06.16.08
KABOOM!
A few things to touch on today. First, I got to see my sister on Sunday…she looked really good. I know she’s got some bumps and bruises but really, she looked good…in spite of her new hardware. Hopefully she will be up for us to visit again. We went for Sunday dinner in the hospital cafeteria and had Swiss Chalet, I’ve never seen a Swiss Chalet in a hospital before. She did really well sitting until her meds ran out, I just hope she didn’t over do it.
We also finished our planter box on Saturday and we planted our new herb garden. I re homed the potted rosemary tree into the box as well as two of each of the smaller potted herbs we bought. So we now have fresh thyme, basil, sage, flat leaf parsley and oregano at our fingertips. We still have loads of room which I plan on filling with some tomatoes.
And finally the reason there are no pictures of our new box is because we’ve been having some pretty severe weather. We’ve had thunderstorms for the past three days, a few torrential downpours mixed in. I was worried about the herbs but apparently they’re quite a bit sturdier than I thought. We’re still expecting more thunderstorms over the next few days so I’ll do my best to get pictures when the sun is shining again.
06.11.08
It Can Only Get Better, Right?
Monday I had a migraine so I couldn’t function. They usually lay me out for the first 10-12 hours and Advil Migraine Capsules usually allow me to be able to semi function after that. We didn’t have any. No functioning.
Tuesday morning I got that phone call. You know that one, the one that leaves you with your stomach in knots and a huge lump in your throat that makes it impossible to speak coherently? My sister and her husband were in a car accident. All my dad could tell me was that Ed would be okay, a few broken ribs but Julie was badly injured. Scott called and found out that she had a fractured skull, broken pelvis, a few broken ribs as well as the usual minor injuries associated with an accident.
Currently she’s in ICU after spending yesterday being fitted with a halo. I haven’t seen her yet, perhaps when I do I’ll be able sleep better.
I felt so badly for Ed, he has none of his immediate family here…but I know most of our family has gone into see him and he was released today. The poor guy had no idea what was going on, and I can only imagine how awful that would be. Never mind that he had no privacy since he was kept in the emergency room as there were no rooms available.
I’m not sure when she’ll be up to a visit from me, so I’ll just wait.
06.03.08
The Heat Is On
Well, after a few days of beautiful breezy spring days summer will be coming this Friday. It’s supposed to be a very uncomfortable 32 degrees Celsius. This sudden change in weather has us contemplating how we’re going to stay cool without having to constantly rely on our air conditioner.
There are tips to be found all over the Internet and most are very much common sense. Save turning on your high heat appliances (stove, oven, dishwasher, dryer) until the evening. Use fans, keep the sun out, do less. One of the most interesting one I’m reading about is low e window film. We’ll be looking at Home Depot for some today. They only carry two brands, 3M and GILA…if you’ve got any experience with those brands feel free to drop me a line. I’ll be letting everyone know how it goes. The film is supposed to cut down on UV and heat getting into the house in the summer and in the winter it’s supposed to keep the heat in. There’s some scientific mumbo jumbo about how it works but we all know that it works by magic.
Our next mission in our energy saving will be to install a laundry line in the yard. This should be interesting with the dogs. I can easily see Flash hanging by his teeth on a pair of pants…I promise to post pictures if I catch him. The one thing I can’t stand about line drying is how crunchy and stiff everything gets and I’m not really sure how to combat that.
Our planter is still very, very slowly coming along. We need more gravel, fun and Scott is going to order soil for this weekend. And then FINALLY we’ll be able to plant. This week is also our first week of co-op organic food share. I’m really excited about trying all sorts of new veggies. This week we’re supposed to be getting Kale…I’ve never had it before and it will be fun to figure out how I’m supposed to cook this stuff.
Stay cool!
05.08.08
Let’s Hear It for the IT Guy!
It’s a real bonus to be married to a computer geek! He found out how to get my USB key working again, there was some kind of hate on for Vista. Now I have most of my story…which means I didn’t save the whole thing onto that key. I guess now I have no excuse for not reading it. So I aim to do that this week. This is step one in editing as far as I can tell and it’s bound to be painful to not actually make any corrections. I suppose this is good practice though for when I actually write something that has a chance in hell of being published. I think I need to work on my writing confidence.
Pretty quiet day around here, having some friends around for burgers. She hasn’t met MC yet so this should be funny. He hates meeting new people, he goes mute and won’t let go of me.
05.07.08
Ahhh….Fork It
MC has discovered that forks are indeed useful and not just another little something to toss off of the high chair. He has slowly over the past few days been practicing at piercing the food, but he always took it off and shoved in his mouth via the hands. Yesterday he had an epiphany…food on fork, fork to mouth, watch mommy clap wildly, and repeat. He still get frustrated as not everything fits neatly on the fork or it falls off on the long trip from tray to mouth. He’ll get the hang of it soon.
