January 29, 2013
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Bullet Blog
- G’morning.
- What a HORRIBLE night, last night.
- Thunderings, lightning, hail…
- … rain just POURING from the sky.
- The sump is sticking again,
- so I have to go down and check it, today.
- Or we’ll flood.
- S’no big, just tedious to remember.
- But it went from 8 degrees last Tuesday…
- … to 50 degrees this morning when I got up!
- That’s crazy.
- Brian got me up at 6-something to show me what to do.
- Then I went back to sleep…
- … and dreamt about the basement flooding.
- ((and a guy named Pat who won’t accept my friend request.))
- But let’s not go there.
- That’s just a subconscious irritation of mine.
- May I just make an observation?
- These women who post savings deals…
- … eighteen times a day on FaceBook?
- These women who collect free homeschool book on Kindle
- … and post five or six freebies a day?
- WHEN do they actually school their kids?
- I’m just asking, because I couldn’t keep that kind of thing up.
- I must be super-deficient.
- Don’t get me wrong – I visit something like 30 sites every morning.
- I browse, discard, move on, sometimes find something fun…
- … sometimes download them for the kids…
- Like this and this were in my feeds this morning.
- But once I read the FB feed, pages feed, and the 30 I visit?
- I have things t’do!!
- Actually… I haven’t really been doing what I should.
- I think it’s my guilt that’s blogging, today.
- I know what I *should* do.
- … but that doesn’t count.
- Looking out and seeing soppy, foggy, nasty, gloomy
- … certainly doesn’t help matters, either!
- I bought banana trees for Tu B’Shevat.
- They came last night.
- I fear for their lives.
- The herbs I got for the January Cure?
- Yeah, they’re dead, already.
- I swear, I watered them and everything.
- It was swift, but still kinda painful, I think.
- I sincerely hope I do better with the banana trees.
- Brian’s got concerns, cuz I didn’t go dwarf.
- Well… they’re dwarf in that they’re a few feet shorter…
- (((than twelve foot tall. I got the eight footers.)))
- I personally don’t think it’ll be a problem.
- Eight foot isn’t all THAT big.
- Anyhow, they’re six inches tall, right now.
- I’ll kill them before they reach a foot, most likely.
- It’s not that I’ve a black thumb,
- it’s more that I have a black INDOOR thumb.
- So anyhow, I have two banana trees to plant, today.
- And two pumpkin spice cakes to make.
- I tried a Pinterest recipe for pralines that didn’t turn out.
- (((LINK HERE)))
- They were WAY too rich, and didn’t get firm enough.
- So I figure it’ll make a great topping for pumpkin cake.
- I could even do it as a poke cake.
- Send one to work with Brian.
- It’s on my agenda for today, too.
- Along with bubble baths for the kids.
- I think we need some tub fun.
- Brian’s been getting out of work half an hour early.
- It’s really nice.
- My gosh, I look at that man, and…
- the Lord sure knew what he was doing when He gave me Brian.
- Nobody compares to my guy.
- He has really turned into one fine specimen of a man.
- When I met him…?
- Very young, very naive, very unsure of himself.
- I’m daily amazed at how incredible he is, anymore.
- A little truck absorbed, but…
- Oh, did I tell you he hit a deer with it last week?
- Ooh, the drama!
- And pardon me, the deer hit HIM… LoL!!
- Anyhow, it’s this HUGE thing.
- He washes it weekly, scrubs the wheel wells,
- checks the oils and the fluids before driving…
- It’s been comical, really.
- And then THE DEER put its head down and ran right into him.
- ((The truck goes in for body work next week.))
- I just snort back a laugh.
- The man LOVES his new truck, by the way.
- So I’ll be vehicle-less for a few days,
- … but it’s not like I tend to leave the house, anyhow.
- My family is trying to sell their house again.
- It’s got more of a ‘desperate’ tone to it, this time.
- That raises every red flag I have, but it’s not my call.
- When my family gets desperate, they do stupid things.
- Make bad calls.
- I have a bad feeling about this.
- Not even sure they should move, to be honest.
- Again… it’s not my call.
- I’m just grateful we’re where we are.
- And I’ve got Brian.
- And bubble baths, pumpkin praline cakes,
- …and banana trees.
- ***Grin!***
Comments (6)
It’s done the whole frigid to tepid thing here too. Absolutely hate it. Wait… the banana tree is going *outside* ? Won’t Michigan weather destroy it in winter?
I killed a banana tree before – I think they would prefer a sunny window in the bathroom – humidity is not in our forecast often enough to keep them happy.
Cagey – it’s GOT to be indoor. That’s why I fear for its life.
Ali – You mean I should take it in with me when I shower? I can do that. Thanks for the tip! It’ll make the whole experience a little more… um, tropical? LoL!!! :rofl:
Yeah, ‘nanner trees LOVE humidity – they do well here (well, not HERE, because I do have a Black Thumb, but you know what I mean).
And the weather!?! Ice and snow 10 days ago; this week high 70′s. Odd, even for here – we should be in the 50′s, at the hottest.
My brother was in Arizona all last week – he said EVERYONE was sick because of the temp changes. It was 8 after the sun was down, and in the 70s during the day. That is NOT good for the body. Or any semblance of normal. :crosseye:
LOL I often wondered that about other people on facebook as well. Especially the garden tender people. Don’t they think if they’re looking for a job the person is going to check their facebook and see that they are asking for garden bits eight to ten times a day!? :nuts: I just don’t get it. All the time they put into a game… they could have a *real* garden that they could feed themselves. LOL
I feel Brian’s pain about the deer hitting his truck. Waaayy back when we bought our van we had a black bear run into the side of it when we had only had it about six weeks. Dramaaaaa!!!!
Mostly from the insurance people. They made us replace ALL of the kiddo’s car seats back then. For a little smack, skid, and bear ran off into the woods with a little less hair and prolly a pretty nasty bump. 