Well, the greenhouse was a wash. There's a greenhouse there, only it changed hands sometime ago and is only open spring through fall. No succulents except for sedum, they can survive a Michigan winter while the greenhouse isn't being maintained. It's been increasingly hard for me to find a good selection of succulents and cactus for sale ever ( Read more... )

I'm very excited about the long weekend ahead of me. I've even decided to make the best of being stuck in the car for eons by bringing along reading material for the trip down to Toledo. Jamie doesn't know the way to my mom's yet, so I am am the captain for Saturday. I guess that means I could drop him off somewhere in the woods in Lapeer ( Read more... )

Things didn't go exactly as I thought this weekend. For some reason, I was convinced we were heading down to Toledo yesterday, but Jamie and I got our wires crossed along the way and we ended up staying home. I kind of wish we got out, but because we're going to be going out for trivia on Tuesday, and then celebrating Jamie's birthday multiple ( Read more... )

I've started writing a to-do list of all the stuff I want to get done around the apartment in the coming weeks. I started back at work yesterday, so I kind of wish I had the motivation while I was on vacation, but you know what they say about the best laid plans or whatever. I really need to repot my cacti before they go into winter hibernation ( Read more... )