Re: Good weekend/ me too

Still no job for DH- still looking and hoping...
Theresa

Pam Evans wrote:

>Wonderful news Theresa, you could use some! How's DH's job search coming
>along?
>
>On 11/8/05, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center <
>4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
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>>Congratulations Theresa. No realtor commission to pay either.
>>Sounds like a pleasant day for you.
>>
>>Kitty
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Theresa" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:37 PM
>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Good weekend/ me too
>>
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>>>I also had a great weekend- nothing to do with gardening, but..... we
>>>accepted a bid on my father's house! yeah! So, if all goes well it
>>>should close escrow by 11/30 and that will be one less worry that I have
>>>in settling his estate.
>>>
>>>I actually went up there on Saturday and looked around to consider what
>>>fairly inexpensive things I could do to spiff up the place to make it
>>>more appealing. While I was there I ended up showing the house and
>>>property to 2 people (I had left the gate open). One of them ended up
>>>buying the place. I'm really happy that it is sold, but also because
>>>the family really loved the property and was delighted that there were
>>>fruit trees planted there (my dad planted them before he even built the
>>>house). I also had a chance to wander around the property (5 acres)
>>>which I hadn't had time to do since my dad died. So that was really
>>>nice for me. Tons of lesser goldfinch (they are so cute the all flock
>>>to the tree rings when the watering system turns on), warblers, several
>>>varieties of woodpeckers, jack rabbits, etc. And the neighbor next to
>>>him has about a dozen sheep. I love the sound of the large brass bell
>>>on one of the sheep. So- it was a nice day for me, to be followed the
>>>next day by the good news about the house bid.
>>>
>>>Theresa
>>>
>>>Andrea Hodges wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>It sounds like a great weekend Cyndi. I love weekends like that.
>>>>
>>>>Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:I'm
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>>glad no one from here was hurt by the tornado. Scary!
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>>>>I had such a good weekend. Nothing special happened. But for the last
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>>month
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>>>>I haven't been able to do much on the weekends - I had back problems,
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>>and
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>>>>then when that cleared up I got a horrible cold and couldn't do a lot.
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>>But
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>>>>this weekend I felt great. I finished getting everything tender into
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>>the
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>>>>greenhouse.
>>>>Sure had a lot more work to do this year; because I neglected to tend
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>>it
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>>>>much over the summer things grew really wild. I already mentioned the
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>>7'
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>>>>tall abutilon (now much smaller); as I pulled stuff out into the lawn I
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>>had
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>>>>to hack off about 4 feet of branches off the geraniums too. The bulbine
>>>>frutescens that Kitty gave me kind of exploded, it's still contained in
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>>its
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>>>>pot but there was so much of it I broke off a bunch of sections to try
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>>and
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>>>>root. I went to move the big spider plant (ummm...chlorophytum comosum)
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>>and
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>>>>discovered it had gotten so massive it broke the ceramic pot it was in
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>>-
>>18"
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>>>>wide and the same deep, about, and there was no soil left, only roots.
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>>And
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>>>>darn it, the pot was a pretty one I bought in Mexico - of course you
>>>>couldn't SEE the pot anymore, oh well. I just took some babies and
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>>tossed
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>>>>the whole thing; in a year I'll have another one just as big. I brought
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>>in
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>>>>the succulents and took a bunch of cuttings to root in a few days. Oh,
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>>it
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>>>>was good just puttering around.
>>>>We have not had frost yet. Amazingly enough I still have zucchini,
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>>usually
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>>>>by the end of September they are pooped out. When I brought in a few
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>>for
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>>>>grilling on the BBQ my husband just groaned. The peppers are still out
>>>>there, I picked almost 10 pounds of red and green ones which I'll have
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>>to
>>do
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>>>>something with tonight. And the tomatoes are finally producing. They
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>>were
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>>>>not happy all year but NOW have decided to explode with fruit. I'm
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>>almost
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>>>>done with preserving though and I am not real fond of most recipes
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>>using
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>>>>green tomatoes, too bad.
>>>>Our new dog Trixie is settling in. I've never owned a dog this young
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>>(she's
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>>>>7 months), what a kick she is. She likes to drink out of the garden
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>>hose
>>so
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>>>>the whole time I was in the greenhouse she was right there, sticking
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>>her
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>>>>head in whatever plant I was trying to water. She isn't reliably
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>>housebroken
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>>>>yet so last night was the first she spent in our bedroom, suitably
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>>confined
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>>>>of course. She was pretty excited to be there with us and sleep was
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>>elusive.
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>>>>Then a group of coyotes started yipping very close, so we got up to
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>>check
>>on
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>>>>our sheep a couple times which made her even more excited. But all was
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>>well
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>>>>and last night everyone slept just fine.
>>>>My dry garden is still in bloom. I took some pictures but didn't get
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>>them
>>up
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>>>>on the web, I'll have to do that tonight too. Everything else in the
>>>>ornamental garden, except one hybrid tea rose, is winding down for the
>>>>winter, but the salvias and zauschneria, even some penstemon, are still
>>>>blooming. I don't remember this from last year so it might be that the
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>>rain
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>>>>we got in October has fooled them.
>>>>Yep, it was a good weekend.
>>>>
>>>>Cyndi
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>>>>Andrea H
>>>>Petersburg, IL
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