Dog Days of Spring

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   They have not started to itch yet, thank goodness. I have not seen one flea. I am glad for the cooler weather for that, at least. Unfortunately, My allergies are bad this year. I have been taking Zyrtec religiously every morning  but it is just making me functional at best.The lilac by the front porch is winning. But I love it. I love the smell but it does not love me. I planted it for my Mother`s memory. We had a couple lilac bushes on the side of the house that we shared with the neighbor next door. He did not care if we picked them and when he died, the place stayed vacant for a couple seasons. Fast forward to when we got the current owner. She and her Mother did not care that they were on the border. They cut them down. Really for no reason because they never did anything to that part of the  yard. She never did anything garden wise to the yard. I think they were just being bitches, because I wanted them to just leave them because they smelled nice. . Before that deed happened, I was able to get one season out...When my Mother died. We had everyone come over to my house after the funeral and I had picked every single flower off both bushes. I had two large bouquets in my twin green vases. Everyone loved it. I did it because I knew she loved them. Hence, that is why I planted my own in my own yard that no one else could control...except my allergies! Ha!
 I suffer now but I will be okay in a week or two.

   I started this post yesterday (Saturday) but I got distracted. Hubs was doing weed whacking and needed me to tell him what not to whack. Then I had to transplant the basil in different pots. It seems that the metal tub I have out front does not drain well enough. I hope they do not die. I have six plants and I want them all to get nice and big. I planted them in old floor plant pots. Two in each pot. They have plenty of room.  Next weekend I will buy my tomato and pepper plants. The kid needs me to buy her some for the community garden because she has to work the book sale . She and her friend are working the community garden plots this year. I just was not feeling it about going there every day in the summer. I could just plant stuff at home.

     I won $12 off the Mega Millions on Friday. I won jack squat off the Powerball last night. Oh well, no fancy vacations away to Fiji for me.   Today, I am going to attempt to put the $7 grill together. If you do not know what I am talking about, let me explain. Maybe 2 winters ago..or 3, I went to Home Depot to buy a new shovel. I think it was in February and ours had broken. Anyway, they had a display out front of a bunch of charcoal grills for clearance. $7 a piece. Now they were nothing fancy like Charbroil but it was the steal of the century. It is still not put together. I now know why. It was my head thing. I just wasnt able to read the instructions and comprehend. Hubs tried but got frustrated right off the bat. So it sat in the box for 2-3 years. Instructions and all. So I brought it up yesterday. I am going to attempt to put it together today. I will have to do it inside instead of the patio like I planned, cause it is raining.
Wish me luck! Hope I can do it. I will take a picture if I did.

Enjoy your Sunday

Happy May Day!

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Happy May Day!
We are in the middle of Spring now. It is 50 deg F and it is raining. A really yucktastic day out there in Connecticut. I cant complain. The ground it getting a much needed drink of water.
 We do not celebrate May Day anymore around here. My Mom told me that back when she was young. you would make a May Day basket of flowers. Then you would put them on the doorstep of someone, rang the doorbell, and run away. The receiver of the flowers was supposed to try to catch you. Sadly, that does not happen anymore. I think that would be cool to get a basket of flowers. Like an extended Valentine`s Day.
 I am supposed to go to the gym this morning. Right about now, in fact. Fred told me NOT to wake up Natalie. She is grown and has to learn to do it for herself. I am also supposed to take Raymond to fill out computerized application at the hospital. Same thing. He knows. I am not going to nag him. You know who they are going to be mad at when they wake up, don't you?

 This is a nothing post really. It is a fantastically crappy day out and I hate driving in the rain in the Jeep. At midnight, my phone will have no service (Virgin Mobile) and I wont be able to turn it back on until Friday. I forgot that my phone gets rebooted at the first of the month now. I did not budget for it in my lack of money. Oh well. No Facebook or internet for two nights for me. I will survive. I will read the Kindle. So if you do not see me online, you know why.


I think the most exciting thing that is going to happen around here are some nice long naps. And some cooking. I still have NOT made those damn donuts. I hate myself sometimes. I want to do things but my body says NO..you are going to relax now cause that will make you more tired. So Stop it!
Then I never get things done or they get done days or weeks after I started to think about it. I have to get the next batch of Lavender jelly going cause I have a couple people that want some. Oh! I got one person that said YUCKY! They did not want to tell me that and they apologized. I told them that is perfectly OK. I want honest opinions. Some people are going to like it, others are not. I will give her a big thing of strawberry when it is done.
Okay, I guess that wraps up this edition of Heidi`s boring ass life in urban coastal Connecticut.
Peace!