Gardening is fun. I actually like pulling weeds - strange, huh! But it's a good thing because there are so frickin many of them since we were gone for 2 months this spring. Sowing poppy seeds today - I LOVE poppies!!! Mine will be multi-colored. The purple iris are just opening up - it will be a sea of color in front soon!

I must say - it was a VERY good day!

Just thinking of a lot of people right now - missing some and not missing some. It's tough being so far away sometimes. For me, it's been a pretty good year. Nothing exciting - I guess that's good. Sometimes I tend to thrive on adrenalin rushes, and there weren't any of those ( Read more... )

I've been really busy - I mean REALLY - ya, I know, I'm "retired......" Part of the business is worrying about the economy. Duh!And part is writing 1 talk, 2 sermons, and a newsletter for our little church ( Read more... )

Had some fun times on the water - realize how much I've missed it! The hard shells have been stored under the deck and not been on the water for a while. When we got the inflatables last year, we went out a few times. Now I'm pumped again! Water is my friend! And I'm surprised that I'm not sore! Not feeling so old is nice!

or, rather, up! Had a good couple of weeks "vacation" - see the blog for info: sueanddean.blogspot.com ( Read more... )

Yup - hot it is. We spent the morning, before the breeze came up, refinishing the back deck. Sprayed it on this time instead of brushing - much quicker, though quite messy. It hit 99 today and I felt it. Watered the plants because the "breeze" seems to dry everything out so much. Duh! Photos, hopefully, on the blog tomorrow.

Yep - not a fun few weeks has passed - my aunt who raised me died, my sister, who has been in treatment for esophageal cancer for the past few months was "less than pleasant" during that time and to make matters worse, she is still smoking and drinking which means the cancer will be making another appearance and they won't be able to do radiation ( Read more... )

back from the vacation - 1st part not so hot, last few days were better
having company this week - cleaning house -----
first fire in the stove for the season
weather crisp and clear

Got an A- on the paper - think of what it would have been if I hadn't written in "passive voice" Shit! Glad it's done, but sure had a good time in class. Good people! Wish there were more good people in the world - at least some I could hang with. That's the only thing bothering me about living here - lack of folks to have intelligent ( Read more... )