Hot, damn hot, real hot
Man, oh man. Earlier today I wrote this long, involved post about my recent art acquisitions, and my ideas for kitschy needlepoint displays. It had photos and everything. Gmail had a hiccup and ate it. Damn. I'll try and retrieve it tomorrow, or rewrite it.
Today was significantly calmer than yesterday, that's for sure! My new car is performing wonderfully. I am hypermiling like a bandit to try and offset its gas-guzzling tendencies. My only irritation is that the cigarette lighter doesn't work. Jason, the mechanic who sold it to me, said I could bring it by his shop and he'd fix it, it's likely a blown fuse. And no, I don't smoke...my TransPod plugs into the lighter. No lighter, no iPod in the car. But randomly, the car does have a 5-CD changer, which I had no idea it had when I bought it.
After work I swung by the garden store again and picked up a few more inexpensive pots, some potting soil and a bag of mulch. I'm searching for a hose adapter that'll let me hook it up to the kitchen faucet, since I don't have an exterior spigot. I know they exist (I've found them online) but Strader's didn't have one. I'll call around. I want it for watering but also so I can spray the patio clean. Sweeping just doesn't get it done.
It's been very hot the last few days. The worker who loaded the bag of mulch into my car was wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and a hooded sweatshirt. How was he not DEAD? Yikes.
I got home to find Eric in Full-On Grill Mania mode. He bought like a zillion pounds of burger and sausage and was making all different varieties of burger patties. I potted up the rest of my flats leftover after the planting bed was done and was dripping with sweat after twenty minutes. My Gerbera daisies were looking a bit wilty, but they perked up after a bunch of water. I guess it's super important to water a lot in this heat. I spread some mulch on top of the topsoil in the planting bed; hopefully that'll help. But the flowers are doing all right. They're not dead, anyway.
So we munched on burgers and grilled potatoes and watched the premiere of Teh Runway. YAY, Runway!
Today was significantly calmer than yesterday, that's for sure! My new car is performing wonderfully. I am hypermiling like a bandit to try and offset its gas-guzzling tendencies. My only irritation is that the cigarette lighter doesn't work. Jason, the mechanic who sold it to me, said I could bring it by his shop and he'd fix it, it's likely a blown fuse. And no, I don't smoke...my TransPod plugs into the lighter. No lighter, no iPod in the car. But randomly, the car does have a 5-CD changer, which I had no idea it had when I bought it.
After work I swung by the garden store again and picked up a few more inexpensive pots, some potting soil and a bag of mulch. I'm searching for a hose adapter that'll let me hook it up to the kitchen faucet, since I don't have an exterior spigot. I know they exist (I've found them online) but Strader's didn't have one. I'll call around. I want it for watering but also so I can spray the patio clean. Sweeping just doesn't get it done.
It's been very hot the last few days. The worker who loaded the bag of mulch into my car was wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and a hooded sweatshirt. How was he not DEAD? Yikes.
I got home to find Eric in Full-On Grill Mania mode. He bought like a zillion pounds of burger and sausage and was making all different varieties of burger patties. I potted up the rest of my flats leftover after the planting bed was done and was dripping with sweat after twenty minutes. My Gerbera daisies were looking a bit wilty, but they perked up after a bunch of water. I guess it's super important to water a lot in this heat. I spread some mulch on top of the topsoil in the planting bed; hopefully that'll help. But the flowers are doing all right. They're not dead, anyway.
So we munched on burgers and grilled potatoes and watched the premiere of Teh Runway. YAY, Runway!