Full of questions today.

[snidegrrl]

• What should I read on my vacation?
• Will the tiny baby eucalyptus tree survive the winter or should I dig it up and put it in a pot, inside?


• If I do that, will it poison the cats?
• Can I take Advil on top of Relafen? No.
• How can one magically overnight become the kind of person who cleans the house and goes to the gym every day?

Comments

[jszmajda]

The View From the Seventh Layer by Kevin Brockmeier is IMO great vacation reading as it's a collection of short stories. They're very well written and full of interesting ideas too.

My only advice for going to the gym is to get involved in a class.. the group support really helped me stay active and motivated :) I recommend Cardio Kickboxing.

[snidegrrl]

I am kind of excited that one of my classmates lives very close to me and has a membership at the gym I want to go to, so there may be something on the horizon. It's just getting over my protectiveness of my time.

[madshutterbug]

Dr. Strangelove, I presume.

FTW!

[snidegrrl]

Sadly, I think there is a good chance it'll get colder than that here on more than one occasion.

[maroonmd]

Eucs should not be transplanted. That is, if you have planted it in one place in the ground, and it becomes established there, you should not move it. Eucs are much more sensitive to root damage than normal trees when young. If you dig it up and fail to get at least 40 - 80% of the roots (this can vary according to the time of year), then the tree is likely to die outright. Even if it survives transplanting, its vigor will be greatly reduced. "It is therefore important to ensure that they are planted where they are to grow to maturity in the first place." (- Quote from Eucalyptus Nurseries website)

Another helpful sight: http://www.angelfire.com/bc/eucalyptus/eucgrowing.html#9

[snidegrrl]

OK! I will take my chances with it. Poor thing. It is my favorite most cherished plant and I want it to become a real tree.

[teky4lf]

Can you take a cutting and try to grow the cutting inside? Then if the cutting grows, and the outside tree doesn't last, you'll have a piece of it to regrow from.

[keryx]

Even I don't go to the gym every day. I treat the gym as a thing to look forward to a couple of days each week (this is made slightly easier by the appearance of an old crush at the gym this week!) and keep gym stuff in the car for when I happen to be driving past and have the urge to stop. If I want to go in and just do ONE thing, I do. There is no "right" way to go to the gym, so whatever sounds fun enough to you to get you there

[snidegrrl]

Yes, I should keep up these minimal things. Right now the top thing that is grossing me out is the fact that I think the hardwood floors should be entirely mopped from one end to the other, and that is a HUGE undertaking. HUGE.

[keryx]

Really? I think of myself as a totally slackerly housekeeper, but I do the floors at least every 2 weeks.

Except the stairs and the porches, all of which intimidate me. I need an outdoor mop or something.

[snidegrrl]

Dude, that is hardcore housekeeping.

[snidegrrl]

I have a copy on my nightstand right now, it's totally going with me.