Take My Cat ... PLEASE!

April 18, 2006 – 13:22 – Happy Birthday, Albert!!

My mother bailed on me. She must have decided that she could no longer get away with saying nothing, so she told me that she had absolutely no interest in my sale project. (Or is that project sale?) She said she was too busy with her yard right now. Oh. Right. That’s why she’s calling up Aunt Isabel and telling her that she’s got great ideas for her yard/house/etc.

I admit that I’m disappointed. But I also figure that she’ll come around when she sees how much I’ve gotten done with it and that I’m actually serious. Lynne and Aunt Jane are still in this with me and I’m going to work even harder to make this all work. I’m very confident in this. A new feeling. And I like it.

Spot is driving me batty to get outside. I think I’ll go plant something. It’s not too early for seeds … but I haven’t quite decided how I want to arrange things. I’ll plant the raspberry bushes though. They should be fine. All I have to do now is decide where to put the strawberry plants.

15:00

Okay, Spot’s been outside, I got the raspberry planted, and managed to stir up some dirt for a little bit of planting. I even got a circle cut out of the grass around my oak tree. I think it’s starting to bud. I sure hope so. I’ve always wanted an oak tree. Anyway, taking that circle out around it will make it much easier for it to get water and it won’t have to fight the grass for it. That’s a pet peeve … people who plant trees and then don’t take proper care of them. Or move onto a property with trees and complain about how it’s killing the grass. I hear that a lot about evergreens.

Hello?

Yes, the soil is a bit more acidic with the needle drop, but that isn’t what is killing the grass! It’s the fight for water! Water the tree a bit more, stupid! (If you don't like paying for the extra water coming from a sprinkler and you think it's all running away from the tree anyway, then make a hole close to the trunk and stick in a length of PVC or ABS pipe. You can pour water into that and it will go straight to the roots.) Things will grow under those trees. I had a lovely flower garden growing under mine! It was really looking good when I left … more the pity. Didn’t even know what some of it was …

Need an edger to take more grass out at the front. We want to extend the flowerbed along the fence – so we don’t have to try to mow or snip around it. (I think I’ve said this before.) I also want to put a circle around the boulevard tree. This property has really nice soil to work with. Needs more earth worms though. I wonder if there is a place where you can buy some? I know you can buy lady bugs to fight aphids …

Mother-in-law is going to give me their composter. She says the city gave it to them and they don’t use it.

Where the heck was I when they were doing this????

I can’t wait to start planting … I’m going to be more careful about it this year. I don’t have to plant the whole pack! Just a few here and there. Have to go out and get the cucumber seeds though … I forgot those. And still have to buy tomato plants. Those will come later though.

Lady of Blessings … my cat is driving me crazy.

I slept until almost 09:30 today. I couldn’t believe it. That’s one way to make the day go by faster. Yesterday, I stayed awake when Jade left for work and the day seemed ever so much longer. I should have taken a nap, but I didn’t.

An old friend came over yesterday and tried to help us network our computers. Turns out that my computer is a horrid old bat who, even when she recognizes the other computer as existing, refuses to share anything or connect with it. My computer – the Everlasting Spinster. Don’t know what’s wrong with her or what’s missing in her programming. Turns out we might be able to share our printer at least if it’s hooked up to my computer and the other one asks to use it. It seems that she might allow for that.

Well, I think I’ll get the floor swept and washed before I settle down for a good game, or whatever, on the computer. Might even get the dishes done too. Should get something done before the Bacon Man comes home.

Heh.

16:00

There. Dishes done, floors swept, kitty litter cleaned, and garbage gathered. I’ll save the swiffering and washing of the floors, gathering the recycling, and washing the windows for tomorrow. Well, okay, I might do the windows tonight … who knows?

Tonight, I plan on getting the garbage in the garage ready for a trip to the dump. My father-in-law is going and he’s offered to take some of our stuff too. Grand! Finally! A chance to clean up the mess! I want to make a pile for sale, a pile for the Bissell Centre and a “heave-ho” pile. That old stove will go into the h-h pile. So will the fridge in the basement, if we can get it out. If it was working it would be a Barq’s fridge ... but it doesn’t, so it’s useless and is taking up space.

The previous tenants are still getting mail here. They still get more mail here than we do. I talked to one of their relatives down the street and she said that they didn’t put in a change of address because their current place is temporary. I told her that was silly – especially during tax season. All they had to do was arrange for the mail to be sent to the temp address and then get it switched to the permanent one when they moved again. Meanwhile, I’ve been dropping loads of mail, junk mail, and magazines into the mailbox to return to sender. This wastes my time, the mailing company’s time, and the postman’s time. Heck, they didn’t even ask me to just pass it on to the relative down the street. Idiots.

18:00

I am determined to write something tonight. Absolutely determined. I write better in the evenings anyway … I think. It’s just a matter of getting my self into “the zone”.

I keep thinking about how my aunt was impressed by my paintings. It still kind of stuns me. I really didn’t think they were that good. I mean, so many other students in the class did so much better then me. Perhaps I should consider that as a hobby too. I’ve often felt the urge to bring home a canvas and some paint, but have been able to curb it with the “knowledge” that I was clumsy at such things. Now … well, it’ll be harder to talk myself out of it. The problem will be to figure out what to draw …

That’s my problem with a lot of my abilities. They lack focus. I used to love to draw and doodle when I was younger … but I could never decide on a subject. I’m good at poetry, but can never think of anything to write about. Writing was a bit easier. All I do is start with a single thought … start rambling until I build a picture of something and go from there. Now, it’s easier. The problem now is focusing it so that the reader can follow it. I do tend to digress quite a bit.

Crap, I forgot about my Character History … good thing I wasn’t playing last week (thank you, family dinner night) I’ll have to get that done right away too. Tonight, if I can’t focus on my FF story.

So … I was thinking of creating a schedule for my days … I don’t have as much to do or to work around as Lynne does, but there’s still a lot on my plate. And I seem to float through the day. Doing bits of this and that … having a spurt of energy and then floating around doing basically nothing. I’m proud of myself today for not playing any games on the computer. I got a lot of small things done. Tomorrow, I’ll get even more done. I might even nag Jade about getting my income tax started. Still don’t know if I am officially considered self-employed or not, but we can get things started and make adjustments later. I just want an idea of whether or not I owe anything. I’d rather hear that I’m getting something back, but it would be nice to know. I like to create a bit of suspense, but I don’t handle it very well myself.

Well, I should go and get a few things done before supper …
Sweet Dreams!