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Full Steam Ah...Squirrel!
Mar. 29th, 2024 06:54 pmThe night before and last night we had inclement weather. Like, actual thunder and lightning to go with the sideways rain. It was cozy being inside listening to that. I loved it. Today? 10 degrees warmer and sunshine. I also love that.
I took yesterday and today off, mostly because I had to use of some time or lose it to the agency. Yesterday was poopy all day, so I indulged in binging random stuff. Today, went to the grocery store and home improvement stores.
Bought some seeds, planted them in my little starter kit as nothing in that germinated at all except the dill...which I actually seeded with my own seeds from last year. Haha. Then I went out with the intention of readying my garden beds and weeding the general areas. Ended up instead noticing a big ol' patch of brown, mostly dead moss. It's a weird patch I have in the dead center of my back yard. Ugh. So I decided to rake it up real quick. An hour and a half and copious amounts of sweat later... It's kind of half raked? I dunno. I have some moss killer but I hate using chemicals where Walter goes and rolls around, even the "safe" ones. The plan is to plant some clover and hope it 1) works and 2) doesn't get eaten by deer before it can work. I won't mind them munching on it once it's rooted.
No weeding done. No garden prep done. The chickweed this year, my word. It's out of control. Did notice, though, that some lettuce butts I stuck in the ground last summer are actually producing right now. And the radishes I planted will now never go away. And I don't even like them. Haha.
Also walked down to a reclaimed goods/junk store about a mile from home. I hardly ever get there, which is good as I'd be much poorer! There's always something there worth getting. I found two good size metal tubs to plant things in and put along the house once I dig the border, a 2 quart vintage Pyrex casserole dish in a very pretty celery green, and some actual local honey. I've already taken some of that and will keep on, hoping to add to my arsenal of weapons against the allergies. Very spendy, but hopefully well worth it.
^On the way to the secondhand store, a frequent weekend morning stop and one of a very few places I feel safe letting Walter off leash. What a little cutie pie.
Cut four inches off my hair last weekend. Decided I wanted to go for a more a-line lob, so off went another inch today.
The person I wanted to get manager of my office got it, so now I gotta brush off my resume to go for her job. There's something scary about going for something new, though, isn't there? The last time I did it wasn't scary, as I had been working so closely with others in the role I felt very sure I could learn quickly. Fingers crossed!
Enough rambling. I am so exhausted. Oh, wait, one last thing - lunch was panic-prepared. I was out and about about an hour past when I usually eat and was so, so hungry. Made an egg with broccoli, cauliflower and cottage cheese, seasoned with za'atar and a little salt, put it on a toasted english muffin. OH. MY. I can't say it wasn't because of my hunger, but it was the best sammich a gal could have asked for.
I took yesterday and today off, mostly because I had to use of some time or lose it to the agency. Yesterday was poopy all day, so I indulged in binging random stuff. Today, went to the grocery store and home improvement stores.
Bought some seeds, planted them in my little starter kit as nothing in that germinated at all except the dill...which I actually seeded with my own seeds from last year. Haha. Then I went out with the intention of readying my garden beds and weeding the general areas. Ended up instead noticing a big ol' patch of brown, mostly dead moss. It's a weird patch I have in the dead center of my back yard. Ugh. So I decided to rake it up real quick. An hour and a half and copious amounts of sweat later... It's kind of half raked? I dunno. I have some moss killer but I hate using chemicals where Walter goes and rolls around, even the "safe" ones. The plan is to plant some clover and hope it 1) works and 2) doesn't get eaten by deer before it can work. I won't mind them munching on it once it's rooted.
No weeding done. No garden prep done. The chickweed this year, my word. It's out of control. Did notice, though, that some lettuce butts I stuck in the ground last summer are actually producing right now. And the radishes I planted will now never go away. And I don't even like them. Haha.
Also walked down to a reclaimed goods/junk store about a mile from home. I hardly ever get there, which is good as I'd be much poorer! There's always something there worth getting. I found two good size metal tubs to plant things in and put along the house once I dig the border, a 2 quart vintage Pyrex casserole dish in a very pretty celery green, and some actual local honey. I've already taken some of that and will keep on, hoping to add to my arsenal of weapons against the allergies. Very spendy, but hopefully well worth it.
^On the way to the secondhand store, a frequent weekend morning stop and one of a very few places I feel safe letting Walter off leash. What a little cutie pie.
Cut four inches off my hair last weekend. Decided I wanted to go for a more a-line lob, so off went another inch today.
The person I wanted to get manager of my office got it, so now I gotta brush off my resume to go for her job. There's something scary about going for something new, though, isn't there? The last time I did it wasn't scary, as I had been working so closely with others in the role I felt very sure I could learn quickly. Fingers crossed!
Enough rambling. I am so exhausted. Oh, wait, one last thing - lunch was panic-prepared. I was out and about about an hour past when I usually eat and was so, so hungry. Made an egg with broccoli, cauliflower and cottage cheese, seasoned with za'atar and a little salt, put it on a toasted english muffin. OH. MY. I can't say it wasn't because of my hunger, but it was the best sammich a gal could have asked for.
