I haven’t been surfing through blogs this week in my usual fashion. For those of you I normally visit, know that I’m seeing you on RSS feed but I’m not usually taking time to comment. I’m hoping life gets back to normal next week.
Real Life has been cramping my style. Don’t y’all hate it when that happens? I’ve had actual paying work this week, and I’ve been booking for next fall, so that I will get the opportunity to work then. With that real work, some housework, and a husband who occasionally wants the computer I just haven’t been able to visit much.
I do have to say that my spousal unit is a very good sport. He doesn’t whine, but I can see that forlorn puppy dog look in his eyes when he wants the desk. I appreciate him more than I tell him. But, I have to share the computer until those Google ads start paying off big time.
Oh, there has also been a certain contest going on. This Eclectic Life’s This Blog Blows My Dress Up has closed to new entries. I printed those essays and handed them to the judge. Her eyes got as big as breakfast sausages! I don’t know that she really expected so many entries; there are some fine ones. I hope y’all will give them a read. You can find them on the contest page. Come back on May 8th, and I’ll tell you the winners.
Here is one of the gardening projects that got done this week. We ripped out some gangly shrubs that were by my back deck. They were all leaning cattywumpus and looking ragged. That left me with this:
So, I pulled all that lava rock out. [NOTE:never, never, NEVER put down lava rock!] I sweet-talked my SU (I’m going to use “Spousal Unit” instead of “Dear Husband” just to confuse you) into setting up my fountain. A strong wind had come through about a month ago, and knocked this cement fountain down! The statue had broken, but SU used epoxy to put her back together and you barely see the cracks. I grabbed an old iron gate that was leaning against the back of the house waiting for something to happen. Now it’s leaning against the side of the house waiting for something to happen. But, the trumpet vine will grow.
This is what it looks like now:
I’m not a good photographer, so that doesn’t do it justice. Ignore the orange hose that is decorating the right side of the picture. In a few weeks, the plants will fill in, and the trumpet vine on the gate will grow. I expect it to feel like an oasis this summer.
Finally, a friend of mine sent me the following letter to the editor printed in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. The writer addresses the issue of global warming:
I’m hoping she was being facetious, but you never know.
My SU read the article and said, “Wow! You mean Congress is the reason we have more hours of daylight in the summer? I thought that the summer heat made the days expand….”
Ba dump bump.
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You’d be surprised by how many stupid people there are in the world. After working as a copy editor at a newspaper for the past year and a half, I’ve seen some of the most inane comments made by people who cannot seriously harbor those ideas and still function in society. It amazes me every day. So your letter has many friends, and they’re spawning all the time. But at least it gives us a laugh.
Yeah, I know Cordia. Again, I’m hoping that she was just playing this for laughs. Could be just a hoax for all I know.~skt
Spawning? I love that word from Cordia, sounds even scarier than breeding. God I hope that person wasn’t serious, but you never know.
Good work on the garden, I was lazy today and read a book before I made some cookies. Yep, emptied out the envelopes and added butter and eggs.
We don’t do lava rock, but bark mulch and I really should get in some of that, yet feeling lazy. Maybe tomorrow I will get out and clean out my little hill in the back.
Have a good evening~
Hey Jen, somehow your comment was tagged by Akismet as spam….I don’t know if the person was serious. A friend of mine said that she knew an English major who “analyzed” it and said that the person who wrote it was “educated.” They probably were being funny.
Don’t work, too hard!~skt
I love the gardening project - it is sweet!
I am lucky that DH or SU as you are using…lol! I like that ’spousal unit’ and I each have our own. We like to play games together and we’re all connected on a network thingy ma bog or some such nonsense that he knows about and I just take advantage of.
Did shopping for my DD birthday which is tomorrow(she’ll be 14)! Now I’m off to bake a vanilla cake with a creamy custard filling and whipped icing. I hope it turns out. I am going for a cake like one of local bake shops makes but I’m trying to cut costs and make it myself. I’ll post about it on Monday.
Well, I’ll look forward to seeing your post late Monday night! I bet it will be wonderful. Hope your daughter has a lovely birthday!~skt
Hehe, what a fun post. And I appreciate that you still managed to find time to comment on my random posts recently!
I will when I can. I’m meeting myself coming and going. But, sometimes I just have to say something!~skt
Oh my goodness, Connie must feel like a ninny, someone surely has pointed out her stupidity at least a thousand times.
Your garden is and will be more beautiful as it grows.
Thank you Janet, as long as I keep it watered it should do nicely! Connie is either a ninny, or a very funny person.~skt
Looks like a fake to me (the letter, not your lovely garden). But, as you say, one never knows what craziness gets into print. (Just look at the blog world, unedited in all its glory.)
Thanks, LL. Yes, look at our blog world. Don’t we say some outrageous things???~skt
I am hoping Jessica the Rock Chick wins!! Her whole blog makes me laugh … I know you have official judges and all - but I thought I would tell you my vote, in case the judges need a way to determine a tie!!
We will see what happens. It will be a surprise to me as much as it will be to you. I’m trying not to interfere.~skt
I think your garden looks very inviting. It will be even lovelier in a few weeks. It’s nice to see what you’ve been up to when your off line!
Thanks Alissa. I need to be spending more time gardening. I’m out of shape! If you could have seen a picture of me when I got through with the project, you would have thought I was something the cat barfed. I’ve been sitting so much lately, I just can’t take a little work. But, those lava rocks were awful! You couldn’t use a shovel, it was scoop by hand. I just hope that the heat this summer doesn’t fry it all.
I garden. I can tell if it’s a good garden — you have a nice garden.
Hey Susie J, you’ll have to tell about your garden! I want to see pictures. C’mon show pictures.~skt