Yesterday Ann, Leah Jane w/Max and Norma w/Maggie came over. We sat on the patio and had wine and cocktails and shrimp and veggies w/pesto dip and we ate, drank and laughed for several hours. It was so much fun. The weather was perfect and the yard is really looking nice. Can't ask for more!
After 2+ weeks of dry weather the rains we've had lately are really welcome! It looks as if we may finally be getting into a pattern of alternating days with sun and rain and that's a good thing! I'm going to put out zinnia and sweet alyssum seeds today. As I'm such a lazy gardener I usually only broadcast flower seeds, so the rain we're expecting tomorrow will help seat them. I really enjoy the random look of flowers that have been broadcast and generally have remarkable luck. Cross your fingers that this holds true this time, too!
Last night I was reclining in my new chair dozing while watching tv. Suddenly I woke just sweltering hot. Turns out I was covered from ankles to chin in animals. Shirley, Goodness and Mercy had managed to catch me unawares and very creatively drape themselves all over me! Now, we're talking roughly 45-50 pounds of sneakiness and that's quite warm! Thank goodness Jazz, Smokey and Bandi didn't join in or I may have smothered!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Not too much to say
My sister and I are maybe 2-3 days away from finishing up with Mother's things. That sounds quite close, but in actuality it isn't. We are only doing it on Saturdays as my sister really can't take more time off from work for this and it's something neither of us want to do alone...and since we're both exhausted from everything we're not working on it this coming weekend. That's not to say we're doing nothing, just not the clearing out. We're taking things to a cosignment shop and researching silver/china/crystal prices at an antique shop or two.
Yesterday I did 6 loads of laundry. It's amazing how much had piled up as I hadn't done any since the week before Mother died. I got all of the clothes washed, folded and put away along with some towels, pillow cases and dish towels. There is still a big pile of winter bedding that must be addressed at some point, but it sure does feel better getting the stuff done that I did! I was so suprised that the majority of the clothes were winter things!
I've spent most of my time and energy in the yard...the patio area inside the fence to be more exact. It is really looking good and it feels so good to go out there! My first iris of the year opened Monday. It's an unusual color, a deep wine with a gold throat, beautiful! Two or three more are almost ready to open!
The dogs just went crazy with their barking and it took me a bit to get them in. I just found out what it was about...my yard cutting guy is mowing and his aide is weed eating. Thank goodness! It's almost knee-high in spots in the back yard and was really beginning to look ratty! This will make everything else I've done look even better!
Enough for now, it's hard to think and type as they're mowing under my window now.
Yesterday I did 6 loads of laundry. It's amazing how much had piled up as I hadn't done any since the week before Mother died. I got all of the clothes washed, folded and put away along with some towels, pillow cases and dish towels. There is still a big pile of winter bedding that must be addressed at some point, but it sure does feel better getting the stuff done that I did! I was so suprised that the majority of the clothes were winter things!
I've spent most of my time and energy in the yard...the patio area inside the fence to be more exact. It is really looking good and it feels so good to go out there! My first iris of the year opened Monday. It's an unusual color, a deep wine with a gold throat, beautiful! Two or three more are almost ready to open!
The dogs just went crazy with their barking and it took me a bit to get them in. I just found out what it was about...my yard cutting guy is mowing and his aide is weed eating. Thank goodness! It's almost knee-high in spots in the back yard and was really beginning to look ratty! This will make everything else I've done look even better!
Enough for now, it's hard to think and type as they're mowing under my window now.
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
What happened to Spring?
Wow, we went from almost Spring to SUMMER! Yesterday the temperature actually got up to 89 degrees! Of course, the nights are still in the 50s and we have a front moving in tomorrow (I think that's what they said) and we should be back to the 70s for daytime highs. That will be nice, I mean, my heavens, it's only early April!!!!!
I came home from Tallahassee Sunday with the trunk and back seat of the car stuffed to the brim with things from Mother's closet. At first when my sister and I were loading everything I didn't think much about it, but then it hit me that Wag the Dog doesn't open until Thursday and both Shirley and Jazzy have an appointment for grooming on Wednesday. There wasn't room to stuff a match book in the car much less two dogs! I called the Humane Society first thing yesterday morning and got no answer, so I called my vet's office. Told them my delima and they said to just bring everything there and leave it and they'd have Wag the Dog pick it up. Nice, huh? Well, when I got there the receptionist told me I was in luck, the Wag the Dog folks were there picking up their dog! I talked with them and met them at the shop and unloaded everything! What a relief! There will be lots more as we've not finished with either of Mother's closets and haven't touched the kitchen or garage!
I took advantage of an empty car and went to the hardware store and got 5 2-cubic ft bags of natural cypress mulch, would have gotten more, but they didn't have it. They should have some in Thursday and I'll get more. You know these past 2 years with Mother caused both my sister and me to ignore so much of our own stuff. Managed to get 4 of the bags spread before the heat became too much, I'd like to get the last one out this morning before it gets too hot.
Oh, you should see my hair...you know how I tend to do stuff to it when I'm stressed, well, the night before Mother died I cut it quite drastically, actually I cut it three different times that night. Then this past week I bleached it pretty good. Now it's quite short and a really odd color, sorta a light red or gold or something. I meant to get some dye yesterday while I was out, but forgot, so maybe I'll remember when I drop the dogs off tomorrow. I only think about it when I catch sight of it in a mirror and I really try not to look in one of those things very often! I think one of the blessing of aging is the eye sight dims a bit and unless you look in a mirror with your glasses on or in a magnifying one (shame on whoever invented those!) you can't really see the results of the years.
My house is a mess. Not only have I not cleaned it much in a while, but there are all of these bags of stuff from Mother's house everywhere. You can see the problem I'm sure, I can't do much cleaning with all the stuff around and I can't do anything with all of the stuff until we finish up. My sister and I plan to have yard sales both here and at her house. I guess we'll donate what doesn't sell as neither of us want more stuff, in fact, we're planning on putting lots of our own things in the sales, too. I hope to sew up the sofa one last time and put it out to sell along with my chair and the other dog chewed easy chair in the living room.
I do know that this will all get sorted out and fixed in time, it's just that I'd like it finished NOW! The only two places here at home that I can go that are clean and ordered are the kitchen and the back patio...well, my bathroom, too (I try not to go in there too often as there's a really big mirror!). It'll be nice to reclaim the house!
I came home from Tallahassee Sunday with the trunk and back seat of the car stuffed to the brim with things from Mother's closet. At first when my sister and I were loading everything I didn't think much about it, but then it hit me that Wag the Dog doesn't open until Thursday and both Shirley and Jazzy have an appointment for grooming on Wednesday. There wasn't room to stuff a match book in the car much less two dogs! I called the Humane Society first thing yesterday morning and got no answer, so I called my vet's office. Told them my delima and they said to just bring everything there and leave it and they'd have Wag the Dog pick it up. Nice, huh? Well, when I got there the receptionist told me I was in luck, the Wag the Dog folks were there picking up their dog! I talked with them and met them at the shop and unloaded everything! What a relief! There will be lots more as we've not finished with either of Mother's closets and haven't touched the kitchen or garage!
I took advantage of an empty car and went to the hardware store and got 5 2-cubic ft bags of natural cypress mulch, would have gotten more, but they didn't have it. They should have some in Thursday and I'll get more. You know these past 2 years with Mother caused both my sister and me to ignore so much of our own stuff. Managed to get 4 of the bags spread before the heat became too much, I'd like to get the last one out this morning before it gets too hot.
Oh, you should see my hair...you know how I tend to do stuff to it when I'm stressed, well, the night before Mother died I cut it quite drastically, actually I cut it three different times that night. Then this past week I bleached it pretty good. Now it's quite short and a really odd color, sorta a light red or gold or something. I meant to get some dye yesterday while I was out, but forgot, so maybe I'll remember when I drop the dogs off tomorrow. I only think about it when I catch sight of it in a mirror and I really try not to look in one of those things very often! I think one of the blessing of aging is the eye sight dims a bit and unless you look in a mirror with your glasses on or in a magnifying one (shame on whoever invented those!) you can't really see the results of the years.
My house is a mess. Not only have I not cleaned it much in a while, but there are all of these bags of stuff from Mother's house everywhere. You can see the problem I'm sure, I can't do much cleaning with all the stuff around and I can't do anything with all of the stuff until we finish up. My sister and I plan to have yard sales both here and at her house. I guess we'll donate what doesn't sell as neither of us want more stuff, in fact, we're planning on putting lots of our own things in the sales, too. I hope to sew up the sofa one last time and put it out to sell along with my chair and the other dog chewed easy chair in the living room.
I do know that this will all get sorted out and fixed in time, it's just that I'd like it finished NOW! The only two places here at home that I can go that are clean and ordered are the kitchen and the back patio...well, my bathroom, too (I try not to go in there too often as there's a really big mirror!). It'll be nice to reclaim the house!
Sunday, April 04, 2010
It's Easter
We buried Mother a week ago today. Even typing that doesn't seem real. My sister and I have spent countless hours going through her things and find that very depressing. Going through 84+ years of someone's personal stuff is just awful! It seems that she saved everything...every scrap of paper, every letter, every Christmas card, etc. We've not made great headway, but know we'll finish at some point. We plan to give most of her clothing to Wag The Dog. This is our local Humane Society's thrift shop. They should bring in some good money for them. The silver and crystal we hope to sell along with her jewelery. Mother left everything to our stepfather (the house and the place in the mountains), so if we are to realize anything it will be from the crystal, silver and jewelery. With the economy in the state it's in I don't know if there's much of a market for that sort of stuff or not. Neither of us want any of it.
Spring is just beartiful this year. Everything is now in full bloom and is breath-taking. I spent 7 hours yesterday putting out some colorful annuals and that felt good. All of the rain we had earlier this year really brought out the weeds, some totally unfamiliar ones, too!
I want to build some raised beds for vegetables, not sure how to go about it though. Wish I had someone to help.
Spring is just beartiful this year. Everything is now in full bloom and is breath-taking. I spent 7 hours yesterday putting out some colorful annuals and that felt good. All of the rain we had earlier this year really brought out the weeds, some totally unfamiliar ones, too!
I want to build some raised beds for vegetables, not sure how to go about it though. Wish I had someone to help.
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