In spite of the romantic interlude yesterday, much was accomplished. I got the rest of the grass dug out of the rain garden bed, and laid out five large bags of garden soil (I have already told my DH that if he ever again sees me getting the large bags, in the name of economy, instead of the smaller ones that I can actually pick up, he is to toss ( Read more... )

It has been a gorgeous weekend here this weekend--lots of sun, temps in the high 50's, and low wind. Which means that we have been outdoors for the greater part of the weekend ( Read more... )

My Dad has a cold, so I was called into action this morning to make sure everyone got breakfast over there, and while I was there, I did the dishes as well. I asked about their dinner, and my Dad piped up and said, "We can go out."

My mother and I both nearly fell out of our chairs. But I understand--the weather here today is so frellin' wonderful ( Read more... )

So yeah, it snowed early early this morning, and it's supposed to snow again this afternoon, and then turn to freezing sludge overnight--and yeah, that completely doesn't work for me but oh well. It's gonna do what it's gonna do whether I rail at the skies or smile into them, so...smiling's good ( Read more... )

There is something in my mind that says there is no way I can actually afford to be this idle the week before Christmas--but it appears that I can be. Everything is pretty much done.

( A disjointed ramble that got longer than I expected...so cut for your convenience... )

Well, it was all kinda sorta OK with the tree ( Read more... )

Yes, I did ( Read more... )

We're thinking about heading up to Linvilla for apples today. I'm stressing out over politics too much, and my head has exploded about 888343438 times in the last week, so I feel the need to get myself into some pie making, and other apple-ish endeavors ( Read more... )

It would appear that I would ( Read more... )

I haven't been around much lately--there has been busy-ness abounding, and I haven't even paid much attention to reading here. And I apologize for that, because, in catching up this morning, I've found that I've missed a LOT ( Read more... )