Re: checking in / happy fall!

Short of time indeed my dear.  And the days get shorter, it compounds the
problem.

On 9/29/07, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the offer but no they'd be too expensive to ship.
> I thought you had a different meaning for the idiom because of the line of
> thought:
> >> > Sorry I've been pretty much out of pocket lately.  Once the pecans
> >> > start
> >> > dropping, I spend hours harvesting them and...<<
> I thought perhaps you meant short of time rather than money.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 8:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] checking in / happy fall!
>
>
> > Means the same thing to me Kitty - LOL.  I can't shell the pecans since
> I
> > had that wrist surgery back in '91, so I give them away.  I can send you
> a
> > box if you don't mind shelling them.  I pick them up to keep the weeds
> out
> > of the lawn and flower beds.  But people are usually quite pleased to
> get
> > them.
> >
> > On 9/29/07, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Pecan harvest!  Yum!  Do you make pies, roast them, or just eat them au
> >> naturale?
> >>
> >> I did some rearranging of my front room and moved the big barrister
> >> bookcases to another room.  Underneath them were about 30 cat toys.
> >>
> >> I've had a cracked back tooth for almost 2 yrs now waiting to get an
> >> overlay
> >> or crown.  My insurance just this month finally kicked in to where it
> >> will
> >> pay half when I get it done; had to pay for the insurance for a year b4
> >> they'd cover crowns.  Still, they cost about $900 now, twice what I
> paid
> >> the
> >> first time I got one.
> >>
> >> "Out of pocket" - to me, this means being short of money.  What does
> this
> >> idiom mean for you?
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone 5
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:37 PM
> >> Subject: [CHAT] checking in / happy fall!
> >>
> >>
> >> > Sorry I've been pretty much out of pocket lately.  Once the pecans
> >> > start
> >> > dropping, I spend hours harvesting them and shucking the hulls in the
> >> > flower
> >> > beds, so it ties up a fair part of my evenings.  You can't leave them
> >> > on
> >> > the
> >> > ground or you will have the most horrible weed problem you ever saw.
> >> > Little
> >> > tiny seedlings w/ taproots to China. They were coming down so fast
> >> Sunday
> >> > I
> >> > kept getting hit in the back.  Like being in a dry hail
> storm.  They're
> >> a
> >> > tad bigger and noticeably heavier this year, must have been the rain
> we
> >> > got
> >> > in May & June.
> >> > Jesse has been home because her son Neal is in town before he goes
> back
> >> to
> >> > Iraq next month.  I called and got to talk to him night before
> >> last.  Her
> >> > computer at home is toast, so she won't be in touch much until she
> gets
> >> > back
> >> > to work next week.
> >> > I've worked the last 3 or 4 Saturdays, so that gives me even less
> free
> >> > time.  The new baby is growing like crazy and she is a very sweet
> girl.
> >> > I'm
> >> > very lucky to have her.  Have nicknamed the living room the "mine
> >> > field"
> >> > because the floor is strewn w/ toys everywhere when I get home.  Very
> >> > difficult to navigate (especially w/ arms full of groceries and mail)
> >> > until
> >> > you clear a path every day.
> >> > Anyone who wants four o'clock seeds holler at me off list, I've got a
> >> > bumper
> >> > crop this year.   Broke a tooth last week, saving up for a
> crown.  Even
> >> w/
> >> > insurance they still cost a fortune.  Doesn't hurt so no big deal I
> >> guess.
> >> > Not much else new here.    Happy fall everyone.  It may cool off here
> >> > in
> >> a
> >> > month, I know the people in the plant at work are looking forward to
> >> > it.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Pam Evans
> >> > Kemp TX
> >> > zone 8A
> >> >
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> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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