Thanks to the largesse of two LJ friends who donated leftover time on their paid accounts to little old Guavmom, I now have a paid account. Thanks to the time and trouble of my own dear Guav, I now have an actual layout for my journal! I like it. Go check it out, and see what you think. It wasn't precisely what Dr. Guavmom ordered, but it works ( Read more... )

If you're anything like me, and I suspect you are, cause I'm sure I'm not that unusual, you can't view the plethora of gardening catalogs that come your way, without engaging in some hard core fantasizing. Am I correct in this assumption. Haha! I thought so! So many of us, be we gardeners, or crafters, or, (God forbid), both, find ourselves ( Read more... )

Not a very exciting weekend, as far as weekends go, but not bad either. The weather was stellar: sunny, clear, and warm, not hot. I futzed around in my garden, and sat outside working on my quilt. If I haven't described it to you, I will. I'm making it to match my bedroom, which is in shades of yellows and blues. It started off life as the ( Read more... )

Here in central New York state, we have been having nice soaking rain showers for the last three or four days. As a gardener, it's all good. When you take into account that I have no outside water spigot, hence no hose, and that watering, for me, means having to haul 5-10 pounds of water from my rain barrels to my garden, it's a great thing. Then ( Read more... )

No , no....I'm still alive and kicking. You can't keep a good Guavmom down. Or a naughty one either, for that matter! But this morning, I was thinking about something someone said recently about "keeping a spotless house", as though that accomplishment alone was enough to warrant the highest accolades. You know, the whole "my floor is so clean ( Read more... )

There's a gentle rain falling outside, and it's so relaxing to hear it. I fully intended to get out in the garden early this morning, and the rain kind of changed my plans. No problem, I'll use the day to clean house, cook up some ratatouille, and spend quality online, reading, and quilting ( Read more... )

This is so good, I just had to share. I have been active in the Gardening community lately, (as well as Quilting), and it's quite a lively community, at that. Anywho, I recently posted about some of the veggies and herbs, recently purchased at the local nursery during their end of the season sales. As a result of this sale, I now have peppers, ( Read more... )

The day started off much easier, by virtue of the fact that it was my day off from the Japanese Water Torture. I only drank 2 cups of water upon rising, instead of the 4, that sent me running to urinate every 30 minutes, over the previous two days. Tomorrow, it's back to Operation Cleanse And Hydrate ( Read more... )

Well, actually, it's my kidneys that are floating. Guav's Mother -In- Law, Venus, sent me an email describing a Japanese health regimen: Upon wakening in the morning, before you even brush your toofies, drink 4 cups of water. That's right folks! ONE QUART of H2O, right off the bat. THEN, wait 45 minutes before brushing your teeth, and eating the ( Read more... )

Guav called me from the airport last night to tell me that he and Bea were on their way to Dallas for a wedding. Their flight got delayed, and the flight that was supposed to take off at 7:10 P.M. didn't actually depart until almost 11 ( Read more... )