Song of the day: “I’m too sexy for my car” by Right said Fred. I know, talk about inappropriate while I’m still pretty much sick as a dog. It ain’t pretty, I tell ya, and well, therefore (my that sounds fancy) I’m going to keep today’s blog as friggin’ short as I possibly can.
It’s not like there is a lot to say anyway. It’s not like I’ve done all that much these past few days, except sleep, and maybe having feverish dreams, which, of course would be interesting to write about, if I were so inclined…but since I’m not…ah well.
Lots of napping going on all ‘round, seeing as all the sibs are ill as well, so there really isn’t all that much to report. I don’t think I’ve slept this much in years, and it did do a world of good compared to the way I was feeling yesterday, and the day before that.
Heck, I barely managed bringing grandpa to town yesterday, to get butane canisters with the car. Yikes, I really had to pay a lot of attention while driving.
Today was a little less bad, and we actually managed to get some work done in the yard, seeing as the sun came out again.
The raspberries and brambles now have fencing with which they can grow high. And I put in the kiwis down by the fence, which are going to need extra support in the near future, but will manage just fine for now.
Also, some of the young eucalypti were really disappearing below the weeds, so I had to free them, and by the time big brother trimmed the big mimosa and I’d cut out some dirt from the path little sister is working on, the afternoon was over. Though it kept the water from the guest quarters, there was some mud gathering during the rain, so a gutter was necessary. By then, I was running on fumes only and figured it was enough for a day.
And so’s this blog, ‘cause I’ve just about had it and wanna go take another long nap.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sick as a dog!
Yep, I am. Ain’t it wonderful? Seriously, yesterday morning I woke up feeling achy all over and so darn sleepy I decided to crawl back in bed for another hour. It didn’t help much either, sure I could get up, have breakfast and unload the car (albeit incredibly slow) but by the time I’d done a leisured walkthrough of the yard, I was about ready to fall asleep on my feet.
Decided to do just that inside the old (empty) pool, and pulled out a sun bed. Gawd, it was downright wonderful, lying there in the full blast of the sun, catching some zzzzs for a solid hour while big brother worked one the plants. I felt a tad better afterwards, took some fresh lettuce from the seedbeds and went up to the house to make lunch: Grilled veggies on bread and cheese. Yum.
Was starting to get a wee bit tired by then already but I was determined to do something constructive at least and decided to dismantle and old garden umbrella, so we can use the wood at least. My coordination was a little off, but once done I informed big brother I was going to bed for a bit, rather than risk passing out, hah.
As planned, we did go to the plant nursery and got ourselves the promised raspberries, brambles (or black berries) and kiwis. Since we were there anyway, we got another pear tree, nectarine, peach, plum and a walnut…along with two more grapes. Managed to put in three of them too, before the night fell and it was time to head inside to have dinner and start on the day’s edit.
Began doing the recently finished writing project, and came out pleasantly surprised. The tone is just right, and the amount of editing necessary is minimal and that is rather thrilling I have to admit. Usually a good edit day is six pages at most, but yesterday’s edit made up eleven pages in total, which means that the end is only 304 pages to go, hah.
I felt marginally better by the end of the evening, even though I was of course tired, and went to bed early…it didn’t help much. I woke up about five hours after I went to bed, already feeling my lungs clog up, and when it was finally time to get up, I’d developed a serious cough. Darn it.
I’m definitely aiming for another nap later on, but until that time, I figure I might as well use the dreary day to get some more computer work done. It’s cloudy again, with a hint of rain in the air, so the plants should be happy at least.
Decided to do just that inside the old (empty) pool, and pulled out a sun bed. Gawd, it was downright wonderful, lying there in the full blast of the sun, catching some zzzzs for a solid hour while big brother worked one the plants. I felt a tad better afterwards, took some fresh lettuce from the seedbeds and went up to the house to make lunch: Grilled veggies on bread and cheese. Yum.
Was starting to get a wee bit tired by then already but I was determined to do something constructive at least and decided to dismantle and old garden umbrella, so we can use the wood at least. My coordination was a little off, but once done I informed big brother I was going to bed for a bit, rather than risk passing out, hah.
As planned, we did go to the plant nursery and got ourselves the promised raspberries, brambles (or black berries) and kiwis. Since we were there anyway, we got another pear tree, nectarine, peach, plum and a walnut…along with two more grapes. Managed to put in three of them too, before the night fell and it was time to head inside to have dinner and start on the day’s edit.
Began doing the recently finished writing project, and came out pleasantly surprised. The tone is just right, and the amount of editing necessary is minimal and that is rather thrilling I have to admit. Usually a good edit day is six pages at most, but yesterday’s edit made up eleven pages in total, which means that the end is only 304 pages to go, hah.
I felt marginally better by the end of the evening, even though I was of course tired, and went to bed early…it didn’t help much. I woke up about five hours after I went to bed, already feeling my lungs clog up, and when it was finally time to get up, I’d developed a serious cough. Darn it.
I’m definitely aiming for another nap later on, but until that time, I figure I might as well use the dreary day to get some more computer work done. It’s cloudy again, with a hint of rain in the air, so the plants should be happy at least.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Bushed!
Song of the day: “So far so good” by Bryan Adams. It’s been a while, I think, so I’m happy with it. Hah.
Well, it was an awfully busy day and I’m solidly bushed, so let’s see if we can keep this short. The other day I ended on the rather “lethargic” note, and considering the day didn’t get much better afterwards, I’m not even going to bother finishing it up and skip right to yesterday.
It was a slow one, really, but not unpleasant in any way, I’ll admit. There was rain, sure, but for some reason that didn’t bother me all that much during the course of the day, and actually managed to get some stuff done.
First there was the unloading of the sand in the back of the car but that took me only a short time, really, and our tenant kept me company, what with a momentary lapse in the rain. Got a nice stash going at the moment, allowing for lots of concrete pouring in the near future.
Once the sand was unloaded, and our tenant back inside, I went down the yard to check on the seedlings and such, seeing as big brother was too busy for it (he and grandpa made a new gate for the bungalow section) and watered the plants that are covered by glass and thus cannot benefit from the steady drizzle that continued to come down.
Seeing as I was doing mostly busy work, I took the opportunity in the afternoon to head into the kitchen and make dinner for two days in a row. Spinach, potato and cheese tortilla, made light with cream and milk, rather than just eggs (some non-egg lovers around, including yours truly), it came out rather well, and we enjoyed it even today.
While the tortillas (two huge ones, seeing as eight people had to eat from it) baked in the oven the sun broke through for a bit, so the sibs and I took the opportunity to stroll through the yard to see how everything was doing. Spinach is coming up, so are the beets, carrots and even seven potatoes (so far) hah. All except five trees have budded open, creating these rather delicate little leaves that look downright adorable.
It stayed dry long enough for big brother and I to head out for a rock load and a quick jog, which makes it the sixth in a row for me. Not a good idea, considering that afterwards I was so friggin sore I could hardly move until I’d taken a hot shower.
We had a good read through edit, and finally finished with it. This means that we can start on some serious work, like the recently finished project, “A Taste Of Life” that still needs the full row of at least two serious edits in the next few months. Aaaargh. I might break out in hives sometime soon, hah.
But anyway, let’s move on to today, which was downright splendid, weather wise. The sun was shining brightly, the temperature perfect and only a tiny little breeze that made the day even more comfortable. There was the usual breakfast at the kitchen counter with big brother and grandpa while we talked about our plans of the day, preceded by a quick laundry episode that, let’s face it, never ends.
What with the weather so darn good, we decided to go all out and started preparing the carport for pouring concrete. Considering that a lot of debris (gathered from working on a variety of projects there this winter) was there, I’m amazed we had everything ready for it by the time the younger sibs joined us.
Little sister immediately started mixing concrete, and little brother diverted his attention between helping with sand and such and heading down into the yard to water the covered plants again.
As the new floor, basically the center of the carport, will be higher than the others, we’ve made a temporary casing, and used a vast amount of larger rocks to fill up the higher places of the 10X10 feet floor before we began pouring the fresh cement. We were just getting into the swing of it too, when we realized that we’d forgotten to get extra cement this morning, so grandpa and took the car to get ten more 70 pound bags while we continued on.
We were actually through our supply when they returned, needing another four batches before big brother and I could finish off, smoothening the surface of the floor until it was the same as the first section we poured several months ago.
Gawd, I was so friggin’ tired, and the dogs had been so good, even Knight II kept his trap shut most of the day, which is definitely news worthy, hah.
By the time we had the new floor surrounded by temporary fencing…only had two dogs go through it during the course of construction after all…it was dark out, and we headed inside to chow down on dinner little brother made for us.
Which brings me to the end of today’s sum up because I’m late and I really should just leave it at this so I can at least get a tiny bit of work done on the computer before the day is through, or I pass out, whichever one is first wins. Hah.
I’m outta here, hoping for an early night, seeing as last night I got way too little.
Well, it was an awfully busy day and I’m solidly bushed, so let’s see if we can keep this short. The other day I ended on the rather “lethargic” note, and considering the day didn’t get much better afterwards, I’m not even going to bother finishing it up and skip right to yesterday.
It was a slow one, really, but not unpleasant in any way, I’ll admit. There was rain, sure, but for some reason that didn’t bother me all that much during the course of the day, and actually managed to get some stuff done.
First there was the unloading of the sand in the back of the car but that took me only a short time, really, and our tenant kept me company, what with a momentary lapse in the rain. Got a nice stash going at the moment, allowing for lots of concrete pouring in the near future.
Once the sand was unloaded, and our tenant back inside, I went down the yard to check on the seedlings and such, seeing as big brother was too busy for it (he and grandpa made a new gate for the bungalow section) and watered the plants that are covered by glass and thus cannot benefit from the steady drizzle that continued to come down.
Seeing as I was doing mostly busy work, I took the opportunity in the afternoon to head into the kitchen and make dinner for two days in a row. Spinach, potato and cheese tortilla, made light with cream and milk, rather than just eggs (some non-egg lovers around, including yours truly), it came out rather well, and we enjoyed it even today.
While the tortillas (two huge ones, seeing as eight people had to eat from it) baked in the oven the sun broke through for a bit, so the sibs and I took the opportunity to stroll through the yard to see how everything was doing. Spinach is coming up, so are the beets, carrots and even seven potatoes (so far) hah. All except five trees have budded open, creating these rather delicate little leaves that look downright adorable.
It stayed dry long enough for big brother and I to head out for a rock load and a quick jog, which makes it the sixth in a row for me. Not a good idea, considering that afterwards I was so friggin sore I could hardly move until I’d taken a hot shower.
We had a good read through edit, and finally finished with it. This means that we can start on some serious work, like the recently finished project, “A Taste Of Life” that still needs the full row of at least two serious edits in the next few months. Aaaargh. I might break out in hives sometime soon, hah.
But anyway, let’s move on to today, which was downright splendid, weather wise. The sun was shining brightly, the temperature perfect and only a tiny little breeze that made the day even more comfortable. There was the usual breakfast at the kitchen counter with big brother and grandpa while we talked about our plans of the day, preceded by a quick laundry episode that, let’s face it, never ends.
What with the weather so darn good, we decided to go all out and started preparing the carport for pouring concrete. Considering that a lot of debris (gathered from working on a variety of projects there this winter) was there, I’m amazed we had everything ready for it by the time the younger sibs joined us.
Little sister immediately started mixing concrete, and little brother diverted his attention between helping with sand and such and heading down into the yard to water the covered plants again.
As the new floor, basically the center of the carport, will be higher than the others, we’ve made a temporary casing, and used a vast amount of larger rocks to fill up the higher places of the 10X10 feet floor before we began pouring the fresh cement. We were just getting into the swing of it too, when we realized that we’d forgotten to get extra cement this morning, so grandpa and took the car to get ten more 70 pound bags while we continued on.
We were actually through our supply when they returned, needing another four batches before big brother and I could finish off, smoothening the surface of the floor until it was the same as the first section we poured several months ago.
Gawd, I was so friggin’ tired, and the dogs had been so good, even Knight II kept his trap shut most of the day, which is definitely news worthy, hah.
By the time we had the new floor surrounded by temporary fencing…only had two dogs go through it during the course of construction after all…it was dark out, and we headed inside to chow down on dinner little brother made for us.
Which brings me to the end of today’s sum up because I’m late and I really should just leave it at this so I can at least get a tiny bit of work done on the computer before the day is through, or I pass out, whichever one is first wins. Hah.
I’m outta here, hoping for an early night, seeing as last night I got way too little.
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