I just bought from Old House Gardens' end of season sale - https://oldhousegardens.com/ - edible flowers (and vegetable parts) for the garden plot.

Rosalind is a selection of the the H fulva var rosa daylily. I doubt it will be much more red than the double selection "Kwanzo" but i ( Read more... )

Stupid insurance  battle between UNC Health and UnitedHealthcare. I wish i had a choice as to which i could ditch. Probably not a good use of time for me to be poking around, but i am tired of reading posts in the community about how greedy UNC Health is being. UHC seems to have plenty of contract negotiation battles on their hands, some of which ( Read more... )

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As i reread yesterday's post i see i tightly connected current events to the release of the idea of receiving a bequest. That actually happened a year ago when Grandmámá's husband died and my father described how long Grandmámá's funds would hold out.

Also, Christine interacted with the dealership investigating trade ins and was terribly ( Read more... )

Mind a-swirl with financial matters. Christine is getting the house refinanced (house values up, rates crazy-low), and we will pay it off much sooner.

Once upon a time, my dad suggested that a bequest from Grandmámá would be entailed to paying off the mortgage. This created a lovely sense of ease when thinking about the future. However, despite ( Read more... )

"Not feeling one hundred percent, Charles" -- Robert Green (Alec Baldwin) in The Edge

At least i haven't fallen into a bear trap. Not sure, maybe sinus infection? Ugh. In other trivial complaints, i've been trying to use the voice command + reminder feature on my watch to remind me to take the tea out of the tea pot before it becomes over tannic. It ( Read more... )

Wednesday, beginning before 4 am with discomfort throughout the day, dissolved into a long engagement with the an online game. When i was introduced to Blaseball late last week it tickled my memory, "This is mildly entertaining but what was that game...", kept up as my response until dug up Kingdom of Loathing, found my character and blasted ( Read more... )