Yikes —— where oh where do I begin............
Girlangler: nice to read your sister is helping out with Mom and that Mom is doing better.
Marmolade: My condolences on the loss of your Dad.
Garden? What’s a garden? This has literally been a week from Hades to me when it comes to anything related to gardening, it just seems like I haven’t been home.
I was supposed to have been finished filling in for the Church Secretary a week ago yesterday, but the Pastor called me in both Monday and Tuesday to get some stuff done because the secretary still couldn’t come back. (we can use the money, so I’m definitely not complaining)
Wednesday afternoon Jax was invited over to a friend’s which worked out really well because I was then able to go buy her a birthday present for her b’day on Thursday. Thursday we spent the afternoon at the beach with another FReeper and her family and then had dinner and b’day cake with a plan to go to the Carnival.........that didn’t work out and I was the bearer of the bad news to the 4 kids that we were not going Thurs., but would go instead on Friday night. As you can imagine, that went over like a lead balloon with two 11 yo’s, an 8yo and a 5yo..........
Well Friday she had a friend coming over for a couple hours, but then was being picked up by her dad (his weekend) and then we had a bunch of friends that insisted we bring the b’day girl to “our” watering hole because they all had presents for her. From there we went back to our FReeper friend’s place and had dinner and then took the kids to the Carnival.
One does not attempt to leave Chincoteague Island after dark, let alone after 11pm, on a Friday night, especially Friday of 4th of July weekend, if one has had a beer or 2 (which we had) but we had thought about that before we left and packed our tent. I’m going to do a major crash and burn tonight because I did not sleep well at all. My idea of camping is a motel without room service or a bar........not a tent with a half inflated air mattress, no pillows and a beach towel for a blanket.........
Right now I have a stock pot on the stove to boil water for the jumbo pasta shells I have to cook to stuff with the shrimp and chicken salads I made and I still have to bake a birthday cake because I’m doing coffee hour at church tomorrow for Jax b’day ——IOW, we’re working on the 4th b’day celebration for this kid.
Diana knows how tight I am with a buck, but I actually did something absolutely totally out of character for me and bought Jax an absolutely, completely and totally frivolous present for her birthday..........I bought her a set of pewter pushpins (thumbtacks) for the bulletin board in the shape of kitty-kat paws.
She starts Governor’s school on Monday, I’m not working at church anymore, and hubby has some worked lined up -—so maybe, just maybe I will actually get to go near the garden on Monday.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple step by step beginners book for gardeners. The simpler the better, I am a detail step by step kinda gal. There is so much information out there I get overwhelmed and confused. I would like to take advantage of the room I have and grow enough for canning and storing. Thank you very much in advance.
Thanks Gabz.
Hope things slow down a bit for you.
I love the idea of sleeping in a tent with a beach blanket. That would be chilling out for me right now.
But things aren’t normal here, and I need a good camping/fishing trip.
Wow Gabz! Your life sounds like mine! LOL
Get some rest!
Thanks to you both for your kind words.
Gabz, it sounds like you had a hectic week. I don’t know if you consider working in the garden work or relaxation or both, but I hope it is less stressful for you. I know catching up in mine was a lot of work (and still have more to do), but it’s quiet and peaceful out there and reduces my stress.