RE: Good weekend/new job

Smart place.  They know that giving you a $20 gift card means you'll be back for a $220 purchase. ;+)

Kitty

-- "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Glad the job is working out... I couldn't work in a place like that- I would
never bring a paycheck home- in the summer it would go towards plants and in
this season Xmas stuff.

The home and garden center around here had their Xmas open house this
weekend... geesh, I bought a bunch of high end stuff since it was half off
for the weekend. This place is not cheap, but has the unusual... and I
couldn't resist :)

I was lucky enough to win a door prize too. I thought it would be some item
that was collecting dust like most places do...instead they gave me a $20.00
gift card good for anything in the store... that was cool!

Donna

> -----Original Message-----
> Of course I don't mind that you shared the dayliy Kitty. That's what
> plants are for. And FYI, those come true from seed, so after they bloom
> be sure and collect the seed pods.
> 
> 
> Acutally, Buckley's DOES close its retail part in January and February
> so I'll be out of work for about a month and a half. I should be able to
> come back to work mid-February as that's when the roses start coming in.
> Everyone collects unemployment from what I understand. I'm just making
> sure to save enough money to cover my expenses for that time period.
> It'll be hard, and I started to get a job as a cashier at Sam's Club
> too, but I just couldn't do it. After being on my feet all day at the
> nursery I am BEAT when I get home.
> 
> 
> You should just go for it. I LOVE working in the nursery part. I don't
> particularly love the cashier part of the job, but it goes with the
> territory, so I'm OK with it. If it's a 9 month job I would think you'd
> be able to collect unemployment as well. Let us know what you decide.
> 
> 
> And thanks for having such confidence in me. I hope I can live up to it!
> LOL!
> A
> 
> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> Andrea,
> This all sounds so wonderful! It's nice that it's a big enough operation
> that you aren't out of work in the off season. I've had my sights set on
> applying at a nursery just a few blocks from my house, but it looks like
> only a 9 month job. Still, I plan to apply and see what could be worked
> out.
> 
> They're really lucky to have you.
> 
> I hope you don't mind, but I shared a portion of the daylily you sent me
> with a friend. You sent such huge divisions and she was enamored when I
> told her it was a night bloomer.
> 
> Kitty
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrea Hodges"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Good weekend/new job
> 
> 
> > Thanks everyone for the well wishes and congrats and kudos. I'm tired.
> > LOL! I've worked behind a desk so long I forgot what it's like to move
> > all day long. The first two days I spent part of each day getting
> > Christmas stuff out and up for sale. OY!
> >
> >
> > We are getting in hundreds of poinsettias next week or the next I think.
> > I can't recall. I spent today cutting back #1 perennials for winter.
> > It's been much warmer here than normal according to the locals. The
> > nursery is nice, but it needs some direction and updating of trends. The
> > manager that hired me is trying to do just that.
> >
> >
> > The company itself is a big operation. Lots of landscaping, snow
> > removal, Christmas decoration, and other contracts. I'm going to get to
> > learn to operate forklifts and bobcats. Whoo hoo! I'm already enamored
> > of the mini-blue ever greens. I can hardly wait til next spring and I've
> > got tulips planted and there are peonies in my yard. It's all very
> > exciting to me.
> >
> > A
> >
> > Pam Evans wrote:
> > Amen to that!
> >
> > On 11/8/05, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center <
> > 4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Fantastic, Andrea! They're lucky to have you.
> > >
> > > Kitty
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Andrea Hodges"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 8:49 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Good weekend/new job
> > >
> > >
> > > > OK, I wasn't finished replying to your message.....don't know what I
> did
> > > > but I sent it by accident. As I was saying, it sounds like a great
> > > > weekend. I have a great day.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I started my new job today at Buckley's Prairie Landscaping. I had a
> > > > ball. I'm so tired. Unfortunately, I didn't get to play with the
> plants
> > > > too much as we are starting to put out the Christmas decorations,
> but
> > > > that's OK. It was still a lot of fun. Nice, easy going people, lots
> to
> > > > be done, so there won't be a dull moment. Huge nursery.
> > > >
> > > > I think I made the right decision.
> > > > A
> > > > Now in Zone 5
> > > >
> > > > Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:
> > > > I'm glad no one from here was hurt by the tornado. Scary!
> > > > I had such a good weekend. Nothing special happened. But for the
> last
> > > month
> > > > I haven't been able to do much on the weekends - I had back
> problems,
> > > and
> > > > then when that cleared up I got a horrible cold and couldn't do a
> lot.
> > > But
> > > > this weekend I felt great. I finished getting everything tender into
> the
> > > > greenhouse.
> > > > Sure had a lot more work to do this year; because I neglected to
> tend
> it
> > > > much over the summer things grew really wild. I already mentioned
> the
> 7'
> > > > tall abutilon (now much smaller); as I pulled stuff out into the
> lawn
> I
> > > had
> > > > 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
> > > its
> > > > pot but there was so much of it I broke off a bunch of sections to
> try
> > > and
> > > > root. I went to move the big spider plant (ummm...chlorophytum
> comosum)
> > > and
> > > > discovered it had gotten so massive it broke the ceramic pot it was
> in -
> > > 18"
> > > > wide and the same deep, about, and there was no soil left, only
> roots.
> > > And
> > > > 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
> > > tossed
> > > > the whole thing; in a year I'll have another one just as big. I
> brought
> > > in
> > > > the succulents and took a bunch of cuttings to root in a few days.
> Oh,
> > > it
> > > > was good just puttering around.
> > > > We have not had frost yet. Amazingly enough I still have zucchini,
> > > usually
> > > > by the end of September they are pooped out. When I brought in a few
> for
> > > > 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
> > > to
> > > do
> > > > something with tonight. And the tomatoes are finally producing. They
> > > were
> > > > not happy all year but NOW have decided to explode with fruit. I'm
> > > almost
> > > > done with preserving though and I am not real fond of most recipes
> using
> > > > green tomatoes, too bad.
> > > > Our new dog Trixie is settling in. I've never owned a dog this young
> > > (she's
> > > > 7 months), what a kick she is. She likes to drink out of the garden
> hose
> > > so
> > > > the whole time I was in the greenhouse she was right there, sticking
> her
> > > > head in whatever plant I was trying to water. She isn't reliably
> > > housebroken
> > > > yet so last night was the first she spent in our bedroom, suitably
> > > confined
> > > > of course. She was pretty excited to be there with us and sleep was
> > > elusive.
> > > > Then a group of coyotes started yipping very close, so we got up to
> > > check
> > > on
> > > > our sheep a couple times which made her even more excited. But all
> was
> > > well
> > > > and last night everyone slept just fine.
> > > > My dry garden is still in bloom. I took some pictures but didn't get
> > > them
> > > up
> > > > 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
> > > rain
> > > > we got in October has fooled them.
> > > > Yep, it was a good weekend.
> > > >
> > > > Cyndi
> > > >
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> > > > Andrea H
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> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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