Gardened the past two days. Today I'm taking it easy.
Put down bricks in place of the ugly stepping stones outside of the wooden gate. This morning I was surprised to see how much of the sand had washed out due to War and Cor's excessive watering. Have to address that issue.
Transplanted five rose bushes. Two rose bushes came from one plant that I had to split to extract from its spot. It had grown around a big root.
What else? Nothing much else. Warm today.
I have a few other garden projects but I would like a day off.
Was going to make BLTs for lunch but discovered that we used the pound of bacon I thought I had on hand. Oh well. Maybe chicken sandwiches.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Friday, another sunny day. The kids had this week off.
Richard Darr delivered $200 worth of firewood, Flynn and I stacked that. Got that all cleaned up. Bribed the kids with lunch at McDonald's if they'd go to the good local nursery in Poway so I could buy some amendment.
I want to overseed the lawn, I've had the seed for a long time, but wanted to put down Kellogg's Topper with it. And water it like crazy.
There are a couple of patches in the lawn that could be softer and more level, too.
The other day I planted the new lemon tree after transplanting the old dwarf lemon tree.
It's been warm, as warm as spring, so why not work in the garden?
Left a message for Laddie Blazek about properly wiring the fountain. Is the fountain level? I may end up re-leveling it.
Time to go back outside. Work until I'm thoroughly exhausted. I ought to clean the barbecue, too, I was going to grill some hot dogs for dinner tonight.
Good day to be alive.
Richard Darr delivered $200 worth of firewood, Flynn and I stacked that. Got that all cleaned up. Bribed the kids with lunch at McDonald's if they'd go to the good local nursery in Poway so I could buy some amendment.
I want to overseed the lawn, I've had the seed for a long time, but wanted to put down Kellogg's Topper with it. And water it like crazy.
There are a couple of patches in the lawn that could be softer and more level, too.
The other day I planted the new lemon tree after transplanting the old dwarf lemon tree.
It's been warm, as warm as spring, so why not work in the garden?
Left a message for Laddie Blazek about properly wiring the fountain. Is the fountain level? I may end up re-leveling it.
Time to go back outside. Work until I'm thoroughly exhausted. I ought to clean the barbecue, too, I was going to grill some hot dogs for dinner tonight.
Good day to be alive.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Hot day in February
Monday afternoon.
Received an enormous check on Friday, deposited it today. Money is no longer screamingly tight.
Looking at a Nissan Titan again. A huge pyramid to hide in. The Prius is not too manly.
Cassidy was playing at a friend's house after school. I picked Flynn up at 3:15 on my own.
Awfully hot today. And yesterday. No rain in sight. This is winter?
Not happy about the heat.
Why would I want to swap my Prius for a giant truck? Does that make any sense? Does it have to make sense? I never go anywhere, anyway. Perhaps I should have just held on to the VW. Or the Santa Fe.
A giant truck? I couldn't park it in the garage, it's too big to fit in the garage.
Received an enormous check on Friday, deposited it today. Money is no longer screamingly tight.
Looking at a Nissan Titan again. A huge pyramid to hide in. The Prius is not too manly.
Cassidy was playing at a friend's house after school. I picked Flynn up at 3:15 on my own.
Awfully hot today. And yesterday. No rain in sight. This is winter?
Not happy about the heat.
Why would I want to swap my Prius for a giant truck? Does that make any sense? Does it have to make sense? I never go anywhere, anyway. Perhaps I should have just held on to the VW. Or the Santa Fe.
A giant truck? I couldn't park it in the garage, it's too big to fit in the garage.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Friday at last
Somehow four-day weeks drag by.
Went to the market this morning. Bought three whole chickens, only $0.57 a pound... freezing two of those. Hot dogs, pizza... fruit salad. Bought some circle noodles for the kids.
Need to liquidate more of the IRA funds. Money is very tight. Very, very tight.
Looking forward to the football championship games this Sunday.
Would like to buy some amendments to use this weekend. If the weather is going to be spring-like, I might as well do some gardening. The kids will probably just want to stay at home. Maybe I'll drag them out somewhere or other. Or not.
Just sitting here right now. Listening to the Howard Stern show. Which I can't get on my iPod for some reason. Maybe I need to convert the file to MP3 somehow... try another converter...
Went to the market this morning. Bought three whole chickens, only $0.57 a pound... freezing two of those. Hot dogs, pizza... fruit salad. Bought some circle noodles for the kids.
Need to liquidate more of the IRA funds. Money is very tight. Very, very tight.
Looking forward to the football championship games this Sunday.
Would like to buy some amendments to use this weekend. If the weather is going to be spring-like, I might as well do some gardening. The kids will probably just want to stay at home. Maybe I'll drag them out somewhere or other. Or not.
Just sitting here right now. Listening to the Howard Stern show. Which I can't get on my iPod for some reason. Maybe I need to convert the file to MP3 somehow... try another converter...
Friday, January 13, 2006
Friday
Go pick Flynn up in a half an hour. Three-day weekend.
Went to the market this morning. Planning on making salisbury steak, potato cheese soup and sweet and sour meatballs... none of which I've made before. Also two soup recipes I want to try. Or one other soup. Corn chowder. Also make a pizza. And make salsa. And possibly make huevos ranchero. I've only made that two or three times, and it's one of my favorite dishes, certainly my favorite breakfast. One time I made it when Mom was visiting and her car needed repair, some rainy day. Great day. Love rainy days.
Went to the market this morning. Planning on making salisbury steak, potato cheese soup and sweet and sour meatballs... none of which I've made before. Also two soup recipes I want to try. Or one other soup. Corn chowder. Also make a pizza. And make salsa. And possibly make huevos ranchero. I've only made that two or three times, and it's one of my favorite dishes, certainly my favorite breakfast. One time I made it when Mom was visiting and her car needed repair, some rainy day. Great day. Love rainy days.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Nice to see the sunlight reflect off the fountain.
Doing laundry, folding laundry. Unloading the dishwasher. Putting dishes away. Putting clothes away. Making Cassidy's bed. Washed my sheets. Nothing special, but it seems to take a lot of time.
Walked to school yesterday from the library and today from the gym. Cassidy does not like walking. Didn't take Flynn for a bagel yesterday but did today.
Girl Scout meeting tonight at 5:00 or 5:30. Haven't secured a uniform for Cassidy yet.
What else? Went through bills yesterday, not good, not too bad, though.
Monday, December 26, 2005
Monday after Christmas
Drive to Kelly and Bob's later today. Visit and then drive home again. Then Christmas will really be over.
What then?
Pull weeds out in front, re-seed the lawn. Get the fountain wired correctly. The usual stuff.
Take the decorations down again. Put them away.
Need to do a partial water change on both aquariums.
Could stand to go through the tool chest and scan photos and get rid of clutter.
Things are surprisingly cleaned up and thinned out.
Made a delicious Christmas dinner last night. Was thinking about making a pumpkin cheesecake this morning.
Come home from visiting and watch the last ABC Monday Night Football game.
Spend the rest of the week relaxing and cleaning things up.
Time to get Cassidy out of bed and possibly into the tub before we leave...
Not too excited about driving back to Orange County again today.
I'll be happy to be home this afternoon. Stay at home the rest of the week.
Flynn wanted to see a movie. Maybe we'll do that tomorrow.
Cassidy gave me a funky little clock with a football on it that she found herself. Isn't that sweet..?
What then?
Pull weeds out in front, re-seed the lawn. Get the fountain wired correctly. The usual stuff.
Take the decorations down again. Put them away.
Need to do a partial water change on both aquariums.
Could stand to go through the tool chest and scan photos and get rid of clutter.
Things are surprisingly cleaned up and thinned out.
Made a delicious Christmas dinner last night. Was thinking about making a pumpkin cheesecake this morning.
Come home from visiting and watch the last ABC Monday Night Football game.
Spend the rest of the week relaxing and cleaning things up.
Time to get Cassidy out of bed and possibly into the tub before we leave...
Not too excited about driving back to Orange County again today.
I'll be happy to be home this afternoon. Stay at home the rest of the week.
Flynn wanted to see a movie. Maybe we'll do that tomorrow.
Cassidy gave me a funky little clock with a football on it that she found herself. Isn't that sweet..?
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Wednesday
Only Wednesday..? Wrapped gifts all day on Monday. Made Santa caps for the stuffed monkeys. Finished that after wrapping more gifts yesterday. Made turkey tacos for dinner last night. Delicious.
Diane was over on Sunday again. Made cinnamon rolls and then ham sandwiches. Made chocolate chip cookie bars. Stayed awake for most of the football games on Sunday. The MNF game I was going to watch in the big bedroom and fell asleep immediately. Apparently it was a real blowout.
Warm yesterday and the day before.
Planning on making a turkey today, the solstice. Have ham leftover from Sunday. Prepare and cool and strip the turkey meat. I bought canned yams to try and prepare those with marshmallows along with dressing and mashed potatoes and rolls and cranberry sauce on Sunday.
Saturday I'm supposed to drive Diane and the kids to her parents house for Christmas Eve. Maybe I'll see what Kelly and Bob are doing, Kelly invited me over there. Somehow kill several hours, then collect the kids and Diane and drive Diane home and then finally go home.
Sunday we stay at home.
Monday drive to Kelly and Bob's house again and exchange gifts. Drive back home again.
So next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday we have off without interruption. The kids return to school on the 3rd of January 2006. I think.
The Christmas lights are up, we got a Christmas tree and it's nicely decorated, I love the "Shiny-Brite" ornaments I found on eBay... the house is decorated, our few Christmas cards are in the mail... to Toni, Kelly, Diane's parents and the Rosses. I don't send out any Christmas cards, really, I don't know anyone. I do like to save and display Christmas cards from past years. I sewed Santa caps for the stuffed monkeys. That cracks me up.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
What You Need For Thanksgiving
Turkey
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes or other potato dish
Yams of some kind
Gravy
Green Jello salad
Cranberry sauce
Coca-Cola
Egg nog
Bread of some kind. Yeast rolls are perfect.
Pumpkin pie
Apple pie
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes or other potato dish
Yams of some kind
Gravy
Green Jello salad
Cranberry sauce
Coca-Cola
Egg nog
Bread of some kind. Yeast rolls are perfect.
Pumpkin pie
Apple pie
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Saturday
Tired. Worn out. Took the kids on a walk earlier. Worked in the garden for hours. Flynn helped trim some of the bougainvillea. I arranged some half-bricks under the bird feeder and some bricks along where the morning glories and moonflowers are planted. Tied up the tomatoes. Further trimmed the lemon and lime trees. I want to have throw grow along six wires running the length of the garden towards the back. Espallier the trees.
I'd like to train the bougainvillea along the house. It's an exuberant grower. I just need to direct it and keep it trimmed so that it grows where I want it to grow. Same with the trees. The lime tree has grown but the lemon tree seems smallish. They're both trimmed to three branches each. Very tidy.
The strawberry plant I'd grown from seed has berries now, tiny strawberries, very cute.
Would still like to do something with the front area. Took some cuttings from an impatien growing alongside a houseplant type of fern and stuck those in a planter box. Amend and clean the front area and plant those out there. Impatiens ought to do well in that area. Need to remove a shrub that died. Trim the bougainvillea more when I have more trash space to put all the trimmings somewhere other than the walkway. Trim the lantana. The lantana does not smell nice. Tie some of the bougainvillea branches onto the house. Keep after it.
I could get after the weeds growing out in the very front area. I put some bricks there to serve as a walkway a long time ago and they could stand to be tidied up a bit. As could the bricks in the back near the air conditioner. Could also extend those. If I had more bricks and sand. Get those things eventually. If we keep this house. Hopefully we will.
Anyway. Worked in the garden. Good and tired. Garden looks nice. Best garden I've ever had.
I'd like to train the bougainvillea along the house. It's an exuberant grower. I just need to direct it and keep it trimmed so that it grows where I want it to grow. Same with the trees. The lime tree has grown but the lemon tree seems smallish. They're both trimmed to three branches each. Very tidy.
The strawberry plant I'd grown from seed has berries now, tiny strawberries, very cute.
Would still like to do something with the front area. Took some cuttings from an impatien growing alongside a houseplant type of fern and stuck those in a planter box. Amend and clean the front area and plant those out there. Impatiens ought to do well in that area. Need to remove a shrub that died. Trim the bougainvillea more when I have more trash space to put all the trimmings somewhere other than the walkway. Trim the lantana. The lantana does not smell nice. Tie some of the bougainvillea branches onto the house. Keep after it.
I could get after the weeds growing out in the very front area. I put some bricks there to serve as a walkway a long time ago and they could stand to be tidied up a bit. As could the bricks in the back near the air conditioner. Could also extend those. If I had more bricks and sand. Get those things eventually. If we keep this house. Hopefully we will.
Anyway. Worked in the garden. Good and tired. Garden looks nice. Best garden I've ever had.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Monday
Initiated a withdrawal from my IRA at Solomon Smith Barney. Money to exist on for a few months.
I can hear the trash truck outside. Wonder if they'll pick up the pallet the fountain was delivered on?
I think that the fountain is leaking. Should have used clear silicone sealer.
Going to call and order a replacement "flow adjuster" for the pump in the fountain.
That was the weekend, huh? Went by very fast again.
Watched football yesterday. Napped. Napped, napped, napped. Baked. Baked, baked, baked. Made fudge, which didn't quite set. Made a pumpkin pie. Made a cherry pie. Baked some oatmeal-chocolate-chip cookies.
Baked a chicken on Friday night. Fixed hot dogs and cowboy beans for lunch on Saturday. Made cheeseburgers for dinner on Saturday. Made a big breakfast on Sunday, managed to incinerate the bacon I'd bought. Sausage links, bacon, hash browns with eggs cooked into them (kids didn't approve of that idea). Toast.
Changed eight gallons worth of water in the big tank today. Didn't have any water left over to do a water change in the small tank.
Gift wrap order arrived on Friday, doesn't seem like $300 worth of gift wrap, bags, ribbons, et cetera.
Did they take the pallet or not? Trash is picked up.
Bought Cassidy a used videogame on Friday, bought one for myself called "Killzone" which I looked at but didn't play much of.
Last Thursday we went to a Girl Scout pre-meeting @ Graziano's.
I think I'll order that replacement part for the fountain pump now.
Feel better having initiated a withdrawal from my IRA. Several months worth of money to live off of.
I can hear the trash truck outside. Wonder if they'll pick up the pallet the fountain was delivered on?
I think that the fountain is leaking. Should have used clear silicone sealer.
Going to call and order a replacement "flow adjuster" for the pump in the fountain.
That was the weekend, huh? Went by very fast again.
Watched football yesterday. Napped. Napped, napped, napped. Baked. Baked, baked, baked. Made fudge, which didn't quite set. Made a pumpkin pie. Made a cherry pie. Baked some oatmeal-chocolate-chip cookies.
Baked a chicken on Friday night. Fixed hot dogs and cowboy beans for lunch on Saturday. Made cheeseburgers for dinner on Saturday. Made a big breakfast on Sunday, managed to incinerate the bacon I'd bought. Sausage links, bacon, hash browns with eggs cooked into them (kids didn't approve of that idea). Toast.
Changed eight gallons worth of water in the big tank today. Didn't have any water left over to do a water change in the small tank.
Gift wrap order arrived on Friday, doesn't seem like $300 worth of gift wrap, bags, ribbons, et cetera.
Did they take the pallet or not? Trash is picked up.
Bought Cassidy a used videogame on Friday, bought one for myself called "Killzone" which I looked at but didn't play much of.
Last Thursday we went to a Girl Scout pre-meeting @ Graziano's.
I think I'll order that replacement part for the fountain pump now.
Feel better having initiated a withdrawal from my IRA. Several months worth of money to live off of.
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