Slumber party with plants in May!

Hi! Some of us are thinking of having a slumber party in May at my place. Originally I had planned for the weekend of 17 and 18, but I may be at conference in Vancouver at that time.

So I am thinking May 10 and 11 maybe better, 'cause most folks will want to have the weekend of May 24 to plant their own stuff out.


During the day we can plant stuff on the terrace - at night we can hangout in our jammies, eat pizza (or whatever) and chocolate amaretto cheesecake (or whatever)! play cards, play movies, etc.

Anyway Our Old House is very big. Women can bring foamies or air mattresses and sleeping bags and sleep in the Canada Room on the third floor (it has the original Victorian Bar and a modern bar fridge - currently filled with seeds lol).

Guys brave enough to come can sleep in the camper or on the main floor (there is a hide-away- couch) and lots of floor space for foamies, etc. My Dave would probably appreciate some male company.

Also, we really do have a guest bedroom with a real bed. :-)

There is a bathroom on all three floors.

Anyway, it will be an opportunity to have fun, be silly, show off our shabby bathrobes, fuzzy slippers, and planting skills.

I hope to have lots of seedlings to plant out by then. (wish me luck!)

Note - the date might have to be flexible at this early stage - but I am pretty sure of the date of the conference..

Cheers,
Michaela

Okay, Michaela. Anna and I will be down on one of those days, but an overnight (unless we bring the two youngest kiddos) would be out of the question for us.

well, not everyone will be able to hang out with fuzzy slippers - I doubt any guys will even come - but I am sooo looking forward to seeing everyone. You will have to get babysitters for the day? Wow! that's a big commitment! Do you think the date is okay? I just don't think I can make it the weekend of May 24, even though it would be my preference, 'cause that will be the weekend everyone is doing their yards.

I like the earlier May date, and Anna says 'sure!'

Excellent!

At this early stage, I'll tentatively say yes! Now, how to explain to my husband that I'll be going to a PAJAMA PARTY!!!!!

I almost wrote that you could tell him that it would be a girls' weekend, until I remembered that our guys might be there as well. Hmmmmm ..... I guess I'm just lucky that I have no DH so I don't have to think about an explanation.

Well - quite frankly, I seriously doubt any guys will come - much less stay over night. I think it is a very safe bet it will just be women.

I can't imagine many guys wanting to come to a "hen" party - can you?

But I feel obliged to be open to the possibility - because frankly, many of the men on DG have been VERY considerate, caring, and generous in their support and advise - so I didn't necessarily want to exclude them. If DH wants to help - bring him along :-)

i couldn't spend the night unless DH does too. This fall was a total wash-out as far as getting Anything done here for gardening, even just raking and putting stuff to bed for the winter. He (I may have mentioned) is back in school FULL TIME and working part time and taking care if me and I'm taking care of my father and both of us taking care of of my girls and my mother taking care of my step-father and so forth. The upshot is that we're all very overwhelmed and can't really commit just yet. xxx, Carrie (Plus, would I be any use? Besides my natural fun-loving personality?)

Of course you would be of use! You would supervise!

Honestly, woman! Maybe you could come for the day?

Seandor, this is sounding kind of fun! Springfield is 2 1/2 hours away from Yarmouthport--but promises of amaretto cheesecake, chocolate, and pizza are pretty hard to resist!

oh, definitely come! we will have a ball!

Should we make it "no boys allowed"?

Well, if Victor, Dave, and Al could make it, we'd have the time of our lives!

Well true - but how do we convince them to come? I thought by excluding them - well, they would be even MORE eager to show up - but guess what none of them have even responded to this thread - so that shows us how interested they are . . . . (hint hint)

Just read this one...if you need help digging in the dirt, I'm all about it. Sleeping over, only if Paul and I can bring our 2 furkids. But, to come up and play in the dirt for the day, heck yes! I'm sure as the year rolls to an end, winter thaws, and spring is springing, I will get more and more and more excited about digging, and gardening...I like helping others in their landscapes, and with garden projects! Keep us/me posted.

Michaela, very good cave man logic you used. You may need to yake them by the dmail and coyly lead them to this thread. I'm usually trying to suppress my natural bent for supervising! xx, Carrie

Hemhostaholic - wow - helping with the dirt would be wonderful! These are going to be new beds - so hopefully, DH and I will have already rototilled them, tended to the soil quality, etc. already. But I expect there will still be plenty of digging in the dirt.

I will post the design for the gardens just as soon as I finish all this $^%$#& marking! (Ooops - I guess I shouldn't have said that!)

But we love your naturally tendency to be bossy, Carrie :-) (just kidding!)

Just kidding??? You mean you don't love it? x, C

No, I do love it . . . but maybe I'm a masochist. (sp?) :-)

Thom - is Ivy not coming along with the others? That's not fair - cats are furkids too. (Ivy is the cat - I hope.)

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I don't know what "yake them" means - a cross between yank them and lead them and take them, I think. bossy-but-you-love-her-anyway, carrie

lol we love you just-as-you-are, Carrie

I LIKE "yake them." Sort of like yanking but not so obvious. . . maybe like leading them down the garden path?

then it is official - "yake" is a word. Anyone wnat to put it in Wikipedia?

i think victor is mythical. he won't come.

Michaela, you have got to be the most original person on this forum. This is the most out-there, best idea ever. I won't be to come (DH and I both have enough trouble sleeping in our own built-up, extra-cushioned, king-size bed), but I sure would like to.

Yes, Ivy is our other furkid, and I'm sure I'll get some flack for saying this, but cats are just easier to care for than dogs. She is able to, then do her business in her litter box, and Paul and I are ok leaving her alone in the house for hours on end; Iris and Theta on the other hand...lol. If we leave Iris out of her crate, and can't "eyeball" her, she has chewed something, or is eating something she shouldn't be, and Theta, if she gets bored, there goes an end table. lol. So, Ivy would be ok alone for the day, the two pups we would have Iris stay with Paul's parents, and Theta with my parents.
You could make this a potluck of sorts...just an idea.

i have a cat like that - every day i come home afraid to see what has been knocked down, tipped over, or scratched up. i know she is bored, but i don't know what to do with her.
But in general, i agree that cats are easier.

We like cats! We even like little dogs that look like cats!

Edited to say: thanks for the compliment, Jan.

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Amy - I have extra cat toys I'd be glad to give you for them.

she does not want toys. she wants out!
i mean, she is totally affectionate, seems happy to be tamed, but wants more room than we can give her right now. Must cat-proof entire apartment and there is no TIME to do it. Because she will get into anything. She tries to climb the windows on the little cross pieces but when she gets up there she can't get back down and one hears the amazingly loud crash of one small cat trying to take the blinds with her.

ok. done with rant. sorry.

This is turning into one heck of a party, Michaela! I can't wait for May to roll around now.

Amy - at least she doesn't shred the blinds like Wallingford does in one of his display of super-cat strength!

Might be a possibility as long as Old Man Winter does not take down the GH. Springfield MA is a straight shot down I-91. Only an hour and a half. I could possibly bring Tomato, Green Pepper, Veggie starter plants.

schickenlady - this is a flower garden -gee, I hope you are not disappointed. Believe me, we will have a hard enough time keeping the squirrels out with out tempting them with food! lol

It is an extremely generous offer though . . . personally, I would love some starter veggies - but I am in the same boat - the squirrels will destroy them all . . ..

But please come! Nobody has to bring any plants - I will have grown most of them myself (wish me luck!)

I just want your company (and your backs, and spades, and senses of humour! . . . and cheesecake, of course!)

what? No chocolate???? I'm not coming unless there's chocolate!! Oh wait! I can bring my own chocolate.

Remember, Michaela, that Anna and I will be starting the snapdragons for you.

Thanks! - yep, we will have chocolate!

Seandor, Are you going to post a wish list for your garden? I would love to bring you some goodies if I can get there on the planned date. Patti

As soon as term is over, I will post the garden plan, so you can see what I am attempting - then if you have any of theplants, that would be terrific!