SPRING!

I woke up this morning and found Jackie on the riding lawn mower - "Hey, Barbie! I feel productive today!"  Awesome!  I strapped on my Docs, wide brimmed leather hat and grabbed the weed whacker and started on the pavers and then the edges of the neglected garden beds.  After getting the worst of the weeds/grass down I grabbed the tree saw and took down three limbs that were striving for our electrical lines.

Okay, I'm done at that point!  Jackie did both yards, the side yard and then took the small mower and did up close to the house on the 3 sides.

Then we went and got the trash bin up (and hauled Frank's up for him as usual - It's not easy for him to haul that thing up with his electric wheelchair).

Aching a bit and realizing that I'm not 19 any longer but it looks good out there.  Have the triangle part of the front yard and clearing out the gardens we'll be caught up. 

We've ordered some trees from the Arbor society (and getting a couple free) and I've ordered parsnip, cat grass, sunflower and gourd seeds (will order some flowers after the 3rd).  Now we need to prepare the spots for the trees, hedges and plants.  We're thinking a raised garden bed and do onion, parsnips and potatoes.  I can grow squash and strawberries in containers (we've already got strawberry plants returning in one). 

Now to plan the flowers and herbs. 

Holy cats, we might actually work at the gardening this year other than planting nice looking plants and hoping for the best.

The Crete Myrtle made it through the winter and is big.  Our dwarf plant is taller than I am! Of course the small plants we plant seem to go crazy here, thankfully.

very little housework today and some writing is the plan for the rest of the day.

Round Tuit

The list is never ending, of course.  But did get a few small items crossed off:

wrapped the A/C against the winter (yes, I'm 2 months late)

planted some of the bulbs

straightened up and swept and mopped another section of the living room

cooked breakfast (leftovers for dinner)

work on my WWII research

not much but it chips away at the list

Geek Stuff

Does making a two handed "lightsaber" out of plumbing items make me a geek?

My first attempt:

I spray painted the plastic tubes and such copper - I love copper and haven't seen a lightsaber out of copper except one steampunk style one.

a pop up sink drain, drain extension, rubber bands, copper paint, gaskets

I'm probably going to get a 6" extension tube as interchangeable with the long one. A couple more modifications and I think this will be a decent belt-hanging lightsaber replica.

Winter Holidays

My Hanukkah is in the mail (per Jackie's frustration).  Mine for Jackie is wrapped and next to a small tree. 

I had a good Hanukkah - no drama, depression at levels lower than previous years. Lit candles on all the nights, had fried potatoes and the cats dined by electric candlelight with my electric menorah in the window. LOL

I decided to do a little for Yule/Christmas and put up a fake white tree Jackie had and put her gifts next to it and my new nutcracker, a favorite nutcracker (the Rat King), the Christmas Yeti guy, and Snoopy and Woodstock (both play the Charlie Brown music) and, of course, a turtle.

Now if this stupid sinus infection would ease up, it wouldn't be a bad day.

Continuing Mom's Quilt

I finished the lower straight line in this row on the quilt, the one Mom had done a little on.  My stitches are getting better too.  Maybe we can finish this.

Reboot Reboot - Plan day 1

We went off the plan because of availability of food (i.e. we paid the entire year of property taxes and relied on what we had on hand in the freezer and pantry before we had gone on The Plan).

We went off the plan and we have paid for it. Jackie and I are hurting really badly after 2 week of being off and there's really no physical reason why my pain should be higher other than change of weather/colder temps.  We also had a bit more energy before.

So, we're going back on the Plan.  This morning I had rice for breakfast, lunch will be salad and broccoli soup with salad.  Tonight will be chicken and salad or pollock and salad.

Gotta start feeling better again. These pain levels are really hard to deal with. 

Sleeve Kitty!

Alannah decided the jacket that Jackie had pulled off was a perfect bed and that the sleeve was quite cozy.  She stayed in the sleeve for over an hour and curled up in the jacket for hours.

Grady decided my military satchel is a perfect bed. If he fits, he sleeps, I guess