Littlesister

Midnight mom, I think we could all find a tea shirt in that category. Those are so cute.  I was looking at the baby clothes in there and found a couple of things for the great grandbaby. I ordered those.  

Kappy, I hope your next eye or laser surgery is a success. It's a lot of doctor visits but hopefully will pay off for much better eyesight.  

Euphrasyne, That was a great haul. Good finds. 

Jeepers, I had to read what you said about the insurance twice. I can't believe they never bothered to call you about the guy leaving the company. And all this time you have been waiting to get things done. That was just wrong. But hopefully now things will start moving along. I know you are really anxious to get the job finished and the house sold as quickly as possible. 

Been working in yard for past 3 days.  potatoes are now in and working on planting the blueberry bush and strawberries. Think I found a place to plant the watermelon. Just hope that works out as I have never planted those before. First time for everything. After all that is done, I will see how much room I have to plant more seeds. Then I can rework my herb garden to work better for me. 

Need to do a little shopping in the near future. The baby shower will be down the street from me in August and I need to get my plans together. I have somethings for her but going to see what else I want to do. She has a crib she got free from her best friend as she is expecting also and was given 3 brand new cribs from different family members. 

Was helping GS find an apartment but it is not easy in his price range. But working on it. DD said maybe an in law suite or a room for rent. Nope nothing in that category. He wants to stay in the Suffolk area and there isn't a lot here to work with in his price range of $1200. For that price there should be something somewhere around here.  I am hoping to get him out of bed next Sat. and we going looking at what's out there. The internet isn't always the answer. Sometimes you just have to get out and look for one. Not even anything in the newspaper.  

That really looks good.  

Dee can you teach my GS how not to throw away food. He is the most wasteful kid I ever saw.  Cooks up more than he can eat and instead of putting leftovers in fridge it goes in trash. GS has a lot to learn in the school of hard knocks.

Worked in garden this morning, Got tomatoes, carrots and squash planted. Tomorrow I will finish the planting and get other things in yard done. Going to get the green house in a more permanent place. Then next spring I only need to put the cover on it and it will be ready to use. Putting in permanent tie downs for it.  Moving the wood pile to a better location as well. GS said he will help me with that.  I will see if he can get up before 5pm to help. He's being nice again for now. I think it is a coy to get me to let him stay longer but not going to happen. 

Next week is back to house work and going through more stuff for Goodwill. Maybe do some organizing if I get the chance. 

Annarchy, That looks really great. it is a lot of work but well worth the effort.  

I started my planting today.. Tomatoes in ground, carrots and squash.  Being on an antibiotic again with an ear infection, I really didn't do as much as I wanted, Hoping tomorrow the planting will be done and I can move on to other things. Still have potatoes from last year coming up and more to plant.  Will be fixing up the area where the blueberry bushes are and get that area cleaned up for strawberries for next year. Going to plant them in same area as blueberry bushes.  Here it is the first week of May and I feel like I am way behind on the garden.  But it will get there. This is not the first time I ended up planting some things a bit late and all worked out. After I finish the planting, I am going to move the green house to a more permanent area. Then it will be ready when I am next year.  I cheated on some things this year with all going on. I bought plants for some of the things I usually start from seed.  

Thank you for the suggestions. I am looking at the garden books to see what the options are. 

Happy Birthday Darlene.  May it be a great day.  

Didn't get to work in gardens today.  Went back out hoping it had warmed up a bit and instead it got colder and started raining. Right now the sun is out but some gray clouds. hoping tomorrow will be better.  So just worked around the house today. Got quite a bit done inside today though.  I thought about going out and planting my carrot seeds but to tired now and my ear is very sore. Afraid I might be on the verge of getting an ear infection. Will see what happens tomorrow.

My younger sister got everything. There was no will that could be found. My parents never made one up. Only where they wanted to be buried. My younger sister even caused my mother to lose her house. That one is a long story.  Just wish my mother would have seen through her as she was one evil girl. 

went out early this morning to start working in gardens again and it was just to cold. So came in house to do some things. Will go back out in a couple of hours to work garden. 

Woke up with my ear full of fluid so had to deal with that very early this morning. It is better but I can still feel some fluid way down in there. Hope I'm not getting an ear infection. It was very windy yesterday and that might have something to do with it. Wind blowing in my ears and face. Had to pin my hair up it was so windy. But I got a lot done on the gardens. 

That would be a good idea. I am very familiar with rose hips. I will check to see what else in that line I could find.  I wanted the apple trees to make applesauce and apple jelly.  

Thank you for the suggestions Ambergris and Mother.

The pomegranate bush at the corner of the garden shed is very thorny and I keep forgetting to wear my garden gloves when picking the fruit or trimming. So I do get stuck before I remember to get my gloves and put them on. 

Thank you Mother and Ambergris for the suggestions.  On one side of my garden shed is where I have the blueberry bushes. I might be able to get a couple of trees in that area but wondering if it would eventually put to much shade over the blueberries. I also have a pomegranate  bush at the front corner of shed on that side next to where the blueberry bushes are.  I have a shed on each end of the yard. One at end of driveway and the garden shed is on other end of yard with the big garden in between them. 

Where the garden shed is, it can be seen from the street. So anything I plant near there would be seen from the street. I live on  a corner lot and that makes it hard to hide things. The large garden and the one in back of house under my bedroom windows are somewhat hidden. But nowhere else to hide anything that would not be seen from street in front of house nor on the garage side of house. I know I need a privacy fence of some sort but just can't do that right now. 

I know what you mean Jeepers, I think it is in all families. it is why I have a trust instead of a will.  I already know what each of my grandchildren want as well as my DD. In the trust is a list of each item that each child wants. So no bickering, or anything. Each child will get what they want and as for the rest they can sell it, throw it out, or divide it between them. It will all be taken care of through the trust lawyer.  All of my uncles and aunts are gone now and I only have a few cousins left now. All are up in age now also. It is ashame that families have to act like the way they do when a family member passes as it leaves hard feelings for a long, long time. Just not worth it to me.

Euphrasyne, So sorry about your uncle.  And yes I have been there with my little sister. She started stealing from my mother before she passed away.  Then after she passed and with my older sister who passed in 1999 and lived with my mother. Yes little sister didn't care that older sister was still alive and for that reason she had no business taking from the house anything she wanted without asking. She took everything, but was worth it to not have the drama. My younger sister was very greedy. She learned at a very young age take what you want. I even had to give her my Christmas presents each year if it was something she wanted. But was worth it to not see or hear from her any longer. 

I am working on getting some fruit trees. Maybe Apple, peach and not sure what else yet. The way my backyard is I was thinking maybe planting trees in front yard.  Does anyone think that could be an issue in a SHTF situation or maybe just neighbors coming by and taking the fruit. I don't mind sharing but I don't want another situation like with the neighbor that used to live behind us and took all our pecans while we were at work. The whole family was there with kids in tree shaking it and parents picking them all up. They cleaned out that tree out. Any suggestions would be helpful.

I have used tin pie plates to keep the birds from putting nests' up at my porch lights. That worked. Might work for tomato plants as well. I plan on trying that this year. I tie them to the cages. I don't know what makes it work but worked at the porch lights. No more nest. 

Seeing this for first time. This is a great idea. Might be giving this a try.  Need to check on how many pots I have as I have some bigger ones I want to bury 3/4 down in ground for herbs that like to take over. Easy way to keep them under control.

Ambergris, I'm glad all is ok now. And you were able to go back home. Hope PM is doing ok as well. 

Jeepers, everything here is shrinking. The Wendy's frosty's and the Dairy Queen are smaller now. But the price sure didn't shrink. 

Got the garden in, and the marigolds planted. But saw where we are going to have a couple of 42* nights. So going to wait a bit on the tomatoes. Still have to plant the watermelon plants but not sure where yet. Working on a place. Got just over half of the flower bed on back of house cleaned out. So hopefully tomorrow I can finish up. Stopped a little earlier than I usually do. Just tired and was starting to get really sore, so figured I better quit while I was ahead. It has been really windy today so that might be why I was able to get in garden after last night's rain. It wasn't the hard rain we did have for 2 day. 

GS still not talking to me and he won't talk to his mother either. Don't know what is up with that. He called his mother and told her I am making him move by end of this month. Still not looking for an apartment. I ask DD if he told her why I am making him move and she said no. So told her about going through my bedroom dressers, and such looking for his rent money. And punching a hole in the closet door. She said he would have been out of her house that night. I thought about just waiting till 1st of July because of just getting this job but I'm not so sure I will do that now. Never said he was sorry for what he did and won't take responsibility for his actions.  I have told him many times actions have consequences. He just doesn't seem to get it or just doesn't care. His whole life is sleeping, eating and playing video games. He does nothing else.  Woke me up around 3 am this morning going up and down hall talking to his internet friend and being very loud. I got up and told him to tone it down. He wouldn't do it but ended up sitting in his car to finish talking with his friend. I think he got the idea that he could be kicked out before end of May. I worry that he will never change his ways and start doing what's right. I really hate kicking him out but it is the only way he will ever learn. 

Been working in the gardens all morning. Came in for a break and to get my seeds to plant. There was more rain last night and ground is muddy but just dry enough that I can now get into it to plant.. Later will come in and start on another room to deep clean. I should sleep good tonight or be so tired I can't sleep.

Mt. Rider I hope you don't have any squirrels in attic or getting in walls. They will eat through the electrical cords. I know several people here that has had that issue. Had to call someone out to get the squirrels out and find where they got in. They love cedar shank roofs.  Hope you can get it figured out soon. 

Just finished working on the den. Making a few changes and dusting and mopping floors as well. Had to change filters on vacuum as well. I forgot the construction workers got hold of it and was vacuuming things that they should have been using their shop vac for. I had forgotten about that and had to clean it and change filters before I could use it. I didn't realize the wood stove could create so much dust. But all clean now. I will know now that next winter I will need to keep on top of that.

Got Den cleaned up and furniture vacuumed. Moved some furniture around now that I won't be using the wood stove for the summer. Hoping to find new den furniture that will work in there after GS moves out. Thinking couch and 2 swivel rockers. With those I won't have to move furniture when I start using the stove again next winter. Right now I have the living room furniture in den. Loveseat and couch. So have to move the loveseat to the other side of den when using the wood stove.  GS is at work so I can get so much more done right now. Tomorrow I will spend most of day working on garden. Pulled out the seeds I want to get planted so I am ready to go.  Only one more flower bed in back of house to get cleaned out but will do that after I plant the bigger garden and the one on side of house. Then need to plant the marigolds along the the front yard flower bed for a border. I have 40 of those so hoping it will be enough.   

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIDNIGHTMOM  Have a wonderful day.

Garden beds needed a day to dry out. The hard rain past 2 days made it to muddy to get in there yet. I have 2 new baby rabbits now. So working on blocking them from the garden. I hope the rabbit repellent liquid fence works. Going to try that till I can get the fence set up. Got the wood stove cleaned out and glass cleaned. Don't think I will be using it now until next winter. Then started dusting and cleaning the den. For the first time since GS moved here, I did not have to get up and clean kitchen first thing. GS cleaned his mess up last night. That was a first and I am thankful for that. But I know what is coming as it gets closer to end of May. He's hoping I will change my mind and let him stay. Still not talking much to me but that's ok also. 

Made deviled eggs this morning. Wanted to use up the older eggs that was in fridge. Tomorrow, no rain so will be working garden all day. 

Right now I have 2 books I am reading. Final Battle by David Horowitz and Chaos in the blink of an eye. by Patrick Higgins. Almost done reading chaos in the Blink of an eye and just started final Battle to see what it was about. 

Becca Anne, I am so glad Ben is loving the 4H club. That is a wonderful club and the kids learn so much. 

Thank you for the info on gardening. It looks like a really good one. It might be for children but I to might benefit from it. It looks really interesting. 

Mother, you are so right.  Mrs. S is the best. Lots of great Ideas from everyone. 

We are having thunderstorms now with hard rain. I really hope I can get garden in tomorrow afternoon. I have plants I just bought the other day I want to get in the ground.  And then get my seeds planted. Seems it's always something that is keeping me from getting what needs to be done out of the way. But it will get done and hopefully soon. first strep throat and now rain. What can I say. It's frustrating but is what it is. 

I really hope this rain stops soon. I really want to work in garden and get it going. May is about here now and It's time to plant. Rain Rain go away, come back again another day. 

Well, never got to finish cleaning up the den. But tomorrow morning while waiting for garden area to dry up enough to be able to work out there, I will finish cleaning up the den. I am doing a deep clean. Much needed from using the wood stove all winter. It does create dust but dust well worth it for the warmth of the stove. I really enjoyed sitting by that stove all nice and warm reading a book. My bedroom is all clean and sheets now washed. So one room down, then den and then after that the dining room again. Table is piled up again. How does that keep happening. I have 5 cases of canning jars sitting on it for one things and dish towels I haven't put away yet from washing towels the other day.  I used to be able to keep up with all this housework but not for a long while now. 

Jeepers, I pray your sciatic nerve starts getting much better very soon. 

Becca Anne, glad the weather is holding out for you and you have really made progress with getting your garden in. Hopefully mine will be in tomorrow afternoon pending weather. Though I don't think we are having rain tomorrow. 

If I had a housekeeper, she would run when she sees GS's room. I have never seen such a mess in my life. But he is washing clothes, cleaned his bathroom and emptied clean dishes out of dishwasher all without me asking him to. Guilt trip over the closet door maybe. But at least he did it. He can do what he should he just chooses not to.