from us.

GOD bless and keep each of you.

M5- that garden is gorgeous. On second thought I won't post any pics of mine- they could be mistaken for weed patches!!

Aria- I KNOW I should not eat all that junk food, but I absolutely LOVE it!! And I hate denying myself treats. I need someone to prepare my meals and serve me - I just cannot be responsible for making good food for myself.

I still haven't done much of anything here - made two beds, did dishes, tried to get some hard hard black gunk off the upstairs toilet (one we never use) I have tried all kinds of toilet cleaners, navel jelly, and straight bleach. Nothing touches it - any body got any hints? I remember once before I tried everything I had and something worked, but obviously I don't have any of it anymore. I love to have my toilets sparkling... Oh, I did wash the hair, but never combed it - and it is sticking straight up - real fashionable!!

DIL emailed me that they had to put their cat down last night - had cancer and was pooping/peeing all over their house. DGS was devestated about it. Plus he started a new day care yesterday and said all the kids were mean there. Poor kid - I think he had a miserable day.

Gonna haul out the vaccuum and do the family room - then it will be lunch time!! LOL I waste away most of the day!! Life's great!

Wow! some great garden pics, all! I have a beautiful weed patch this year - gone too many hours. Gonna have to come up with a better plan next year. Plan to buy a narrow tiller and lots of mulch and preen. :)

Heading to the doc at 11:30 this miserable cold has gone down into my chest and I feel rotten. I didn't think it was possible to doze off while typing, but I did it yesterday at work. The lady was quite long winded, paced herself nicely with short phrases and spoke in a rather monotone voice and I was feeling crappy all day, had just taken two tylenol and nodded off in the middle of her spiel! It was just for a second and I realized it immediately, only had to ask her to repeat one phrase...... but I was amazed I could actually nod-off while typing! LOL She made it too easy for me with her paced phrases and clear enunciation and I was loopy from the drugs and sickies. too funny - guess u hadda be there - told another gal later and she couldn t believe it!

My niece called last night from Haiti. She thought her folks were here but they don't arrive til Thurs. eve. The niece took a missionary teaching job at a Christian School in Haiti. She'll teach history and some French. She loves to travel. Did a college semester in China and another in France. Her major is history and minor is French so she was really excited to get this job. The church pays 3/4 of her salary and she has to raise the rest. French is the major language in Haiti.

Not much else exciting here. DS returns today, school starts Thurs. DD was sent home again from work, Z-pak didn t do the job on her pneumonia so she s got another drug now. Not sure which one. Hope my lungs sound clear, better get moving, have to shower yet but Dr s ofc is only 8 miles away.

Been enjoying everyone s stories and comments. My DH can be a real pickle too - I hear u about folks nowadays - split and run at the first argument. We are both stubborn but he is controlling and for years I have been giving in and giving in and now I don't care to do that anymore so he thinks I m just the 'b' word now and I tell him I m not crabby, I m just going to do this, period, final, no discussion needed, thank u very much! I look at it as finally getting a backbone and doing what I want, he thinks I m crazy, gone berserk and a real 'b'. oh well, such is life! lol

DW called me away from the computer last evening to see a critter on the back step.It's too big to be the one eating my brugmansias, but it sure must be eating something to get that big. It isn't the biggest,but sure in the ballpark.
In other events, I've finally finished raising the shed windows to the same height,a task that has been put off for several years. Now to put on the shingles,insulate and sheet inside,tape and paint and one more job will be done.I'm not looking forward to Fall and Winter but need the dormancy to cut and hack big time. So many of the plants have passed their desirable maximum size and need to be removed,divided and/or replaced.Have a friend a few miles away with 5 acres who usually takes my overloads.
After many copies and revisions I finished the pattern for the doorway carvings. It doesn't show up too well, but you can see the general idea. That is my Fall project since I don't think Erik will have the big one ready for some time.I need a new project like a hole in the head. Time to toddle off to the shower and get to the shingle project.

forgot to show you the little critter

Wow Robert, thats a slug and a half!!!

Thanks for the kind words, that cascade of flowers is a NO work garden, except for pulling out the crab grass here and there and preen does well if I get it on early. The roses are the Carpet of Flowers variety and have done well in spite of the Japanese Beetles. The rest of the gardens are a disaster so I'm not posting any more pictures of them!! Going to seed and looking droopy. Kinda like me!!

After my closet clean out I decided I need some new duds. I'm sick of buying Tees that stretch out sideways and shrink vertically, and I'm sick of jeans that don't quite fit. I'm so cheap I'm always buying stuff on sale and then I hang on to it long after I should. I've got enough grubbies to wear for gardening, but winter will be here soon and I'm not resorting to sweats this year. Maybe some nice cords..and cotton sweaters.

I've never seen white four o'clocks either. At our previous house I had masses of the yellow and red ones, but I haven't been able to get them to grow here. They used to reseed for me, now they don't even sprout. Think of me Molly when you start shaking them loose !!

I gave all my petunia baskets a severe pruning, and they seem to be coming back just in time to get frost bite! I picked up a couple of japanese maples for $.99, at a local market and can't decide if I want to try to dig them in a sheltered spot for winter or baby them in the dinette where there's lots of sun.

Carol, I email with a friend in Laindon, UK, and get such a kick out of the differences in our "English". I print all her emails so I can reread them. She and her sister run a clothing business called Kasbahuk.com and they have their catalog on line. She has sent me some lovely things and their clothing isn't made for teeny women, just real women!!

Got a lunch date.....see y'all later... with pie on my chin.

Hey guys have yu seen this?
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/539809/
If you preview before you post to a thread, it tells you if someone else has posted while you were typing. Useful!!
Carol

Robert, I love how the carving design flows! (and yuckko on the slug.)

My sister is coming around again and is now talking of putting up the down payment IF I can find a house I want to live in, and can afford payments plus utilities! Found a wonderful old farmhouse on 2.7 acres in SW Virginia (still in the Appalachians) but it was sold by the time I called about it.

Great new on the sis, darius. Hope it works this time around. Did she ever sell the house in FL? I forget how that saga ended. And how's the thumb? Hope u kept it clean!!!! No digging in the dirt for a day or two.

Back from the dr. Yeah, I got something rattley going on down there. He was nice and gave me drug samples. :) Actually, he's always nice!

Told me he noticed my DGD new haircut (it was a do-it-myself thing, bangs off at the hairline!) last week when she was in with DD. Yeah, but u know, he says, she's got the face that any hairdo will look good. lol

Kooger, my sis decided to keep her house for this year since it's her daughter's last high school year. Not holding my breath that it will work out this time around either!

Thumb is healing nicely, I put Rescue on it immediately, and it has closed with no puffiness.

Glad the thumb is looking good. Wise to not hold ur breath on the sis thing. Leopard's don't change their spots! (Be too hard on ur lungs.... :)...) Has she been up to see ur mom at all? 'Spose it's too far to drive from FL.

LOL Kooger- falling asleep! That's a good one. Now falling to sleep during a sermon I can understand, but at work!! too funny Glad you didn't really nod off for an hour or so..

Bal- that slug is a pork-0. We have them that size here too. I poke them with my plant markers = impaling them. Hate them stinkin things. Been putting out sluggo and that seems to help.

Speaking of petunias - I trimmed mine back - really whacked them and I think they are dead. Just sticks there now. I gave them a dose of MG, but still no growth - oh well - fall is just around the corner.

I have white morning glories for the first time this year. They are ok, but I love the heavenly blue ones the best. I have some called milky way - white with blue swirls - they are ok. My scarlet ohara are nice too. I just gave most stuff a shot of fish emulsion spray. Hope it greens things up. That's the last of the fertilizer for this year.

Darius - glad to hear the finger is healing nicely and the itches are subsiding. Not holding my breath on your sis - some people never change... But it would be nice to have someone with you to share expenses.

I stopped the relafen for the arm and I think I shouldn't. It must have been doing SOME good because I am in agony today - will start it again tonight. You have to take it with a meal and I forget...I supposed I could eat a second meal tho...

Supposed to go shopping with my DIL tonight- the teacher. We always end up laughing and laughing - can't wait. I need to tell her that I CANNOT buy a thing. I shop like I was flush - just love to buy!! Still have that 30% off coupon from Kohls and I told her she could use it for some clothes.

Gal who didn't show up at lunch yesterday called me - she thought it was today. We really laughed at that one!!

DIL just beeped me - gotta go!!!

Darius, from what other people have said, having things work out with your sister sounds like a real long shot, but I'll hope that your luck turns around anyhow.


Sarv, your further explanation of your previous teaching techniques didn't sound so bad. It was just the horrific image your first statement conjured up in my imagination that made me feel that I had to say something.

Everyone who posted pictures, your gardens look lovely. You really wouldn't want to see my yard! If I'd managed to think about it, I should have chosen Weedwoman for my username instead of going with my last name. I really am attracted more to a natural landscape than to a formal garden setting. Maybe one of these days I'll try to get some pictures for a series called "what the birds planted for me." I'm really not a golf course fan and much prefer the buttercups, bluets, ferns, etc. that pop up here and there ----don't even really mind the dandelions (shock! horror!) all that much. Now, if they get into my vegetable garden, that's something else again! Also, every time that I get outside and start to enjoy the way the yard is looking, along comes my mother muttering "This place looks like a dump."

Love the woodcarving pattern, but you can keep the "critter". The little ones I get are gross enough.

Alzheimers ---- no fun at all. One of my mother's aunts died of it recently. It runs like a four-lane highway through the female side of my mother's family. We've both got our fingers AND toes crossed that neither of us ends up that way.

Kooger, hope you're feeling better and good for you for deciding not to be a doormat! I think I decided that at about age 2 and set the stage for a lifetime of warfare with a father who thought that females were inferior and should "know their place." Gave me good practice though, never stood for that kind of thing in other relationships.

By the way, my fist name is Elaine and I haven't mentioned it before because I've always hated it!

Well, I finally got my "Store" listings done up after soo much talk of planning to get it done.

Did I tell you my DS went down to Key West with some friends for 3 days? Kinda nice, quiet around here, until it comes time to cook dinner and haul 2 large bins and the recycles to the street for main trash pick up.

So I put together some spinach dip for dinner, its settling right now, be ready in a couple hours. Got the landlord over here today to fix a couple sprinkler heads. Well, he took the heads off and left, haven't seen him since. Can't turn the sprinklers on automatic now, have to water the plants with "bought" water.

He already talked me into buying a lawn mower and mowing myself (or DS) and getting a discount on my rent, now I spose I'll have to do fixit maintenance too. There are drawbacks to being a renter, like you have no guarantees on staying for a long period of time (oh wait, being a homeowner isn't all that secure either) but at least as a renter, and rent aint cheap, you expect the landlord to perform maintenance chores. When I moved in here there were all kinds of promises and expections. Well I guess THAT honeymoon is over.

Going to play some spades for a while then go to our chat room. Hope to see yall there tonight.

Molly
:^)))
P.S. I still hope to get a shot of the 4 o'clocks blooming. I know, I know, it's after 4, but hey, they no nuthin from Daylight Savings Time.

Ewwwww Blechhhhhhhh Robert! Don't do that again. I got goosebumps just from looking at that horrid thing. Get out the Sluggo! Be generous with it. I hope you didn't squash it with that bare foot!

Gobs had a busy day here. Good on Darius' owie, hope it's all better. DS took a slice off his finger yesterday too, and his DW wants him to go get a stitch in it and he's dragging his feet. Told her he's trying to finish the job he did when he was three and decided to "shave". Darius, in any dealing with your sister that involves finances get it in writing...cover your ......; she doesn't seem to have your level of common sense and brains.

The proposed carving is beautiful Robert, be sure to give us a photo when it's all done. You have more projects than the rest of us put together. Plus, you seem to get them done.....mostly I talk about mine and try to think of easier ways to get them done!

Sorry you are having arm pain again Sarv....it holds you back from doing so many things. I'm doing another shot of fertilizer for my lackluster flower beds too, if only to give them a little boost to get through the winter. We need to do some dividing and moving of perennials too, but it can wait.

Going to pick up the new dishwasher tonight, hope we stop somewhere along the way for food.......

Yeah, Molly, the honeymoon is usually over before the ink is dry on the lease...DD's landlord decided in the middle of winter that her tenants should shovel snow and do lawn work on a rotating basis. Lucky her, she got the first straw, in January! Would have been lawn work this month but she decided to move.

Molly, you tickle me! And I pretty much agree landlords eventually fail on promises.

As for my Sis coming through... I'm humoring her and doing the legwork (computer searches) just in case, though. All in my best interests if it does indeed work out.

Shingled till it got too hot an I got too tired.Need the ladder now it is too high to reach. Raised the windows up about 9" and gained some more wall space inside.May have the lighting wired by the end of the week and may even tap into a hot lead for the wall outlets. Neighbor is starting to rebuild the fence so helping him will take some time off other things,but he is ordering the new thermopane windows for the sunroom for me so its the least I can do.So many things to get done before the weather turns to winter. I feel so sorry for those poor people who cry they're bored, or 'there's nothing to do'.Clock says 3:33 ( an auspicious time) Guess I can take a break and go to the store. DW has to work today and I haven't gotten anything for dinner yet. Lets go and see what there is on sale.

balvenie - that's wonderful!

Hello all, been real busy today. Pulled all the beets from the garden last night and made pickled beets today. I had about a bushel, and when they were in the jars, had 6 pints. After cleaning the kitchen then was time to start something for supper.

Sarv, better get back on the Relafan. I told you that I used to go off it because I didn't think it was doing anything, then the pain again. Dr. told me that even if it wasn't taking all the pain away, it was dealing with the inflamation.

Darius, hope things work out for you. But as Meezer said get it in writing and cover your "bum".

Robert, that shed is adorable. I know that you work hard and I stand in awe of the projects that you have undertaken and finished during my short tenure on this forum. Way to go.

Molly you sound busy too. I accomplished some computer tasks that I had been putting off. Don't be so hard on landlords, cause I am one. One tenant is currently behind in rent about $1500. Give me a sob story and I will give you extra time to come up with some money. However, as easy going as I am, I have had it. Going to go now to give 30 day notice. To make matters worse, their SIL broke 4 windows out last week in a drunken rage. Know that they will not take care of the expense, so will have to have them replaced.

Can't understand when people say they are bored. There is always something going on here.

Bonnie,

I can understand both sides as landlord and as tenant. I know there are good and bad at both ends. For me, the landlord has $5000 of my money for a year now and I get no interest on that, and I pay my rent on time, hand delivered every month. I cause no problems for anyone, I am friendly with neighbors etc. He gets to keep my money for another year and have a good tenant. The benefits are a little lopsided in this situation.

It seems good behavior should get good behavior. Thats all I'm saying.

:^)))))

Well the dark slipped up on me before I realized what happened. But I did get out to take a picture, I pointed pressed and hoped it was in the right direction and hoped I didn't step in anything on the way out and back (heehee).

Lucky me, there's those white and pink 4 o'clocks, just like I promised and blooming in the dark. I wondered about that..........

Molly, why in the world does your landlord have $5000 of your money? Of course we require a security deposit, that will normally cover any damages but egads that amount?

We had a house one time that had a screened sun porch. Was about 32 screened windows, ceiling to floor. We had a no pet policy at that house, but tenants slipped in a German Shepard, who are notoriously scared of storms. Storm came up and ruined all but 2 of those screens. Talk about expensive to repair. Then we had another house that tenant had a jealous live in boyfriend,. Everytime they had a spat, he kicked in back door. Replaced that door 6 times while they lived there. (|at his expense)

Had a heart to heart with present tenant in one house tonight. Gave her until the 15th of Sept to come up with $1000.00, or she will get a 30 day notice.

I agree,there are good tenants and bad ones. However, I think we are good landlords, as we try to respond to any request for repairs within 24 hours. Our area does not have too many "service" people available on short notice.

We have had tenants who paid on time, were friendly with neighbors, caused no problems and kept the place impeccable. Those, in this day and time seem few and far between. Mostly get younger people with no respect for property. We have reduced our rentals to 2 properties for this reason.

Hey Bonnie,

Up front money on the lease last 9/1 was first months rent, last month rent, security deposit and pet deposit. Of course the first months rent is used, but the rest remains unspent until the last month of my occupancy.

Nothing is cheap down here anymore. As the cost of real estate goes up, so do the rents. The house 2 doors down just rented at $150.00 more than mine and that one is by far smaller in sq feet than this one. One more year and I move north and build my house. If they don't bring a new lease over to me for signature who knows how much longer I stay here.

Ahhh, but I am not "angry" at the landlord, just disallusioned and tired of being at anothers mercy for things that need doing. He knows that if he waits long enough and if I take care of something myself, I will charge it off the rent. But I really don't want the stress that I feel for handling things like that. I also don't like feeling like I'm being a nag.

If we all do what we are supposed to do, we can all be happy. Simple as that.

You seem like a very good landlord and it's a shame
that people try to push your good nature.
Molly

I do not know what is the matter with me, was so surprised no one was posting today lol well I forgot to get on the new thread! I had a lot to read, loved every post and thank you Molly for showing the 4 o'clocks,
your rock garden is beautiful, Meezer, here in New England we have so many rocks, always thought I wanted one but would need help, hence no rock garden
yuck to that slug, Robert, they ate my hollyhock!

Hope things will turn out right for you this time, Darius
Maria

Mornin' all. I'd invite you to share my Pop-Tarts - but I've got a bad cold - didn't sleep last night - and I'd hate to infect anyone. Darius - maybe Leo's going into retrograde. Speaking of which - I was born on a Monday - and I think that poems way off! My DH's birthday is 11/14 - so Darius that's why he's had a few bad days lately too!

Nothing much to say. We've still had no rain - all my plants are giving up it seems. Even though I'm watering.

Hope everyone has a good day - gotta go feed kitties.

M.

Good Morning All,

BetsyBug, how about some chicken soup? That will make you feel better. Those poptarts have to go dear. Get rest and drink lots of fluids. Oh but I think you may have heard that before.....

It's a new day, new things. I didn't get to the beach yesterday, I decided I didn't want to go by myself, maybe today. Now I look out to the east and there are a few suspicious clouds out there. The Weatherbug has us in alerts for that tropical storm on its way in.

It may be here by tonight, so my job for the rest of the week will have to be rescheduled for next week.

The garden will love it, they prefer rain over well or hose water anytime.

Well, I have a box to get packed and shipped this morning, better get on it. Maybe I'll run by the beach and watch the storm come in. That would be interesting.

Molly
:^)))

Oh Molly - chicken soup sounds good. I'm gonna do that in a few - even if it is breakfast time. I'm also doing the Zicam and echinecha/zinc stuff. Hopefully it won't be bad - I just hate it when it's in my chest and all I can do is cough.

We've got a red sky this morning - so hopefully we'll finally get some rain. Keep your fingers crossed.

M. ;+>

Good Morning everyone! Cool, but sunny here- perfect day in the making. With they cool/cold nights it seems like most of my flowers are shutting down- except the brugs- they love it.

I'm back on the relafen as of this morning. Gosh, I spent a miserable day and night- guess it is doing more good than I thought.

Went shopping with my teacher DIL - had a grand time. She spent wayyyy too much and I know my DS will be furious with her. He however thinks nothing of spending wads on boat/fishing stuff. What's good for the goose and good for the gander I think! I only bought one pair of blue jeans and I didn't really need those - oh, I got a sports bra too - I almost had to call for help to get it off in the dressing room tho! I was really frantic! (got a bigger size...)

Today I'm going with her to get her video camera fixed.

McCool - I actually loved teaching and was good at it too(Patting myself on the back) Watching kids learn something was a joy - I just got tired of all the new programs and tremendous paperwork (and lack of energy on my part!). Teaching goes in cycles - and I had been in it so long that I recognized them coming and knew what would and wouldn't work. I kept my mouth shut for awhile, then couldn't help myself and blurted how stupid this 'new' stuff was - been there done that. Principal told me I was right!! But I couldn't just go with the flow anymore - I wanted to garden more!! So here I am! Enjoying life tremendously!! We (group of retired teachers) always go out for breakfast on the starting day of school and laugh like fools!!! On Halloween I show up in a costume and wander the halls chuckling to myself at the frazzled teachers dealing with parties. I am always recognized by the end of the day because I laugh so hard!!

Bal- you are a wonder - I hope your DW appreciates you. (we here certainly do!)

Summer colds - yuck. I get the crud every year the third week in Sept (my birthday too) I have decided it is allergies kicking up. Sip some chicken soup and pamper yourself...

We lived in an apt for our first three years of marriage. It was an old, unlived in, mouse infested farmhouse. The heat was coal and wood. One winter we were so strapped that we burned corn cobs. Belonged to DH grandpa. He rented it to us for $50 bucks a month, but we had to make it liveable. We knocked down the cracked plastered walls, put up new drywall, painted, papered, stained, layed carpeting, new ceilings. Basically we redid everything ! We are mere kids and thought we were wonderful - had ball doing it, but looking back on things, he really got a deal. We basically did all the grunt work and it has been rented it ever since we moved out (30 some yrs ago)

Yikes- just remembered that the hose is on- gotta run