Becca_Anne

Annarchy such a sad day when things like that break hope your new fixture works out well. Littlesister good luck with your weeding! I hope your garden thrives. Mine is just going to have to fend for itself while I'm away at least it's mulched and getting watered. Ambergris so glad you found your wallet! MtRider sorry your mom had a hospital visit. Hope the new BP med continues to work well for her. A beaver would be entertaining as long as it builds away from anything that you want flowing like you say hope it stays away from your driveway culvert! Jeepers so glad your son was able to come help. Sounds like you got a lot done! And YAY on the insurance company coming through I hope the work can all get done quickly for you so you can get it all taken care of and finish your move. We have an induction date of Monday evening, so an end in sight and we had a lovely afternoon visiting with Daughter. Took them out for Thai food and then for a walk in the park. I am hoping the spicy food does the trick Then brought DS back to the hotel and he swam in the pool while I rested it was a great day

I thought it would be fun to share with each other and I'll be posting from time to time with some icebreakers to encourage us to share some fun things to get to know each other better. Copy and paste your answers below! Today's game- What is your Favorite? Favorite Color: Cobalt Blue Favorite Season: Autumn I love the colorful leaves and crisp air Favorite Drink: Coffee Favorite Food: This one is hard for me but I'd have to say Tom Yum Ga soup! I could live on the stuff Favorite Book: The Harry Potter Series. Just great storytelling, character development and pure fun Favorite Movie: Sense and Sensibility Favorite Tool: A shovel because I can plant in my garden Favorite Pet: My dog Ruby but my chicks are coming in a close 2nd. Having a lot of fun with them. Favorite Camping Spot: Brookings Oregon there is a campground right by the beach that is wonderful and within walking distance to the ocean. Favorite Place to take a Vacation: Anywhere there is a beach Favorite Garden Seeds/Plants: Tomatoes! I planted at least 7 varieties this year - San Maritzano, Dr Wychee, Purple Cherokee, Heirloom Rainbow, Red Cherry Tomatoes, Yellow Pear Tomatoes, and Beefsteak, and Mortgage Lifters and probably a few others. I gave away over 30 plants too that I didn't have room for this year. Favorite Comfort item: my Puppy Ruby she is a snuggle bug. Share whatever you feel comfortable with and remember none of these things should ever be part of your passwords

Thanks for the prayers everyone! Daughter had her Dr Apt today and baby looked good on the monitor and some changes from the last visit so her Dr is happy but did schedule her for induction on Monday so won't be much longer either way. My husband's dad's birthday is on Sunday so unless baby comes before midnight he'll hold to the tradition of being on or next to another family birthday. I only have one kid that didn't do that LOL. I figure baby wanted a June birthday as the last week of May was so crowded. Littlesister glad you have a plan for the rabbits won't be much left of your garden otherwise! I am going to have to fence in mine too but that will have to be next year. Ambergris glad you got your printer working!

Mt Rider I took so long to write my post you posted while I was typing Hope your pup handles the boarding ok. And your hubby's surgery goes well. We are in Oregon but will be also going up to WA to visit DH's family afterwards on the way home.

Jeepers glad your son can come and help and good idea to have them stay at the hotel. I hope you get a lot done! We did laundry today and I had my husband take my son to the family fun center to climb on the indoor playground and play video games and get some activity while I worked. He got all his schoolwork done before they did that so I figured it was good for them to get out of the hotel for a bit. Then we went to see my daughter and took Mexican food over for dinner. She has a Dr apt tomorrow so hopefully we will see some progress. She said they don't let them go much past 41 weeks so likely would be induced by June 6th so we will see. I am hoping baby comes over the weekend so I can help and not have to scramble to reschedule work stuff (which I of course can do but easier if not needed)

No baby yet but we all know due dates are just an estimate and could even be another week.... so I'm distracting myself with work and I went out to dinner with a friend which is lovely. We always have a good time and feels like no time at all since I saw her in December when I came to visit. We went to nursing school together and she was at Ben's birth a very good and dear friend so that was lovely to catch up. Jeepers that wrap looks like it will do a great job of keeping the doors shut but I can see why it's challenging. Maybe put a section down on the floor and wrap under and over the top? Would have to move it over to cover but that would enclose the bottom. I am hopeless with clingwrap in general so I don't know I would have been able to do that by myself. Miki so sorry your DH doesn't have that as an option hope the surgery goes well with whatever they can use to numb him up. Midnightmom that makes sense wouldn't want everyone to come at once. We can only buy 1 yr at a time in IL and it's expensive I paid $150 for my tags

No baby yet and I'm not bugging my poor daughter for an update tonight. I figure it's like a watched pot I'm sure everyone is checking in on her too much. She was 5 days late when she was born so baby seems to be taking after her and taking his sweet time so I'll have to be patient Jeepers glad you got a lot done! Seems like car stuff is never ending. When I get back I need to go to the Toyota dealership and get my air bag recall taken care of. Meant to do that before my move but keep forgetting. DH replaced his tires right before we drove out here and whoowee they are pricy now! Twice what I expected to pay. I am starting to save up now for mine so it's not terrible when it's time to do mine. I don't drive much so my next set should last me a looong time. I wish our state would let us pay our tags ahead but they renew annually.

Best wishes for a smooth surgery MtRider! And hope that electricity issue is sorted out soon. Miki love chives! I need to plant some in my garden! Back to work today for me long weekend was lovely though! No baby yet. She's going to call the Dr today and see if they can get her in for a cervical check nervous about waiting too long at home I think. I'm going to try to get everything done this morning I have to accomplish for work this week so I can relax and just do the "nice to get done" stuff the rest of the week.

No baby yet. She's in prodromal labor right now, sporadic contractions but only 8-10 min apart for the last few days but they stop and start so not quite really true labor yet. It's all good signs that it won't be too long though. I am just glad she got some rest last night so she can go into this without being exhausted. Today would have been my grandmother's birthday so I was kind of rooting for today but I think tomorrow at the earliest now since it hasn't really picked up yet. I am trying to be patient

We made it safely and so far no baby yet but will be soon. She has definitely dropped and is at 2 cm as of her Dr apt on Thurs. Her Dr thought she would likely deliver in the next week so now we are just anxiously awaiting the call to head to the hospital. It was so fabulous to see her and feel baby move. We are settling into the motel and just relaxing this long weekend. So much going on for all of you! Life is a lot sometimes. Littlesister so glad GS left without a lot of drama and I hope that he decides to give up the pot for real. Sometimes consequences are the only way we learn. I hope he lands on his feet. Miki- Glad Peanut is ok. Bee stings hurt and sounds like he had quite a reaction so hopefully no more happen for him. Jeepers- glad you made it home safe. I've missed an exit a time or two myself but frustrating when it adds so much time to the journey. I hope in the end you get all your furniture sorted just the way you like it. It's been a long haul for you in more than one way! And hope you can find some help to get those larger items out of your way so you can sort the rest. That is a lot to process. Try to take it in bite sized pieces so you don't wear yourself our or hurt yourself. Ambergris -hope the last part of your move goes smoothly and you love the new place! and hope escape artist kitty stays contained. Annarchy- so sorry about your MIL roof what an ordeal! Midnightmom I'm sorry you are having issues keeping your plants. That makes me sad. Maybe indoor grow lights and an indoor garden area? Sigh. Or find someone who will rent you a spot to put your plants and let you keep them there? Will they let you at least have flowers? ((((MtRider)))) I know what you mean. I treasure my connections here as I have been at Mrs S since 1999 and these kinds of longer term friendships are not easy to come by. Having people around who really care to listen and be there for you in good times and bad is priceless.

The passing of a true icon she was one of a kind and will be missed!

((((Littlesister))) Hope that GS leaves without too much more drama. You deserve to have peace in your home. Midnightmom so sorry you had that experience with your son and hope that he has found more peace in his life now that he has gotten help. I can only imagine how difficult that would be on you. Hugs. We made it all the way to Lakeview Oregon tonight. So far the trip has gone smoothly. I've been able to work most of the way, in the hotel after we get there and so haven't had to take off any PTO. Today had limited connectivity driving through NV but worked 3 hrs before we drove and then 2 more at the hotel and had enough internet part of the way that it worked out. Will drive only 3 more hrs tomorrow. Daughter had her Dr apt today and is 2 cm dilated already. Hope baby stays put until we arrive!

Sounds like you made great progress today Littlesister! Glad you GS pitched in. Midnightmom did I miss something is someone you know/care about joining the Coast Guard? I spent today wrapping up loose ends for our trip. Got everything done just have to put the suitcases in the car and hit the road early! I am fairly exhausted so will go to bed early. Planted 3 rosebushes, watered the garden, bought more chick feed and a new bigger waterer. This one doesn't seem to leak which is good. Went and did a huge grocery shopping so the kids will have food while we are gone. Trimmed the mulberry tree so it's not hanging over the sidewalk. And packed all the bags, and put the food we are taking on the road, the microwave and instapot in the car.

Thank you Littlesister! I'm so sorry it's come to thiswith your GS and I hope he learns. I have heard the Carolinas are beautiful I'm sure that they will be happy wherever they end up. Today is laundry, packing and mulching the garden. The foundation people came and fixed their mess so that is a relief. Now no one will trip on the driveway

Kappy hope that your insurance co gives them heck if they try to bill for that. When the surgery was cancelled any follow up appointments should have been cancelled by them automatically. I'm busy as a bee this weekend getting ready for my road trip. Foundation people are here today fixing their shoddy work from when they installed the system (they didn't bury the pipe deep enough so the brick was dangerously raised in my driveway making a tripping hazard). Only took them 3 tries to get here and thankful that the person I talked to twisted enough arms to get someone here on a Saturday. I think she sensed how big a stink I was going to need to make if it didn't happen before I left for my trip since I had scheduled this months ago and they no showed on me twice and the 2nd time they didn't even call me I had to call them to find out why no one showed up. Since they are a big name company I'm sure they didn't want me plastering photos of their work all over social media if they didn't fix it. For over $20k in foundation work I expect safe and the product to stay on the walls (it's also peeling in some places). So they come once a year and if it's not holding up next year I'm going to ask for some to be refunded as it's not supposed to do that. Anyways doing lots of laundry and packing today. Putting together a "kitchen" to take with me - small cutting board, paring knife, dish brush, silverware, pot scrubber, instapot, small microwave, coffee pot and mug, paper plates and bowls, ladle and spatula. I'm going to "cook" in the instapot mostly. We're staying at a Motel 6 so no kitchenette so since we are driving and going to be on the road for 6 wks I'm bringing it all with me. Not going to spend the $ on eating out very much while we are gone. Going to get a cooler and fill with ice and go to the grocery store to buy what we need every day or so. The grocery store is right by the motel so it won't be much trouble. Getting excited about seeing my daughter She's due in 8 days! We leave on Monday to drive out there. Going to take it slow unless baby arrives early. I have mapped out our route. Will take more time on the way back to sightsee. Also going to get some straw today and mulch the garden well before I go. My son who is staying here will water it for me but he's never had a garden he was responsible for so want to make it easier for him with less weeding. He's also watching our dog and the chickens. I am really thankful for him as I would have had to have hired someone to come in daily without him!

Jeepers glad you like the shelves. I need to get a few more myself but first will put the ones I have together and re-assess what I need. Have a great trip! Littlesister glad you had a nice visit with your friends Kappy that's such great news about your eye! Sounds like you have found a keeper in your new eye Dr. Ambergris hope the lawn repair works out smoothly. Small areas tend to patch pretty fast Mt Rider so glad you got good news on your MS! I moved my little chicks out to their big girl coop in the carriage house. We wrapped the inside walls of the "stall" they are in with hardware cloth and set them up with bedding on the concrete floor and they have figured out how to roost on the bars inside the coop. This is temporary until we get the fence up then I'll make them a run and cut a hole in the side of the carriage house to put an automatic door to let them out into the run. This way they have extra "insulation" from the wind and snow in the winter with a covered dry area and will have access to the outside when I want to let them out. In bad weather they can just stay "inside" and also extra protection from predators getting in. Since we don't have any fencing up yet this gets them out of my bathroom and in a safe place until we get their permanent run set up. So far so good I think they like the extra space so far. Garden is looking good. Getting things together for heading out on our big trip next week.

Wishing you a very Happy and special Birthday!

Hope your Birthday tomorrow is wonderful!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Kappy hope you can catch those coons. We had a family take up residence once in our crawlspace. Used a one way door to get them out and sealed the vent covers with metal vents so they couldn't get back in. They had pulled out all the insulation it was a big mess. Have a safe trip Jeepers! Hope the ins co does the right thing Littlesister hope you can get all the bunnies. It's that time of year for sure! I need to fence my garden too to keep the crittters out but that may have to wait until we get back. Ambergris I hope you enjoyed your fish and chips. That's one of my favorite meals. Miki so sorry about the termites hope you caught them early before too much damage. We were woken up this morning by a call from the police officer we talked to the other day giving us an update. It seems that my terrible neighbor abandoned their dog and moved to another town just up and left after the incident on the 30th! We hadn't seen them just this other person who had been at the house and thought he might be dog sitting for them while they hid out somewhere who we hadn't seen since Saturday but I guess the family actually completely left! Probably afraid they would get their kids taken away as the officer said the condition inside the house was really bad and they are condemning the house on Monday He said once that happens it may be possible for us to buy the lot from the city and we would have to help pay for tear down costs but the city also covers some of that cost so we will see what happens. This is for sure an answer to my prayers. And so nice of him to call us to let us know So we will hold off on the huge privacy fence between the lots but get started on the plan for the fence anyways as we do want to have one eventually. May not have to do it so fast though and no worries now about the boundary as it's clearly known now and no more scary dog (they rescued it off the porch roof).

Thank you Miki! Mt Rider you are making great progress keep sorting! Feel better Littlesister! Ambergris you have scored some great deals. I had a productive day. Cameras got installed and I have a full view of the alley side plus my whole backyard. Doorbell camera catches most of the street so we can see people if they approach in almost any direction now. Not 100% but the side that isn't as covered is the main road with good lighting less likely to be an issue on that end and my troublemaker neighbor's house is fully visible so if he went on the sidewalk towards that direction I'd still see him. It cost me an arm and a leg but worth it. Then the code lady came to mark the boundary. It's right where we thought it was, just 4 ft from their house. We put the marker 2 feet off the property line she said we were ok to put it there even if he didn't agree, so we will be able to put up the fence and maintain it still on our property and also not go right through a big tree. DH went and bought T-Posts and rolled wire "cattle panel" style for temporary fencing. She said we were ok to put up a temporary fence while we get the permanent one put up. DH will put that up this weekend just waiting on the signs we ordered and the tool to attach the wire to get here on Saturday. They still haven't come back so hopefully they won't until after it's up. The other two sides I'm going to use the temporary poultry netting type fencing just to close off the backyard. I have 50 ft x 2 so it won't reach the whole way but should be an adequate barrier to keep the neighbor from driving on my yard. We are putting up a sign on the fence that has the number of the code enforcement lady on it and that we got a permit and also that the backyard is now covered by video surveillance so fair warning and hope for the best that they don't try to tear it down, but if they do we will have it on tape! Annoying i had to spend $1500 on the cameras, install and fencing. But I will re-purpose the t-posts and wire in the garden for trellising once the permanent fence goes in so it will all be good. Just a lot of stress to deal with before we leave for a month but I'll feel better knowing its more secure. I planted some basil today and some zinnias and marigolds. Some of the extra plant starts I put by the road got adopted so I felt better about that. My garden is going to be all weeds when I get back though it's already trying to grow grass. If I have time and energy I'll try to put cardboard and mulch down before I go. So much to do and still working full time so by the end of the day I'm already tired. I have some more pumpkin?or squash or zucchini to plant not sure my labeling got away from me. It's a chaotic surprise garden at this point the sun already destroyed the writing on half my markers...I'm kind of laughing at myself because I had such grand plans for this year's garden and it's going to be a mess but hoping I get something from it for my trouble.

Kappy so sorry you were mishandled. It's ok to say no to medical students and say you're sorry but you only want to see the Dr. I hope your new one works out for you. Littlesister you can get shingles at any time after you have had chicken pox unfortunately. My son had a case at 16! I am glad I got my shingles shots I really don't want to deal with that. They say stress can make it more likely to get a case of them and I have had more than my fair share of that! Jeepers it is a great idea to get out of the hotel now and then. I hope you don't have to call it home much longer. Tomorrow our security cameras get installed. I will feel much better with them there. DH got the fencing permit filed so now we just wait for approval which they said could take about a week. Getting new tires for our SUV before we drive in 12 days to Oregon! It's starting to feel more real that my baby is having a baby in less than 3 weeks!

Very odd behavior Annarchy! Hopefully she is just an odd duck and not casing the place. Everyone is super busy! I got the air conditioner in the Master Bedroom put in, it's in the 80's this week so that will let us cool it down before we go to bed. Will open windows too but since heat rises it's been super hot here and I have been sweating too much to sleep well. I got my zucchini and squash and some fancy pumpkins planted. Super excited to see how they turn out. I am taking a leap of faith some of it will survive with my absence for a month! We leave in about 2 wks and I am getting excited an nervous to get there.

Great shirts If I wore shirts with words on them some of these would be perfect. Today I planted peppers in the garden then got a bunch of stuff done inside when the storm blew through. Much cooler now. I have 2 weeks before my trip to Oregon so lots to get done before we leave. Got the air conditioners down from the attic and will start putting them into the windows. Moved a rug and one of the fridges downstairs for my friend to use when she moves in. Finished hanging a painting I've been meaning to put up. Got my seeds organized for later in the season in 2 small plastic shoeboxes. They are the perfect size for that the seed packets are just the right height to fit in on their sides. One for the things I've already planted, and one for the things I'm planting when I get back. I am getting excited about my garden. I can't harvest them this year but my asparagus bed put up some shoots already!

Kappy hope the next phase of the eye treatmenet is successful. Euphrasyne great haul from the garage sales! Jeepers really frustrated for you and hope that the insurance company does pay you what you are owed for your settlement. Mother it is amazing how many scammers there are out there. I'm glad someone has figured out how to beat them at their own game I thankfully haven't had as much of a problem lately but then again I almost never answer my phone unless I'm already expecting a call. I got my tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkin and watermelon planted today. I still have more plants for tomorrow - hoping to get all my peppers in the ground and some more pumpkins and watermelon. I have some interesting varieties I started that I want to grow. Also putting in bush beans from seed tomorrow. Then sit back and see what thrives. I got a good variety of plants started so different kinds of tomatoes. I think I planted 10 tomato plants. I am putting out starts in a box for free to give away this week as I have too many after I offer them to local friends online.