Morning all. Happy Tuesday.
Happy – Sounds like you and dh wasted no time putting that hot tub to good use.
Nice pics on FB. I can’t say that’s what I imagined, just because I didn’t have the layout in my head, but the new room looks great. Why does it look like the hot tub is floating about a foot above the deck? Not long after we’d first moved in, when my friend D saw the 3-season room, she said if she lived there, she’d put a hot tub in there. Like you said, it would take up a lot of the room, so we haven’t done it….yet. The Living Herbs sound interesting. How are they working out? The grocery store visit and the cortisone shots both sounded like torture, of different kinds of course. Glad your knee feels better, but boo that the other knee is now acting up. You sound busy as heck, but try to take it easy. It sounds like having a nice soak in the hot tub will be something you look forward to after your busy days.
Shad – Sorry the job isn’t letting you know about your extensions. What a PITA when you have the logistics to work out as to lodging, etc. How did the shopping go?
Ceejay – I’m glad you won’t have to be in the hospital overnight and that you’ll be able to get back to work within the week. Hope all’s going well. Good for you telling your bff that you have to be able to take care of yourself!
Annie – Sorry to hear S & C are still having issues, but they don’t get resolved overnight. Behavior changes take time, and that’s probably something that’s needed. I know all the bad stuff happening right now is really getting you down. Be sure to take some time to focus on the positive.
Hellos to the rest of you and hope you all had a good weekend.
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No one gave us an earlier dismissal from work on Friday, so I ended up on the 3:10 train home. I don’t recall anything special that evening, though I did do a load of laundry.
Saturday it was threatening rain on and off all day, so I didn’t do any outdoor tasks. Just ran some errands. In the evening, we went to the 50th birthday party of a friend. I think we’re done with all the 50th birthday celebrations in our group of friends now, but we’ll be staring down some 55th & 60th birthdays in the not-too-distant future.
Sunday I was up early despite a late-ish bedtime Saturday night. I spent the morning relaxing with tea and the newspaper on the futon in the 3-season room. Well, relaxing as much as I could while seeing that the room needs a really good cleaning, including all the windows...
I got out Sunday afternoon to look at fountains for the garden. On my way to the first garden center I noticed my throat was sore, and that lasted until this morning – and now I’m getting cold symptoms.
Anyway, the two independent garden centers I visited were really hopping. I’d been to both, but never spent much time in either and in just walking around to locate the fountains, realized how big and sprawling these places are. I’ll have to make return trips just to wander around without a specific mission. Menards and Home Depot are the other two places I checked. In the end, I only found one fountain that was realistic for our space and budget, and even that one was too short figuring in any plantings I’d want to have surrounding it. And I don’t think the price even included the pump…
So now I’m having second thoughts about the maintenance of a fountain – scrubbing it down, etc. Maybe I’d be fine with just a statue, and I told bf I could just listen to bubbling fountain sounds on my iPod through my earbuds, LOL.
On Sunday I got out early and weeded the front garden beds before the sun came around to the front of the house. I also pruned the lilac and the purpleleaf plum. By then, that was enough yard work for me. I’ve decided that I need to be careful not to do more work than I am willing to clean up afterwards! I have a couple bundles of brush from the pruning that need to be bundled and twined for pickup day on Friday. I haven’t gotten my flowers planted yet, but I did bring the plant pouch up from the basement.
I also went to the library, then came home and walked the dog. We watched the movie “Trainwreck” with Amy Schumer. It was definitely on the raunchy side, but it was entertaining.
Yesterday I puttered around a bit, did a load of laundry, walked the dog. In lieu of lunch, bf and I went out for an appetizer at the outdoor patio of a restaurant near us. Later on we had grilled pork chops & zucchini for dinner. We also had some Trader Joe’s hatch chile mac n cheese with it and that was yummy. We’ll probably buy that again.
That’s it for me. I’m hoping this cold won’t be a big deal and that it’s gone by the time I go out to my mom’s this weekend.
Better get this posted or it won’t happen! TTFN.
DH does not like me running the dryer when he is trying to sleep so I am behind on that now too. Seems I am always running behind lately. I set the alarm early this morning - laundry is running now and as soon as I get done with this I am heading outside to pick up that hay before the rains come and pack it down further. 
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I don't know them but it kind of sounds like Chris wanted a girlfriend and the single life and not all the seriousness that comes with a family. The whole family dynamic has changed substantially in today's world, I don't understand it at all. But it's hard to live. I hope they can work out their problems. Sad that M was not feeling up to a visit. Those days will happen. Just be there if only in spirit. I'm sure your SIL can use some support too. Be the crutch Annie 
Shoot, now that I think of it, it's the last day in May - need to come up with a new title for June. Oh well - later... 
How are you feeling? Hope you are not coming down with the dreaded summer cold. 
I saw Amy Schumer on the Tonight Show last night. I liked her when she first started out but now her "schtick" of raunchy is too much over the edge for my tastes. So how long are you going to be at your Mom's? Helping to wedge her out of the house to make a move? 