Yesterday as I was driving into work I came around a turn to a straight area of road. A pick up truck headed in the opposite direction crossed over the center lane and drove towards me. I slowed down and it kept coming. It drove in my lane, towards me, for probably 5-10 seconds. I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do because there was a ditch ( Read more... )

I climbed into the truck at 7:05 am and had made it down the driveway and put the outgoing mail in the mailbox and hopped back into the truck by 7:08. At 7:08:01 a school bus plodded past. Yes, my dreaded nightmare had come true. I was trapped behind a school bus on a no-passing road. Ever since the first time I drove that road and saw all the " ( Read more... )

My order from the Seed Savers Exchange arrived today. I ordered about half a dozen types of squash/pumpkin/gourds, two types of watermelon, some beans, and stevia. I'd like to try to sell some of the squash/pumpkin/gourds, but who knows. :) I was also thinking that perhaps I could knit up some stuff and put the things in the Craft Shack along with ( Read more... )

Today was the last day of my lovely three-week vacation from employment; I start my new job on Monday. It's been about ten years since the last time I really started a new job because my last job began as a temp gig, and it's just not the same. There are more expectations from both parties, there is the weight of permanence (as much as any job is ( Read more... )

Being the composting / recycling geek that I am (even though I do generate a lot of trash that can't be composted, reused, or recycled), I've been bugged for sometime by the amount of waste the litter boxes produce. It's not just the poo, but all that heavy litter and the countless plastic buckets the litter comes in. I love kitty litter buckets ( Read more... )

Mom and I drove over to Lexington for the 2006 VA Classic Llama and alpaca show today. I came across the announcement for it on Thursday or Friday, and we decided to go see what it was all about ( Read more... )

Two frog/toads in the pond ( Read more... )

Darn it all! Stupid groundhog eating my bean plants and my squash! I've lived in this house for 7 years and never needed fencing before now...which is probably part of the reason the fencing I threw up (bwaaaaaaaaaaach) last night didn't get the blasted thing out of the beans. I caught him in action this morning looking all cute and innocent. Grr. ( Read more... )

The baby toads are growing up and leaving the pond. They are so incredibly tiny and apparently look a lot like bird food. I read an article about someone doing a study and putting little radio transmitter thingies on toads to see where they go. I want to get some transmitters to see how many of our little toads are actually making it to the gardens ( Read more... )

Bee stings itch. The initial hour or two of pain was no big deal, but the two days of itching is driving me a bit batty ( Read more... )