So the weather once again is reeking havoc with Utah. We went from freaking freezing to freaking sweating overnight. Literally.
Dan and I have been discussing what to do. When I get home from work, and walk in the house, I walk right back out. It's cooler outside than in. Cats are sprawled everywhere. Laid out from the heat. They don't even have the energy to meow at me.
We have windows open and such, but the swamp cooler is still covered from the winter. I think tonight Dan will brave the roof and uncover it. Then he and I will unpack it and turn it on. Last year at the end of the season it was leaking a bit into the hall. I don't know why, but it's got me worried. So we will just run the fan for now. We are hoping to get Central Air installed soon. This will take my mind off drowning our roof, and with the new windows should keep us nice and cool.
We've been working on our garden. It's not much, but it's going pretty good so far. We got our one surviving raspberry plant in, and the two strawberry plants, and I even planted my lily plant. I broke down yesterday and stopped at Lowe's to see if they had any raspberry plants left. I am banning myself from the garden center there. Almost $90 dollars later...... I walked out with an additional tomato plant, 8 corn plants, two cucumber plants, and a watermelon. This also includes my potting soil, and the two additional house plants I bought.
Plus I got a soaker hose for the garden and a BBQ propane tank gauge plus scrubbing brush for Dan's grill.
I was really surprised that my photo wasn't on the wall stating not to sell this woman any plants. I have been a plant killer in the past. It's my fault the raspberry bushes died. And the 2 watermelon plants, and the tomato plant, and my lilacs aren't doing so well. I'm kinda lazy..... and since I refuse to make Dan do anything I'm not really willing to do, no I can't just get him to do it.
Dan said that he will help me plant the new stuff tonight. This will be the end of my buying spree. Although.... they are having a sale on Peach Trees.........
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
First truly beautiful day
This morning started off just gorgeous! Sunny, warm, beautiful.
Dan got up and mowed the back yard. Because of the rain and his getting home so late, the weeds in the back became the jungle in the back. Here is a picture. The cats just LOVED it.
Tiger and Argo played jungle kitties all over.
Here is another picture. A perspective so you can see just how tall the weeds were. I was worried about Dan mowing. He has a issue where it seems the slightest exertion on his part makes him sweat like he just ran a hundred miles. I had to stop him a couple times so he could drink some water to stay hydrated.
He got it all done and when I went out to see it, his face was pale white. When he came in the house, a minute later his face was so red. I am really hoping it was not sunburn.
I decided he needed a rest and so we snuggled up on our bed and watched The Deathly Hallows. Then he took a nap. I figured we'd get started on the front later in the day so that it wouldn't be so hot. but now it looks very overcast. Plus I once again am not feeling good.
It's a usual occurrence, but I am getting a bit miserable about it. Tired of wanting to do stuff but not having the umpf to do it. It's not fair to Dan that I want to do all this stuff, but I can't so he has to.
I bought some raspberry bushes and strawberry plants. We are going to plant them out front. First we had to take out the rose bushes. They looked dead. Nothing growing. So we clipped them down and got ready to dig out the roots. Dan came upon a big giant root. We can't seem to find the end, so we thought it must be the Cherry tree, and I was all about his getting out his Christmas present from Bill, his little hatchet.
But we've not had a chance w/all the rain and other stuff, so the root has just sat exposed for a few weeks. Thursday I noticed that it had something on it. I got closer and sure enough it was growing. and not a cherry tree. it's the damn supposed to be dead rose bush.
It's still gonna have to go. I want strawberries. I'm really wanting to make jam and stuff.
So here is hoping tomorrow is nice too. We're gonna set up the GARDEN!
Dan got up and mowed the back yard. Because of the rain and his getting home so late, the weeds in the back became the jungle in the back. Here is a picture. The cats just LOVED it.
Tiger and Argo played jungle kitties all over.
Here is another picture. A perspective so you can see just how tall the weeds were. I was worried about Dan mowing. He has a issue where it seems the slightest exertion on his part makes him sweat like he just ran a hundred miles. I had to stop him a couple times so he could drink some water to stay hydrated.
He got it all done and when I went out to see it, his face was pale white. When he came in the house, a minute later his face was so red. I am really hoping it was not sunburn.
I decided he needed a rest and so we snuggled up on our bed and watched The Deathly Hallows. Then he took a nap. I figured we'd get started on the front later in the day so that it wouldn't be so hot. but now it looks very overcast. Plus I once again am not feeling good.
It's a usual occurrence, but I am getting a bit miserable about it. Tired of wanting to do stuff but not having the umpf to do it. It's not fair to Dan that I want to do all this stuff, but I can't so he has to.
I bought some raspberry bushes and strawberry plants. We are going to plant them out front. First we had to take out the rose bushes. They looked dead. Nothing growing. So we clipped them down and got ready to dig out the roots. Dan came upon a big giant root. We can't seem to find the end, so we thought it must be the Cherry tree, and I was all about his getting out his Christmas present from Bill, his little hatchet.
But we've not had a chance w/all the rain and other stuff, so the root has just sat exposed for a few weeks. Thursday I noticed that it had something on it. I got closer and sure enough it was growing. and not a cherry tree. it's the damn supposed to be dead rose bush.
It's still gonna have to go. I want strawberries. I'm really wanting to make jam and stuff.
So here is hoping tomorrow is nice too. We're gonna set up the GARDEN!
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