Not a bad weekend..

[fafojoy]

On Friday, I decided I needed more flowers. I had just told Tod I was going to run to Sam's Club and get more roses.. and 20 minutes later, my 3 and 5 year old neighbors knock on my door with a bouquet of roses and my mail. Their mom was busy unloading their car from their trip to Sam's Club. LOL.. from my heart to God's ear to them, I guess!

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[elliska]

I'm glad you figured out the problem with the loaches. What was up with the cave log?

And the rose delivery was very cool! I know what you mean about flowers. I neglected to cover the pansies/petunias and frost got them. So I stubbornly got some more today and planted them. I will have color, darn it! I glad you got some time above freezing. Must seem like a heat wave to you. ;-)

The sewing machine sounds very cool. I am eyeing one in Joanne that I really want. Doubt I'll get it because I have no place for it. But it is so tempting.

[fafojoy]

The cave/log thing doesn't appear to have had glue used on it, but I noted with the original batch of loaches that there were no live ones near it almost instantly and then the few that were at the other end of the aquarium lived the longest. Same thing happened this time and I figured that has to be it. And now to have had 4 live for 48hours now that I took that thing out - that has to be it. I don't know where the driftwood came from, either. Regardless, it is the first time I've bought one where I didn't know the source. The pet store buys from him often, so I'm going to take it back to them and see if they can figure it out

[fafojoy]

Janome - I don't remember the model, but it looked like this one:

http://janome.com/index.cfm/Machines/Embroidery/MC11K_Special_Edition

It could do embroidery and had the big computer screen.

[dot_o_choillmor]

Is it still winter over there? ;-)

That's so funny about the roses. I wonder if I wish for roses, will someone knock on my door with some? Although - work did send me a bouquet of very, very pretty flowers the other day, which I'm still smiling about.

[fafojoy]

Oh, Dot, our safe to plant outside date is the end of May - usually the last weekend. Winter is so far from over it isn't even funny. Our snowiest month is March, so thank goodness some snow melted or I don't know where we'd put the new stuff. But, on the positive side - we're past the coldest time. We shouldn't have any more -20F at least.

I can't tell you how much the flowers surprised me. I told the kids they had no idea how very very very very very happy they had made me. Evan said "I picked them out" and then they ran home as fast as they could to tell their mom how happy I was. It was very funny.

[meckinock]

Is it still winter over there? ;-)

You are so funny.

[dot_o_choillmor]

We all know I won't be so smug when you get a lovely, hot summer and we're still carrying umbrellas and turning the heating on during the day.

[dawtheminstrel]

You have the best neighbors.

[fafojoy]

These are the same kids that I made Valentine's day cookies with, then we took them all around the neighborhood. They are so much fun.

[frenchpony]

Hey, everything's coming up roses! I took my cue from you and bought my own bouquet -- not roses, but a cheaper mixed bouquet -- and it makes me happy.

What are you going to put in your upside down planters? I have a friend who put tomatoes in hers, and she says they do really well growing down instead of up, and you don't have to put cages around them that way.

[fafojoy]

This was a smaller bouquet than the one I had bought, but it was mixed roses - orange, yellow, pink, green, white. Really pretty.

I am thinking two tomato and cucumber, maybe a zucchini. Not sure what I'll put on top - flowers or maybe strawberries. I've heard people have had really good results growing them this way.

[meckinock]

I want your neighbors.

It was in the 40s here today, but after the sun peeked out briefly this morning it was overcast and chill the rest of the day.

Just as well, the snow didn't all melt so my backyard isn't all muddy - yet.

[fafojoy]

We're a long way from mud yet. But, I did see the tops of a few perennials. It is just so nice to see pavement, though it is like an ice skating rink along the edges of the street still.