Did some spring cleaning in the garden, cleaned out the dead leaves and did some major weeding. One of the nice things about cleaning everything out is – I found some things growing that I thought hadn’t come back. I have some bee balm, and a couple of little thymes, especially a nice wooley one that smelled great as I cleaned around it. In the backyard pots, I have some of the herbs coming back, the ones that went to seed seem to be doing okay. I have little baby basils and dill. YAY! I turned and amended all the [...]
(and isn’t it an appropriate musical choice In this upcoming week or so, I will be dismantling the guest bedroom. This will take us down to 0 permanent guest spaces – I can’t remember the last time I haven’t had some sort of permanent guest space. *sigh* I have decided that with all the folks in our house, that I really need to have a enclosed space as my craft space – it can no longer reside willy nilly in the public spaces. So I am going to dismantle the bedframe that we have supporting the areo mattress in the [...]
1. I still have a boil order on my water 2. Instead of cooking and cleaning tomorrow morning as planned, I will be going to a job interview in the loop instead – I hope I return before our first house guest arrives. 3. My turkey is still a frozen rock, and I hesitate to thaw it in the sink – see number 1. I wanted to brine it. 4. Every year I do this, I freak about how long I am supposed to cook the turkey for. I go to the internet that says there is about a 2hr [...]
Its been a long week or two – got serenity tickets – v.v.excited. will be coming in from out of town to join us for the show, there needs to be a bit of cleaning and organizing in the guest room before the end of Wednesday though if he is going to be able to sleep in it. Been playing lots of WOW with E and D (Brother in Law) its excellent to be able to play with him on line again. Researching job stuff, right now the most interesting thing on the list, will (of course) be the most [...]
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Pretty darn great weekend. and her husband and and I all hosted a Memday party at our house. Evan and I spent Sa, and Su cleaning and cooking and preparing. And Monday everyone came over and we had a blast! Thanks everyone who showed up for helping us all have such a good time. Some people asked for the party food recipes, so here goes: Hi-C Tea Punch – Herbal High C Punch Tea – From Mrs. Kelly’s Tea White Cranberry Juice Stevia/Sugar/Splenda to taste. Some guests commented that it was also nice mixed with Red Wine for a sort [...]
