A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Coffee House 2200,,,, Who's here I wondered?

Ditchy that's Who!

here is her post from 2199 CH,,



Hey Ditchy,, it's good to see you ! You've been missed
I agree gardening is hard work ! But,,,,,,, The rewards are awesome!
maybe you can come see us when you finish the next chapter of your book and come chat with us!

good Morning Diane

Good morning, everybody!

Diane had a great idea, Ditchy! Read a chapter, post on the forum, read another chapter, go out and dig in the dirt, read a chapter, post on the forum....

The sun comes streaming through my bedroom windows first thing in the morning, waking me up, even though the blinds are closed and the lace curtains pulled. The room gets warmer and I wake up, kick off the covers, roll over and try to go back to sleep. Mostly I get up! I love being woken by sunlight....it feels so luxurious.

We are spring cleaning my living room today and oh man it really needs it!


Merme

Good Morning Merme----Glad to see you are in such good spirits---

Kim are you still here????

Aww Thanks Angel, I have so much yard work, its daunting. But you are right, ITs worth it, and its great exercise. I have somany seed to plant that you all sent me, can't wait to get that going. Still have a bit before the danger of frost leaves. Things are going well, I took up another hobby as wel, Jewelry making/beading.. as if I had time for more stuff! I will try to be more consistant visiting! Thanks for the sweet welcome back!

I wish my tummy would HEAL. Whatever I eat seems to make me sick.

I'm a girl who likes to EAT!

I wanna be able to eat again.

Merme

Morning....
I hope you can eat soon Merme...without a tummy ache... we slept in a little today... Mom just got up so it will be a while before I can give her breakfast... did get another load of laundry started... Joe is off doing the school runs- then he wants to come back and get yard work done,, he will be watching the kids while we go get our nails done this afternoon..

Hi Ditchy- sure glad to see you here again... and Hi to you too Vanessa... sure hope you can visit more now- look forward to more Peanut stories...Hi Carol hope all is mending well with you... hope it just takes time for you to get back to normal...
Well off to get my shower ....
Nana

Well the slipcovers to the couch and chair are in the dryer. YAY! They look so grubby before I do them but perk right back up all nice in the wash.

The entire living room as been spring cleaned -- even the boxes under my desk! -- and all the winter gear has been put away til next fall. The bookcases were emptied, scrubbed down, and re-organized. I got rid of alot of stuff that has just accumulated for whoknowswhy.

All that is left is my desk. But I am going to take a break and have a cup of Red rose tea and hopefully will feel better soon.

Nana your weather must be better now if Joe is planning on doing yard work today?

Get a photo of your nails for us, please!

Merme

Merme,
I don't do anything really special to my nails- just a french manicure... and fairly short cause I have enough trouble with my hands...and opening things without long nails in the way too..I may get color for the week we are on vacation... shouldn't have to do dishes or laundry then.... hopfully...
Mom is finally eating- she tried to tell me she wasn't hungry but told her she had to eat.... now she is eating it all.. still haven't made it to the shower but soon...
Well now I will try again to get my day started.
Nana

I just got a call from our priest. He is bringing my Easter Communion over today at 3 since we couldn't get to church on Sunday. I'm glad the place is all spanking clean!


The next big job will be the bird cage but I will wait until Maxi is here for that! They are his birdies and he has to be responsible for them.

Merme

Hello everyone! Today I'm planning on going out and doing some house plant shopping. I've let a few of mine go, some of which I'm upset with myself over but, it happens. Hopefully I'll be able to find some nice hanging plants for fairly cheap along with some lucky bamboo. Gonna get rid of all the dead stuff and make my house look pretty and green again instead of depressing and brown and dying. Tomorrow will be my outside day since it's supposed to be dry. My garden has been even more neglected than my house plants, I still have stalks of dead flowers from last summer to clean up. I found some gardenig gloves yesterday that actually fit me. I had to dig through the whole bin of gloves to find one pair of smalls. Not the color I was hoping for but I suppose it doesn't really matter. They are a pretty royal blue but I was really hoping to get the pink ones because then they would match my tools I made it through yesterday only breaking down and smoking one cigarette for the entire day. I keep dreaming about it though. Today I feel better than yesterday, not so much withdrawl going on so far. That's about it with me, hope you all have a wonderful day!

Maxi has decided to put in a vegetable container garden on his dad's balconey this year. Last year he potted up a green pepper for them and taught them how to care for it and they loved having it and all the peppers it produced. So they are interested in what he will plant for them this year. That's Maxi for ya, spreading the joy around.

I'm with you, Cheryl, I like things to match also!


Merme

refresh my memory. What happened Sunday to keep you from church?

hello, everyone! good grief, a new coffee house has already been opened. I guess I have some reading back to do.
I mowed a little after work today. Probably a 40 ft X 40 ft patch with a push mower. I wanted to mow more but had some major snot issues! I didn't want to push it too much since I just got over bad ear infections due to allergies.

Hey, Ditchy is back!
Did you see the thread in the critter corner 'look what was living in a culvert'? We took in a stray dog that was .....well...living in a culvert. the name Ditchy came to mind for me and it stuck with everyone else in the family too.
YOUR FAMOUS! You now have a dog named after you!

Glad to see you back!

I couldn't get a ride. The taxi to the cathedral where we went for Maundy Thursday & Good Friday would have been $55 one way. To the other church that is more local, it would have been $20 one way. And they complain about putting my wheelchair in the trunk! So it was way out of my budget. Next year, though, we WILL be there!! That's one reason we are moving to town... to be closer to church & where Maxi will be going to high school.


Merme

Hey Cricket! Where did you go? Are you reading back?


Merme

I read back some then got distracted with laundry.
What's up?

Oh nothing much. I've been haniging out here off and on all day waiting for somebody to drop by!

Merme

today was my first day back to work since last Wednesday. it felt SO good to get out today. I had ear infections in both ears last week. I went to the doc on thursday. boss said for me to take off on friday too.
yesterday was a major lack of communication between me and the boss so I was't able to work on monday either.

How are your poor ears now, Cricket? I know you were in worlds of hurt with them last week. What did the doc say?

How are your kiddos?

Merme

Oh man! I am back to my old self now. antibiotics are my friend! he said I had an outer ear infection, which I thought he was a crazy old quack cause how could I have so much pain from something so minor as an 'outer' anything? but he told me outer ear infections are more painful than inner ear ones most of the time.
kiddos are good. my son, 12 yrs old, has a major case of head in the clouds. he is bright as a whip, but has not been turning in work. sometimes he even DOES the work but just doesn't turn it in, looses it, ect. one teacher has been on his case for showing up with no pencil all the time. I bought him a whole pack of mechanical pencils so not only would he have pencils but wouldn't need to borrow the sharpener. HE LOST THE WHOLE PACK!

It's freezing in here. I need to figure out how to turn the heat back on. I had my girl shut it off this morning because it was so warm outside. Then I opened the door and let the fresh air in. Trouble is, I can't reach the thermostat! 'hm.... I'm thinking maybe the yardstick will do if I can get it at the correct angle to push the little switch to the right....

It's too cold not to do anything!


Merme

Cricket that is THE HALLMARK of that age group! Poor you! I don't envy you that. It drove me batty when Maxi went through that last year and was totally oblivious to it all! "How can you not turn in homework you completed?!" Oh, I forgot!


Merme

I keep telling him to pull his head out of his dou-pa for just another month! he's failing two classes and each teacher is allowing him to go to tutoring before school and/or after school to make up work he hasn't turned in. sometimes he 'forgets' to go to tutoring!
I hope his phase passes like your maxi's did! he's always been an A and B student. this year he runs a big chance of not even passing.
did the yard stick do the trick...not on the boy, but on the thermastat?

No, the yardstick didn't work. Now I am about to do some acrobatics on the couch to get to it! Wish me luck!


Merme

good luck Ms. Merme. and safe away!
I'm headed off to bed.

I am so hoping that Merme didn't fall behind the couch. And that she is toasty warm now.

LOL Cricket.. WEll I think if the truth be told, you may get a Kick out of this! you actually have a dog that is named after my cat, who acts more like a dog than a cat.
Somewhere a long time ago I posted her picture. I will find one again.. But thanks... :):) Nice to be remembered!

hi everyone, been trying to rest some so I can work in the yard more

I woke a little early this morning. I think I will really need a nap this afternoon.

Good morning everybody!

Another very beautiful day here though still a bit chilly.

Coffee is good and so were my eggs and toast.


Merme

Nice to see you Merme. I had visions of you stuck behind your sofa all night. My daughter also cooked up eggs and toast this morning so my house smells wonderfully breakfast-y.

Yes Tina I had visions of me stuck there too remembering the time I got stuck upside down IN the couch!


Merme

Good Morning all,
It's a beautiful morning today - supposed to change to rain later but right now is nice... was up early and had my coffee and bagel... going to head out to Sams in a little while... been letting my pantry and freezer get empty so we could replace and resupply... it's time to do that now.... need all sorts of stuff ...kids tell me there is nothing to eat at my house....
Nana

Good afternoon! I'm planning on getting outside today but I'm having trouble getting my lazy rear out of bed. Maybe more coffee is in order. My computer battery is almost dead so I'll have to get out of this bed to go plug it in soon anyway. I think I'll do a yoga routine before heading outside. That should help with the inevitable soreness that will show up tomorrow. Got to take a picture of a mystery plant as well before I decide what to do with it.

Cheryl, just noticed your time-line for not smoking....you can DO IT girl!!
I have faith in you!

It was such a beautiful beautiful breezy day here on the coast I so did NOT want to go in the building for dialysis! Coming back out afterwards felt like entering heaven, I would think. The air was so sweet and fresh.

On the way TO dialysis, my driver used the wrong entrance to the turnpike and headed North instead of South! So we had to go quite a distance to the next exit to get turned around. He was apologetic. I chuckled and said "Well, at least you didn't take me to Bangor for I didn't bring a lunch!" He replied, laughing also "If I took you all the way to Bangor, I would owe you a lunch! It would be my treat!"

Coming into the apt though I noticed that it really needs a thorough airing out. The place has been shut up too tightly all the winter long.

I have a bunch of paperwork to do tonight and I am also going to try to laze around a bit.

Tomorrow is very busy for me & I will be picking up Maxi. He has a half day tomorrow & begins spring Break! I can't wait!


Merme

I hope Maxi's spring break is an awesome time for both of you, Merme.
I left John at the hospital for a refill. So I am going to grab a nap until he calls for his ride home.

Anybody home?