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I Hate New Things!

Yesterday, while out buying the steppingstones, we decided, on a whim to pull into the Verizon store and upgrade our phones. It is supposed to be free. Well, the new phone is free, but there are all these other charges to deal with and transferring the stuff on the phone. Long story short, we did not complete the transaction yesterday and the man who likes to run errands was all about racing back over there today for what was supposed to be 10 minutes. We all know that old folks such as myself, hate new things. I chose NOT to go and savored my alone time. Maybe I savored it a little too much. I traipsed up the driveway to check on the zinnia I recently transplanted and ponder life. I am adept at multi-tasking, so I decided to lay some paver while pondering. Yes, my back and shoulder are still bothering me, but those steppingstones were not going to lay themselves. We only got 20 yesterday, so I thought I could get those down, since the man with the new phones was going to purchase the ...
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Random Thoughts

  I knew when I stumbled out of bed this morning that I was not in for a good day. Rain came down in a steady stream as I looked out my window. Lord knows we don't need rain. But there is nothing to do about it but try to look on the bright side. My dogs are no strangers to pee pads and are willing to relieve themselves on one. I bought them for trips but then bought more to handle bad weather. I like to rinse them with copious amounts of water before putting them in my washer. I add a half cup of vinegar to the wash and that keeps them smelling fresh. Yes, I have sniffed them. So, the good thing about the rain is that I currently have four of them draped over the fence and they will get an extra rinse. Then I thought and thought and realized that was the only bright side I could come up with. I sat with my cooling coffee, staring at a wad of dog hair scuttling along like a tumbleweed on the floor. I just cleaned yesterday and even mopped. The mopping made my shoulder scream. I hav...
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Mulch, Teeth and Steppingstones

  Today is the big day! I will be glued to the dentist chair for an hour while they make a mold of my mouth and then, ultimately my new tooth. I am excited. I won't have the tooth installed today, but I am one step closer to eating popcorn! Why is it that you always want what you can't have. I don't even like popcorn that much, but since I don't have the ability to chomp it up, I want it like nothing I have ever wanted before! This upper garden is trying to kill me! Just when I think I can almost see completion, something happens to put me two steps behind the one step I took. I am praying that I will be able to eke out my last bag of mulch to cover the carboard.  I have since changed my mind several times about what will surround the steppingstones. First, I was going to use gravel with no steppingstones but walked on some of the gravel I have on hand and didn't like the way it felt to my feet. Not my bare feet, mind you, but I could tell there would be a balance i...
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Cheapness is Sometimes Not!

  Seems like I work hard one day, then spend two days recovering. I was up at 7 and it was downright chilly. The phone woke me, not that Bo was unhappy at the prospect of getting an early start to the day. It was my dentist office, reminding me that I have an appointment ...... next week.  I opened the doors for the dogs to make their way to a freshly mown yard to take care of business. I stumbled around getting coffee and then sat in silence to drink it and wait for my head to clear and become fully awake. Didn't happen. I may as well have been drinking sleepy time tea. So, I did what any sane person would do and scooped Fat Eddie up in my arms and went back to bed. Back up at 11:30. Still nice and cool and I should be working on my upper garden, but here I sit drinking a second dose of caffeine. I went to bed early last night but did not get to sleep until around 11. Still, I should not be this foggy. But I am getting older every minute. Inactivity conjures up feelings of gu...
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Gardens and Cats

  My gout has gone, but the memory stays! Now my neck is bothering me with arthritis. I am sure digging has nothing to do with it. I seem to be in a race to finish my upper garden. Only two bags of mulch remain.  I spread one today and planted two Crepe Myrtle bushes and another cone flower. This one is orange. I already have white and purple. It is safe to say that there is no particular color scheme. Just lots of color. Yesterday I bought 6 shepherd's hooks that I saw on Marketplace. One is already in place on my little deck with a hummingbird feeder that is visible from the window next to my sewing machine. It is on the high end and hopefully out of reach from the cat population. The cat population continues to grow. A new cat showed up last week. A fluffy grayish one. I am pretty sure it is female. She is not as skinny as Mousy Tongue and I fear she will be adding some babies soon. Hard to tell with all that fur, but her belly is certainly bigger than the other two females...
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The Third Day Is The Worst

  With three good nights of rest, everything is beginning to have a ring of normalcy. Well, for me, anyway. I spent the morning outside doing gardening chores. I managed to make a nice sized pile of willowy limbs after I cleared an area of the garden that is adjacent to the deck in the woods up on the embankment. Raining every day has made things grow. Things like weeds and grass. I did notice that the bean plants that have vined upon the fence have beans! The squash is still blooming and dropping. The tiny watermelon I noted a couple of weeks ago never grew, so I leaned down to take a closer look. It was split on one side and completely hollow! A few seeds lingered and about 4 tiny snails had set up housekeeping. Well, I hope they enjoyed my watermelon! Two remain and I have hopes for them. The man with the aching mouth is a lot better, though he would deny that! The practice we went to for oral surgery is a father/son practice. I had the older of the two work on my mouth and I li...
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Pain Equals No Sleep

  So, if you read my last post, then you know why I have been absent.  The surgery went well yesterday, and the man is sitting in his recliner fully dosed with antibiotics and pain meds. We had a really awful weekend, so sit back while I weave a tale of woe. Keep in mind that the tooth in question broke in mid-July. At first the pain was bearable, and the man was complaining periodically. Mostly at night when everything gets worse if you happen to be ailing. I think it was Thursday when I noted that his neck was swollen. I told him that his turkey waddle resembled a scrotum with only one testicle. I think he may have been offended, but after looking in a mirror, he agreed that my description was on spot. We laughed and life went on. Sort of ...... Friday his neck was bigger, like the other testicle fell into place and the left side of his face was beginning to swell. Even the inside of his mouth was swollen. No fever and he had just completed a round of antibiotics. I called t...
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