Re: Gosh I miss you guys

yeah...that's kind of what I figured, too. Thanks, Pam. How have you
been anyway? I've pretty much missed out on everyone's lives for a while
now...I hope everyone knows how much and how often I think of all of you
and I do pray for all of you an awful lot...hoping of course that life
is being gentle and kind with all of you.



Melody 
Hills, IA  zone 5

Work for the Lord:  the pay isn't much but the retirement is out of this world!

 --- On Thu 09/07, Pam Evans < gardenqueen@gmail.com > wrote:
From: Pam Evans [mailto: gardenqueen@gmail.com]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 12:10:26 -0500
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Gosh I miss you guys

You're very wise my dear. Tomorrow is promised to no one. Make the most
of<br>today. But your "job" isn't done yet, so I get real positive vibes
for ya.<br>:-)<br><br><br>On 9/7/06, Melody <mhobertm@excite.com>
wrote:<br>><br>> Thanks Pam. I really feel bad for Marty as his
now-former boss is also<br>> one of his best and longest time friends.
They grew up across the street<br>> from one another since they were
little boys and it really makes Marty's<br>> heart ache to see his
friend throw his life away like this, but he's<br>> been trying like
heck for the past many months to help Sam and at some<br>> point, it is
Sam's decision...so Marty feels relieved to be away from<br>> having to
watch one of his best friends self-destruct right in front of<br>> him
and he'll be waiting for whenever Sam gets it together again.
That's<br>> the kind of guy he is...he won't ever work for Sam again,
but he'll be<br>> there when Sam needs him to be. In the meantime, I am
secretly

enjoying<br>> having at least a part time househusband (the other part
of the time<br>> he's job hunting)...I really, really need a wife!!!
LOL! As for me, God<br>> and I have been down this road before and I
kind of figure I'm not dead<br>> yet so it's best just to keep on
keeping on...got no<br>><br>> other choice. Besides, I've kinda known
for a long time that every day<br>> that I wake up is a gift...not to be
wasted or thrown away. :-)<br>><br>><br>><br>> Melody<br>> Hills, IA
zone 5<br>><br>> Work for the Lord: the pay isn't much but the
retirement is out of this<br>> world!<br>><br>> --- On Thu 09/07, Pam
Evans < gardenqueen@gmail.com > wrote:<br>> From: Pam Evans [mailto:
gardenqueen@gmail.com]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Thu, 7
Sep 2006 05:44:17 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Gosh I miss you
guys<br>><br>> Melody - sorry about your health issues dear - please
keep us posted<br>> and<br>this will go on my list. Also a new job for
Marty. Sorry about<br>>

the job,<br>but it sounds like a good place to be gone from. His boss
is<br>> on a one way<br>ride to ruin and I wouldn't want to be anywhere
around<br>> that when the bottom<br>drops out. What a mess. Hang in
there<br>> darlin'.<br><br><br><br>On 9/6/06, Melody
<mhobertm@excite.com><br>> wrote:<br>><br>> Bonnie: Thanks for the
encouraging words. What we ended<br>> up doing with<br>> the gardens is
to begin the process of enlarging<br>> them...by stripping<br>> sod. I
can't salvage what I want until I have a<br>> place to move them,
so<br>> we've created a number of "holding<br>> beds"...best I could
think of in the<br>> short term until I can get to<br>> do more
extensive work out there. I'm<br>> hoping for some time to free<br>> up
here once the annual church picnic is<br>> out of the way and now<br>>
that I've got my year's religion education<br>> curriculum<br>>
done...<br>><br>><br>> It<br>><br>> has been a really depressing couple
of weeks here...my husband

lost<br>><br>> his job when his boss fired him in a drug induced temper
tantrum<br>> (his<br>> boss has developed a crack cocaine habit so it
didn't look<br>> like the<br>> business would be around much longer
anyway as he's<br>> funneling all of the<br>> money into his habit) and
I've had some health<br>> issues (bad mammogram and<br>> bad PAP smear
in the same week)...things<br>> I have no control over so we're<br>>
just getting through. 2nd mammogram<br>> done today seems okay; we'll
recheck<br>> again in 6 months. Looks like<br>> I have the joy of an
endometrial biopsy in<br>> my near future...lovely.<br>> Aah...enough
complaining...got too much other<br>> stuff to get done to<br>> worry
about stuff I can't control.<br>><br>><br>> Anyway...thanks for<br>> the
advice about the brown paper sacks. I'm<br>> definitely going to do<br>>
that. Got to get back to work here...<br>><br>><br>> Melody<br>>
Hills,<br>> IA zone 5<br>><br>> Work for the Lord: the pay isn't much

but<br>><br>> the retirement is out of this<br>> world!<br>><br>> --- On
Fri 09/01,<br>> Bonnie & Bill Morgan < wmorgan972@ameritech.net >
wrote:<br>> From:<br>> Bonnie & Bill Morgan [mailto:
wmorgan972@ameritech.net]<br>> To:<br>> gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date:
Fri, 1 Sep 2006 08:42:11 -0400<br>><br>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Gosh I miss
you guys<br>><br>> Melody, we miss you<br>> too, but I understand your
needs and priorities.<br>> You<br>cannot do<br>> it ALL.
<br><br>Congratulations on your upcoming<br>> graduation! What<br>> an
accomplishment with<br>all you already have on your<br>> plate!!!
And<br>> yes, we all need one-on=one time<br>with our kids. My<br>>
youngest is<br>> 30 and I still want some time alone with each<br>girl
every<br>> now and<br>> then and so does DH. Of course, at their ages,
it's<br>> much<br>harder<br>> to get that time with Rayna working full
time and going<br>> to<br>> school<br>full time and Tzeitel working full
time and taking care<br>> of<br>> 4

children and a<br>spouse. <br><br>As for your garden question,<br>>
last<br>> year<br>><br>> with trying to get mother situated in<br>the
nursing home, I wanted<br>><br>> to get the butterfly garden (which was
already a<br>weedy mess)<br>> cleaned<br>> out. It didn't happen because
of many<br>> circumstances.<br>This spring the<br>> whole bed was
totally out of<br>> control. There is no way to<br>really<br>> rescue it
now other than dig<br>> it out, salvage what I can and<br>>
start<br>over, I'm<br>><br>> afraid.<br>> If you can get the weeds out
this fall, lay brown<br>> paper<br>grocery<br>> bags over the soil
(leaving holes where plants are<br>> growing<br>> of<br>course) and
cover it with a layer of mulch, you won't have<br>><br>> that much
work<br>next spring. It worked with another garden area that<br>> I<br>>
was able to get to<br>last fall. It has been relatively easy to<br>>
manage<br>> this year while the<br>butterfly garden is just
depressing.<br>> Even the<br>>

butterflies seem to like the<br>North side driveway border<br>>
garden<br>> better.<br><br>Blessings,<br>Bonnie (SW OH - zone<br>>
5)<br><br><br>><br>><br>> <br><br>-----Original
Message-----<br>From:<br>> owner-gardenchat@hort.net<br>>
[o*@hort.net] On<br>> Behalf<br>Of Melody
<br>Sent:<br>> Friday, September 01, 2006 7:03<br>> AM<br>To:<br>>
gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: [CHAT] Gosh I miss you<br>>
guys<br><br>Dang<br>> but I wish I had more time...to spend here
with<br>> you guys. I really<br>> miss<br>all of you and your advice,
your<br>> support, your friendships.<br>> Can't believe<br>how fast my
time is<br>> going by. Next week I<br>><br>> graduate from my first<br>2
years in the<br>> lay ministry program and the<br>> following week I
start the<br>> next<br>portion of training...the Parish Life<br>>
Administrator<br>> certification.<br>My kids started back to school two
weeks<br>> ago.<br>> Meghan is now in high school,<br>9th grade. Mark is
in

junior high,<br>><br>> 7th grade. And Morgan is now in
5th<br>grade...since Mark and Meg<br>> ride<br>> the school bus now to
and from school,<br>Morgan gets to have<br>> Dad to<br>> herself for an
hour in the mornings and Mom<br>><br>> to<br>herself for an hour in<br>>
the afternoons...something she hasn't<br>> had since<br>before she
started<br>> kindergarten! She is over the moon!<br>> So am I to tell
the<br>truth...I<br>> like having some time with at<br>> least one of my
kids<br>> alone...<br><br><br>okay, so I do really have<br>> a question
for you<br>> all...my gardens are such a<br>mess...weeds<br>> everywhere
and totally<br>> overgrown...do I just give up and let<br>> it<br>finish
out it's year without<br>> trying to straighten it around<br>> or do I
try and<br>eek out some time to<br>> do some serious<br>><br>><br>>
serious work...we're talking several<br>days of it...what are the<br>>
risks<br>> vs. benefits of doing one over the other?<br>Help!!!
It's<br>> gotten

to the<br>> point that even just walking through the<br>>
gardens<br>brings me little<br>> enjoyment because I just haven't
been<br>> able to take care of<br>them this<br>> year like I should
have...it's<br>> pathetic...<br><br><br>Melody<br>Hills,<br>> IA zone
5<br><br>Work for<br>> the Lord: the pay<br>><br>>
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