How I Spent My Summer Vacation...by Guavmom

[guavmom]

Well, here it is, mid- August already. My how the time flies! Not to mention, mosquitoes! Those little bastards have sent me scurrying for cover, after succumbing to their aerial barrages on my side porch, for the last few days. See, my porch faces due west, and I get the intense afternoon sun which, lower in the sky as nightfall approaches, slants

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[naomi_sue]

Several questions.

1) How do you ship plants? You have mentioned that a couple of times, but I can't see how they can travel some distance via mail or otherwise. Please share your knowledge! :)

2) If your washer quit on ya during the rinse cycle, is it still worth giving to another? Is Bill a fix it kinda guy?

3) I got bitten by my first mosquito of the season, this afternoon. I swear those varmits can hunt me down from ten miles out. They never bite Mr. O. I'm breaking out my 'Skin So Soft'. Have you ever tried that before?

[guavmom]

1) I pad out the box with packing peanuts, and empty plastic bags, afetr watering the plants, and enclosing them in plastic bags which I tie shut to contain air. I also ship PRIORITY. SO far, no complaints from the recipients, so I have to asume that the plants arrived safely.

2) Bill is a fix it kinds guy. :)

3) I have used Skin so Soft with varying degrees of success. A few summers ago, I made my own, homemade bug juice, but I need to reorder the essentisl oils needed for the recipe. It worked great!

Shipping plants

[naomi_sue]

How far away have you shipped them? In the spring I'd like to send Mrs. Alura (aka Fritzsmomma) a cutting from Naomi's flower. I'm just wondering if the distance between Dayton Ohio and Tulsa Oklahoma would be too far to expect it to arrive in good shape.

[call_me_harmony]

Sounds as usual like a full summer.

Glad you managed to replace the washing machine

[guavmom]

Yes! John brought it in last night, hooked it up, and did a load of wash. It works fine! ANNNDDD>...it is a super capacity, unlike the apartment sized one we had before. It worked fine, ( before it died), but wasn't big enough to wash my quilts and comforters. I'm a happy camper now!

And, as far as a full summer...I haven't gone anywhere, or done anything. No picnics, fireworks, or swimming. :(

[throwingstardna]

I purchased a dozen plants for my LJ gardening community
Do you see anything wrong with this sentence?

[guavmom]

The people who reserved them all paid me for the plants, plus the S&H. Do you see anything wrong with that sentence? I was just the middlemom. ;)

Wedding. Pictures. Thanks. Love you!

[throwingstardna]

Thank you for that clarification. I was not looking forward to scolding you :)

For now, you can look at some of Chloe's and Peggy's pictures.

Love you too!

[naomi_sue]

See what I'm talking about, Guavmom? Kids. You spend twenty lifetime hair raising/graying years on them and then they think turn about is fair play in adulthood. It's like they somehow magically were granted a license to 'scold', without asking questions first. But then now that I think about it, sometimes I did scold without asking questions first. But our children should know better!! There's a whole lot to be said about life being cyclical. At least we know they love us, when they pay that close of attention. :)

[naelany]

busy bee, as always ^_~. Is it just on my LJ page that your post comes witha huge gap at the end?

[guavmom]

No. It's my post. Don'y know what happened. Sorry.

[naelany]

's ok ^_^, was just wondering