Gardening fiend here...seems like that is all I did all yesterday. My friend came over and we potted up some more pots, bought some more plants and puttered in the gardens most of the time she was here...we did eat supper...DS BQ'ed. We did the salad and potatoes and the nibblies. It was quite nice. Her BF came over...I got him to hang the high pot in the tree...since I'm not that tall and he is. So this morning, back to the grind...shovelling that is....
Glad you are having fun Arabella, for the on-trackness of your trip.....and Anagram...you're off too? Nice to see you Empress.... for the loss!
I'm still around--I've been remiss about checking in so I need to catch up.
My big news is that THIS IS IT: Tonight's the night that I start my 12-week program at work. I don't know if you remember, but I was going to do 'Body-For-Life For Women' as a summer program. Now it's upon me, and I believe it has great potential to be fun, but I'm fighting the feeling that I'm just a big ol' fraud since I weigh about 13 pounds more than I did last year at this time! Dang it! So keep me in your thoughts and I'll check in tomorrow and let you know how it went. I PROMISE!!!!
So relieved - and so embarassed. Just heard from cemetery manager. Vase not missing - just hiding in a little feature I was not made aware of. Feel better it was not stolen.
Eydie! Great to hear from you! Hope the programme goes well!
I'm a shovellin' fool these days. Got one huge blue hosta planted this morning, plus removed some grass and moved some dirt...got DS to 'barrow some dirt in for me...think I'll go down to the Feed Store tomorrow and look at mulch....I want this bed different. Have 4 varieties of hosta so far...and a pulmonaria and some little pink perennials to put in...I'll provide names later... I'll remember the bulb ones too. They are just breaking ground by-the-bye. Also did up a couple of pots again....my DH is going to flip out when he gets home! Teach him to go fishing and leave me with watering the front step - curing concrete - ...anyway...anybody seen those little monkey face things...mayhaps I'll provide those names too...I had blue ones last year...and this year I have blue, lilac, pale yellow and varigated whites with different shades of pink through to burgundy. They are an annual vine. Anyway, they really look gorgeous in a pot...also planted a variation of snapdragons out back...they are monkeyface (? theme ?) snaps I think...the flowers are on the main stems, right at each leaf...kind of cool. So, I've been out shovelling most of the day..exception was when I was at work...so I'm tired. Another cooler...Smirnoff Ice...Canadian kind... and off to bed...see you in the morning!
Oh, good morning Queenlies! I am home again, a bit exhausted but mostly okay. The trip could hardly have been more successful but for the two sleepless nights on the train. That was torture, although I did have fun playing Canasta with my sister which makes up for a lot. About 3:30 yesterday morning we took a fit of the giggles (giggling quietly, mind you, so as not to wake the neighbours) and could NOT stop. We did have fun and it was such an opportunity to get in some real quality time with my mom and my sister. Wouldn't have missed it for the world, as K predicted.
I slept like a log last night (as I did both nights in the hotel) and have hopes for a full recovery. Working, and will go for a little run as soon as I get enough caffeine into me for energizing.
DH is off to the Yukon on Friday morning for a couple of weeks, so I'm looking forward to having a bit of time and getting some stuff done around the house (which is, of course, suffering from a few days of husband-care ) Wouldn't they be smarter to do their share so we missed them when they went away? I know the answer, of course, I need to tell him he needs to do more. Instead of continuing to do it and resent it.
Eydie! So glad to see you back again. You'll have those 13 fluffies off in no time! V. good spot to catch self, as opposed to -- say -- 50 more. Which I did in the past six years I've got 23 of them off again and swear never to let it get away from me again!
I'm pretty much where I was when I joined 3FC now, which would be discouraging if I let it. But I won't. Onward and downward!
Ceara, sounds like you're having a lot of fun in your garden. I'm hoping to get some landscaping done while my cat is away.
Anagram, so glad to hear the vase turned up! These "little" things can really strike to one's core, can't they. Great symbolic weight to them and on some level, symbolic weight is as heavy as anything else.
Re: forgetful friend -- we do take the bitter with the sweet, don't we. Occasionally the balance gets too out of whack and we have to get rid of a toxic relationship but most relationships are mixed. Also glad to hear that you weren't exactly counting on friend to show up
Amarantha, I would love to live in Arizona for a bit. Hot and all as it is! I really hope to visit the Southwest some day. DH's family reunions sometimes take me to the midwest which I sense is not the same thing at all
Kudos on the big fluffy release!!! Have a banana!
K, Dovies! So nice to be home and catch up again. Love to all and AVANTI!
Last night I had 8 women come to the workshop and truthfully it's all kind of a blur but I had an agenda and stuck to it pretty well. There's a sweet woman there who's comes to lots of different pograms where I work and she's notorious for talking non-stop and going off on tangents. I knew that I was going to have to just jump in, interrupt and redirect her and get the group back on track. It was hard, but I did it! [Had to do it several times actually. ] That was the most difficult thing.
This morning it hit me that I DID IT! It's truly a big deal for me to step so far out of my comfort zone, and I'm feeling rather proud!
Hello all!
Anagram! What a shock and how good the way things turned out! I don't think I would've been able to sleep!
So glad things are just as they should be.
WoodNymph....I am SO glad I was right about the trip. I admit I did have my fingers crossed. Tell us more about the reunion! I wouldnt have slept on the train either. Just how I am. I would want to sleep but just wouldnt be able.
Eydie--I HEAR YOU.... in fact, was thinking of you as I ate a sweet potato tonight at dinner.
I'm aprx exactly the same amt over goal and its been a year since I met my goal so we are traveling very same road....
And even more parallel.... I have two days in a row in the gym......
And believe it or not.... have become one of those who say " I hate going but love the feeling I get once I'm there."....
Ceara... your garden sounds so lovely. Any vegetables??? Our very first grape tomatoes were picked tonight. Just 2 but they've really only been in the ground 2=3 weeks....
Empress... Tell us more about the weather there. I saw on the news some big , big fires... yikes! Sorry the mysterioso is a no go....Making room for something better???
Frogger?? How goes the south beach??
I'm off to pop old fashioned popcorn kernels in the microwave w/ no oil....
Sunny again, but 40% chance of rain...must boogey. I have peas, tomatoes and peppers in the ground. Should put some beans in shortly now that it is warm...they don't like cold dirt and will just mould. Want to plant the lilac bush, and continue with the front....did put in more plants yesterday, and mulched as I went...need to get more mulch! Everything was so dry last night....did some spot watering...hope that rain is slow and long. Of course me, myself and I, plus the whole neighbourhood are listening to Harry Potter #5 as I do all this....quite relaxing.
Kaylets...good to see you. I love pop corn but I don't like the intense flossing later....
Garden calls....have to make hay whilst the sun shines
Am away this week end and have a family BQ coming up in June....another reason for all the intense gardening activities. Have a great day ladies....may check in around lunch.
Recovering a bit, still pretty tired and busy. Trying to putter the house into shape in between things. On third coffee now -- maybe this one will do it? Back from the gym and have done first part of yoga. That may be it for yoga for today -- it's a good enough stretch. And trying not to overdo because this would be a classic time to get sick. Will maybe try to squeeze in a set of tai chi later... Solidly back OP now after the few little off-P things I had on trip (mostly because more acceptable fare was not available). I'm going to hit my solstice goal or surpass it, yes I am.
Kaylets, oh yeah -- the train was torture for trying to sleep. My mom did great sitting up in her seat but I don't seem to be able to do that. And even when DSis and I took turns trying to lie across two adjacent seats there was a hump in the center and poky things on the wall to try to arrange oneself around, plus the space was not large enough. If ever I take the train again, sleeper class will have to be somehow affordable.
But the reunion and visit with brother, as well as hanging with mom and sis was wonderful. We were silly and serious and everything in between. I feel like I got in touch with my deeper self and am more grounded, more centered, more happily my own self than I have been in a long, long time. Had a dream last night that seemed to be about integration...
Ceara, I wish you could come garden with me! We'd have a blast and then my yard would be fabulous when we were ready for deck and festive beverages.
Eydie, WTG!!! That's fantastic -- you set the stage for the rest of the 12 weeks already and it'll be so much better and easier because of that. It's interesting, stepping out of our comfort zones. We had a discussion about that at our last writing group meeting about feeling disinclined (well, duh -- we like comfort) but have to push selves to grow. Kudos to you!
I'm proud of you too Eydie - and don't you just love the non stop talkers who keep veering from the reason everyone else is there? Good job on letting her know who's boss.
Ceara, you do sound like a gardening fool. If you and WN get together to garden, can I sit on the deck and sit and supervise?
Went to tai chi today, just about a 20 minute walk last night. Pool tomorrow, I guess. Have been feeling somewhat better the last couple of days, hope it lasts.
Yo, sneakin' in fer a moment ... been ill and am headin' to couch as can barely stay awake! SO these responses are a bit short ... the bod is not cooperatin' right now ...
E, how great that ye are doin' the BFL workshop. Sounds like ye handled the chatty lady just fine ... congrats!!!!
K, there's a thunderstorm brewin' ... it's been somewhat hot and the problem I had stemmed with havin' a certain stomach ailment whilst bein' in heat too long and too suddenly ... spent last night in ER with dehydration ...
Yea, there have been some fires ... not so bad as last year, so far.
WN, how great that ye got to hang with family. such a valuable time.
Ceara, thanks fer the congrats ... I fear I'll have a loss this week due to illness but then it'll be right back ... but that'll mean I feel better, so that's good, I guess!
To all, mentioned 'n un ... I have to go to bed! See ye!
for the on-trackness of your trip.....and Anagram...you're off too? Nice to see you Empress....
for the loss!
to all MIA's and lurkers
Yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwnnnnn...
K predicted. 
) Wouldn't they be smarter to do their share so we missed them when they went away? I know the answer, of course, I need to tell him he needs to do more. 
Instead of continuing to do it and resent it. 
I've got 23 of them off again and swear never to let it get away from me again! 
] That was the most difficult thing.
Back from the gym and have done first part of yoga. That may be it for yoga for today -- it's a good enough stretch. And trying not to overdo because this would be a classic time to get sick. Will maybe try to squeeze in a set of tai chi later... Solidly back OP now after the few little off-P things I had on trip (mostly because more acceptable fare was not available). I'm going to hit my solstice goal or surpass it, yes I am. 
