Friday morning

Cloudy out, agreeable.

Scraped off a small section of the ugly popcorn ceiling near the small bathroom. What a mess. I hate popcorn ceilings. I'd like to get rid of it.

I'd like to paint the kitchen, too. I like that one section of wall in the dining room that I painted yellow-orange.

Installed the new camera at the top of the eaves in front of the house yesterday. Managed to destroy the other cameras ripping them down. Shit.

Haven't made any progress digging an 18" deep trench for the fountain wiring. Reluctant to dig up those two white rose bushes again, they've just recovered from my having moved them over a few inches last year.

I would like to get that done, however.

Two Brownie events and The Flying Karamazov Brothers this weekend. Busy weekend.

Seeds

Tomato Caspian Pink
Tomato Black Krim
Morning Glory Granpa Ott's
Lettuce Heatwave Blend
Basil Bounty
Tomato Big Rainbow
Book Putting Food By
Cypress Vine
Hyacinth Bean Purple
Stock Evening Scented
Sweet Pea Matucana

The vines sounded interesting. I love having flowering vines in the summer time. I don't know where to plant the tomatoes. Maybe in hydroponic units by the shady side of the house?! And train them on the fence..? I think that would work. I love tomatoes.

Last night or night before I needed a lemon and I remembered that I'd seen one on the Meyer lemon and went out and picked that. Very nice.

Noon Wednesday

Yep, noon Wednesday... actually saw some rain fall this morning. Now it's sunny again. Rained again last night. Always after dark. 

Sat down on the couch to watch American Idol and I was asleep in five minutes again. If I sit on the couch, I fall asleep. Every time.

Diane owes me $21,758.68. Am I ever going to see that money? 

I finally e-mailed Kershek & Shular. I had called about two months ago and asked if the divorce can move forward. Then I waited. And waited. And waited.

Cleaned up some clutter around the house. It looks better.

Stay on top of things. I have a ton of ironing to do. Everything Cassidy owns needs to be ironed.

What else? Anything good? Not much.

I wonder if Mom's estate will leave any chunks of money with which I can pay off my credit card debt or the truck or the house? I have no idea.

Go pick Cassidy up in an hour or so.

This Saturday there's a Brownie Girl Scout meeting. Saturday night is the Flying Karamazov Brothers in Escondido. Kind of apprehensive to go to that, to do anything after dark. I've never seen them. Looking forward to it. Sunday there's a "Brownie Spectacular" so that pretty much fucks up the whole weekend. 

Diane wants me/us to pick her up and drop her off since her license is suspended and will remain suspended for at least another six months. I'm already in the Minor Saint category for all I've done for her. Did I mention the $21,758.68 she owes me? Yes, I did. I'm raising two kids. I could use the money.

I have a stack of stuff to file in the filing cabinet. Clean things up. I feel happier when things are picked up and organized.

Most of the bills are paid automatically online. I like that.

5:30, rain beginning

Why does it not rain during the day here..? Almost always a night rain, some kind of stealth

Another Monday

Supposed to rain tonight. Sounds like another stealth rain. Very dry winter so far this year.

Went through a bunch of photos and stuck them into some albums I bought.

So they look neater.

Threw out a bunch of photos. Duplicates and out-of-focus shots and anything Diane shot. Can we say "composition"?

What else? Bored and dissatisfied. Picked Diane up again yesterday. That pretty much ruins Sunday.

Next Saturday there's a Girl Scout meeting in the afternoon and we have tickets for The Flying Karamazof Brothers Saturday night. And there's a "Brownie Spectacular" on Sunday. So next weekend is pretty much wrecked...

Have to stick to a budget. Spending too much money. Unhappy about that. 

Will I ever see any of the money I gave Diane? I somehow doubt it. So that's $22 thousand dollars lost. Not pleased about that.

I ought to start some bread dough. When in doubt, bake.

Bought and drank a bottle of wine last night. Enjoyed that.

Tuesday morning

Rained last night. It rains at night a lot here. Stealth rain.

Well..? What now? Go find Flynn's big jacket in the garage for his camping trip. Or trip to school camp. That's coming up in three weeks.

After his trip it's Easter vacation. Looking forward to that. 

Friday. 0843a.

Kind of cloudy out. Doing laundry. 

I ought to pick up Cassidy's room. And vacuum.

And sort through her toys. 

Made grilled pizza last night. I thought it was very good. Made four rounds, first one stuck to the grill, total loss. 

Need to clean the house.

Need to change the fish water.

Need to water outside. Heard that it may rain. It may not rain.

Brownie Girl Scouts tomorrow at noon. Not too thrilled with that. Cub Scouts was more fun.

Time to do more laundry. And dishes. 

Bought two lamps at Home Depot yesterday for Flynn's room and Cassidy's room. 

I ought to do Cassidy's ironing today and get that out of the way. 

I want to install the throttle body spacer I bought for the truck. That's supposed to take half an hour. I need to find out which tools are required.

Made spaghetti sauce night before last. I thought it was delicious. The kids were suspicious of it.

Monday. Slightly cloudy.

Got the security system installed this morning. Glad that's over, glad to be back home again.

Planted another half-dozen impatiens near the fence after amending another portion of the soil.

Sent Flynn off with his paperwork and a check for sixth-grade camp.

Nine disposable cameras arrived on Saturday. Maybe Friday. For his trip. Four underwater cameras, four flash cameras, one black and white camera. I hope that he enjoys the trip. 

Rain on Saturday, very nice, what there was of it. Sunday was sunny. Diane needed a ride over here and back. Sunday was not satisfying. Saturday was so-so, even with the rain. 

Couple periods of hard rain and some hail. Had a fire going most of the day on Saturday.

A rainy day ought to be rain all day long. Lots of it.

Made some chicken picatta last night and some really chocolate-ly ice cream.

Bored. Go get Cassidy soon.

Spices

Vanilla double-strength 16 ounces
Rosemary powdered 1/4 cup jar
Savory leaf 1/4 cup jar
Chicken taco seasoning 4 oz bag
Empty glass jars for bagged spices
Zatar 1/4 cup jar
Ground cumin 8 oz bag
Pacific sea salt fine grind 1 lb
French fleur de sel sea salt 1/2 cup
Fines herbes 1 oz bag
Parisien herbes 1 oz bag
Large cut parsley 1 oz bag
Pasta sprinkle 1 oz bag
Pumpkin pie spices 4 oz bag

Happy to have new spices. Makes a big difference in cooking. The fines herbes and Parisien herbes and the pasta sprinkle are all very nice from what I've tasted so far.

New spices.

Another Week Begins

Quarter past five Monday morning. Another weekend zoomed by. Go to Flynn's 6th Grade Camp orientation meeting this morning. Pick up taxes and pay and mail those.
Plant the flowers I bought. Need to amend the section of lawn by the fence that I separated with that rubber border material. Water the lawn, keep the new grass seed moist and happy.

What else? I was going to rewire the stereo to make it neater. That seems somewhat daunting. If I start now I might have it done in time for football season...