So settling in with Lil Mama, Sweetpea, & Peabody has been fun. Lil Mama LOVES attention. She wants skritches attention and all the loves available. Sweetpea is more shy and wants to be close but not be noticed. Peabody takes cues from both Mammas and rotates between wanting her horns itched and showing off her aloofness. Peabody had claimed ownership of the lawn chairs and loves jumping between them.
Tonight Scott & I spent some time on the front porch finishing seeding and fine tuning the watering. We have a list of repairs to the house & we're trying to discern which of them we can take on ourselves.
After that we followed Lil Mama's calls to the back yard. I shared the bowl of fresh fruit that was left over from last weekend with Mama, along with a couple carrots. She loves carrots. She also loves my recliner chair, particularly skritching herself on it.
Short post, but full of energy.
LL&P
~m
my life as a florist, camper, crazy cat person, individual
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Birthday Decadence
It has been a grand day.
My only goal was to be luxuriously lazy & mostly that's exactly what I did.
Slept in, went out to lunch: a huge pile of steamed crab to devour, a cold glass of fresh raspberry mint iced tea, and delicious apple crisp ala mode for desert
An impromptu pedicure & the cute tech even picked my color for me (purple sparkly of course).
Finished making over grandma's vanity bench. I never saw her vanity & I don't have a vanity, but will keep that thing with me for the rest of my life! It takes me back to Sunday dinner at Grandma's when the family was almost small enough to all fit at the dinner table. Devin & I sat hip to hip on that bench and ate our dinner at the desk. Got to visit with my Mommy while I finished it. Scotty thinks the trim belongs on a sombrero...but I like it, & it matches. Too bad it lives in his office ;)
Had a great visit with Lisa Henry when I went to borrow her kennel to transport goats. Got to chatter about my canyon, goats, and a few other things that we needed to catch up on.
So good, and it's not over (since I'm having a whole birthday week).
Scotty got Hank (that's what I've named the dodge that hauls my Behemoth) registered so I can camp this weekend without fear of being pulled over.
Tomorrow I get to spend the day with my Mum tending Marlee Michelle (Lyndie's cute baby).
Then pick up our new foster goats. I should learn not to joke anymore...
Am I old now? I certainly don't feel that way. Today has been delightful & I so many dear folk have posted on my facebook page wishing me happy birthday...all of whom I love. I don't think I could ever add up all the people I love. There are so many of them and they're all so very different.
Live Long Prosper Y'all!
~m
My only goal was to be luxuriously lazy & mostly that's exactly what I did.
Slept in, went out to lunch: a huge pile of steamed crab to devour, a cold glass of fresh raspberry mint iced tea, and delicious apple crisp ala mode for desert
An impromptu pedicure & the cute tech even picked my color for me (purple sparkly of course).
Finished making over grandma's vanity bench. I never saw her vanity & I don't have a vanity, but will keep that thing with me for the rest of my life! It takes me back to Sunday dinner at Grandma's when the family was almost small enough to all fit at the dinner table. Devin & I sat hip to hip on that bench and ate our dinner at the desk. Got to visit with my Mommy while I finished it. Scotty thinks the trim belongs on a sombrero...but I like it, & it matches. Too bad it lives in his office ;)
 |
| Before |
 |
| After |
Had a great visit with Lisa Henry when I went to borrow her kennel to transport goats. Got to chatter about my canyon, goats, and a few other things that we needed to catch up on.
So good, and it's not over (since I'm having a whole birthday week).
Scotty got Hank (that's what I've named the dodge that hauls my Behemoth) registered so I can camp this weekend without fear of being pulled over.
Tomorrow I get to spend the day with my Mum tending Marlee Michelle (Lyndie's cute baby).
Then pick up our new foster goats. I should learn not to joke anymore...
Am I old now? I certainly don't feel that way. Today has been delightful & I so many dear folk have posted on my facebook page wishing me happy birthday...all of whom I love. I don't think I could ever add up all the people I love. There are so many of them and they're all so very different.
Live Long Prosper Y'all!
~m
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Never make a plan.
So Friday went nothing like I planned...I ended up tossing and turning Thursday night, all night. Once I got up and tried to get going Friday it was obvious that I would not be getting much done. Had to postpone lunch with Chris again (it's a very good thing we love each other enough to put up with all the bs life throws at us both) and barely got half of my projects done. But since I couldn't leave the house, I did get my strawberries, turnips, and garlic chives planted. Yay.
This morning I really didn't want to get out of bed...half lazy and half dread after yesterday. So I took it slow. Read for a while, then went to Lowe's first since the walking would be a mild stretch to get me started. I was able to get the lumber we needed to build Spazzy's new window shelf. Ducky broke her other one & we can't find a stud in the wall to hang it back up. Ducky is not a tiny kitten, and the wall is apparently held up by magic. Anyhow I stumbled upon a unique bookshelf in a clearance category the other day while internet shopping (no wonder it's on clearance it would be a terrible book shelf, but is promising as a kitty shelf, after all they stick better than books) and Scotty has engineered a cat shelf/post based on the idea....perhaps if it works well we'll patent the idea & retire as millionaires....lol. I also picked up planter pots and soil to start catnip seeds in. Is it obvious who's in charge at our house? When I went to the nursery to pick up my potting soil I parked my truck next to a whole cart full of 1 gallon pots of bearded iris. They are my favorite. Marked down to cost because they had already bloomed....shucks. So 10 of them came home with me...shucks. Perhaps I'll go back tomorrow for 10 more...if I can find someone to help me plant them.
Tulip Tree was on the way home, & it's that week. Knowing I won't be able to help after Wed I decided to stop in and work till my back said I was done. As I expected there was a crew of florists there bustling away. I dove in to help green vases and before I knew it we had greened many cases of them...even a boring job is better when you don't have to do it by yourself. I took a break to grab soup, unload iris' and grab some hot & sour soup from one of my favorite local places Ming's Garden. I got back to TT with birch oil to share (I have dubbed myself the birch oil missionaries...I know there's only one of me and it's not a religion, but that's my title OK?!?...& a few more hours of go in me. My back was definitely finicky & I can't work as fast as I want to, but I have so missed it I hope persistence pays off & I get back to where I can do that more often.
So let's lay out this week, just for fun & THIS IS NOT A PLAN.
Sunday, I'm hoping to get in a few hours at TT, then work on the watering system for the front yard.
Monday, hoping again for a few hours at TT, then laundry & more cleaning/packing in the Behemoth.
Tuesday, a few more hours at TT and then Scotty has us signed up for classes at the gun range.
Wednesday is load and go day. Me n' Hank are gonna haul Behemoth to Cache Valley and hopefully by the end of the day I'm parked at Cheeseburger Estate with my good bud LaVern for a neighbor.
This morning I really didn't want to get out of bed...half lazy and half dread after yesterday. So I took it slow. Read for a while, then went to Lowe's first since the walking would be a mild stretch to get me started. I was able to get the lumber we needed to build Spazzy's new window shelf. Ducky broke her other one & we can't find a stud in the wall to hang it back up. Ducky is not a tiny kitten, and the wall is apparently held up by magic. Anyhow I stumbled upon a unique bookshelf in a clearance category the other day while internet shopping (no wonder it's on clearance it would be a terrible book shelf, but is promising as a kitty shelf, after all they stick better than books) and Scotty has engineered a cat shelf/post based on the idea....perhaps if it works well we'll patent the idea & retire as millionaires....lol. I also picked up planter pots and soil to start catnip seeds in. Is it obvious who's in charge at our house? When I went to the nursery to pick up my potting soil I parked my truck next to a whole cart full of 1 gallon pots of bearded iris. They are my favorite. Marked down to cost because they had already bloomed....shucks. So 10 of them came home with me...shucks. Perhaps I'll go back tomorrow for 10 more...if I can find someone to help me plant them.
Tulip Tree was on the way home, & it's that week. Knowing I won't be able to help after Wed I decided to stop in and work till my back said I was done. As I expected there was a crew of florists there bustling away. I dove in to help green vases and before I knew it we had greened many cases of them...even a boring job is better when you don't have to do it by yourself. I took a break to grab soup, unload iris' and grab some hot & sour soup from one of my favorite local places Ming's Garden. I got back to TT with birch oil to share (I have dubbed myself the birch oil missionaries...I know there's only one of me and it's not a religion, but that's my title OK?!?...& a few more hours of go in me. My back was definitely finicky & I can't work as fast as I want to, but I have so missed it I hope persistence pays off & I get back to where I can do that more often.
So let's lay out this week, just for fun & THIS IS NOT A PLAN.
Sunday, I'm hoping to get in a few hours at TT, then work on the watering system for the front yard.
Monday, hoping again for a few hours at TT, then laundry & more cleaning/packing in the Behemoth.
Tuesday, a few more hours at TT and then Scotty has us signed up for classes at the gun range.
Wednesday is load and go day. Me n' Hank are gonna haul Behemoth to Cache Valley and hopefully by the end of the day I'm parked at Cheeseburger Estate with my good bud LaVern for a neighbor.
Can't wait to meet their kid (literally) Macie.
LOL, I love these guys.
Thursday Mum & I are gonna prep pulled pork and make coleslaw to feed the pullers at the Health Days Horse Pulls
https://www.facebook.com/events/303482709809437/?ref=br_tf
Our Phat Jack's trailer will be on it's way to Chicago to cater for a Time Life Photo Tour, so we're back under cooking under a canopy for this event. Hopefully it's one of those unusual Health Days when it doesn't rain. Otherwise our cotton candy will be short lived and our chefs staff (Me, Mum, & Scotty) will be slightly soggy.
Friday Mum has to come to Salt Lake for her annual appointment with the tumor doc. So I'm gonna spend the day with with Jack-jack baking cookies.
Saturday is the pulls so we'll be on site serving up noms and enjoying the family time.
But since I've learned, I HAVE NO PLAN. Only goals. Goals are okay right?
The big fish tank just started bubbling (means water's evaporated) I'm off to the garage to haul a few buckets of water before tucking in.
LL&P my darlings. Wish me luck.
~m
Friday, May 2, 2014
I Dunno
Can't decide what was the best part of today.
Sleeping in?
Cheesy poofs for lunch with perfectly mixed arnold palmers, & getting to enjoy said cheesy poofs with Mum & Glenn?
Driving Jayne around town with the radio turned up & not having to change the channel to find good tunes? Jayne and I are beginning to bond finally.
Flower shopping at TI with Mum & seeing Lucy & Toni?
Finding all the smudge supplies I needed at the trading post & enjoying a good balancing moment if somewhat interrupted by curious kitties? The brown ones are not used to smudge and kept trying to help.
Getting my strawberries, canopy, purple telescoping water wand, and pocket hose at last? Scotty says they pretty much emptied the Fed Ex truck on our porch, LOL.
Having french toast for dinner (nope, I'm not on a diet, and nope I'm not a responsible adult)? There was browned butter left over in the bottom of the pan that I had to pour over my toast.
Yep it was a terrible day. NOT!
Tomorrow I have to go go back to TI, I get to have lunch with Chris (we rescheduled last minute), & work on building a kitty shelf & re-upholstering a bench that belonged to my Grandma. Should be busy but productive.
Next week is gonna be crazy with Health Days and Mother's Day, then I'm hoping to spend some time in my canyon (where I camp hosted) with some of my favorite people for my birthday. So if I don't post for a while it's because I'm busy relaxing & havin' a great time.
Y'all live long & prosper!
~m
Sleeping in?
Cheesy poofs for lunch with perfectly mixed arnold palmers, & getting to enjoy said cheesy poofs with Mum & Glenn?
Driving Jayne around town with the radio turned up & not having to change the channel to find good tunes? Jayne and I are beginning to bond finally.
Flower shopping at TI with Mum & seeing Lucy & Toni?
Finding all the smudge supplies I needed at the trading post & enjoying a good balancing moment if somewhat interrupted by curious kitties? The brown ones are not used to smudge and kept trying to help.
Getting my strawberries, canopy, purple telescoping water wand, and pocket hose at last? Scotty says they pretty much emptied the Fed Ex truck on our porch, LOL.
Having french toast for dinner (nope, I'm not on a diet, and nope I'm not a responsible adult)? There was browned butter left over in the bottom of the pan that I had to pour over my toast.
Yep it was a terrible day. NOT!
Tomorrow I have to go go back to TI, I get to have lunch with Chris (we rescheduled last minute), & work on building a kitty shelf & re-upholstering a bench that belonged to my Grandma. Should be busy but productive.
Next week is gonna be crazy with Health Days and Mother's Day, then I'm hoping to spend some time in my canyon (where I camp hosted) with some of my favorite people for my birthday. So if I don't post for a while it's because I'm busy relaxing & havin' a great time.
Y'all live long & prosper!
~m
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)