Annual planting and other shit

Mexican heather

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Is that a sweet Mexican heather  plant? I went to Lowe`s yesterday to get a steam cleaner for the carpets and I decided to pick up a couple annuals for the pots on the front porch. One of the four new guinea impatiens just died so the pot had sat empty for a couple weeks. I just bought one of these and put it in the pot. I want to see what happens. I do not mind if I have a one off on the porch. I also picked up some Moss roses for the cone hangers. I am glad I got that done before the July 1st. I feel like I have been behind in so many things.
I think I know why.
 As I said before about the dripping out of the nose at night, I am also starting to get all foggy and cognitively fucked up. I went to the DMV on Friday because I had to pay the registration on the Jeep cause she was an illegal beagle. It was near closing time so I knew it would not be a ton of time for me to wait. I felt like such shit. I realized as I sat there that it was all the stimulation going on in the room. The noises, the talking, the people walking around, the lights, the intercom..I was so close to feeling like I was going to lose my shit. Before when this would happen, i would go lay down and it would go away. I could not do that this time. But I survived and the Jeepo is legal now. The taxes here have gotten so high that I had to pay off in installments. tsk tsk.
  So for my health, I am feeling like shit. I try to get some things done so that I can say I accomplished stuff but I cannot do like I was doing before. I cut the dogs hair, I picked up lunch for the kid, I planted, and then after I watered, I swept the front porch. There! I am done! He thinks I am cooking dinner. That is not going to happen. No way. I feel like dog shit.

 Now do not scold me...well nobody will be do not do it on the other side of the screen. I will call the ENT office in all good time. I have to get the brakes fixed on the Jeep (yes, her ass decided she needs new brakes now), I  have a sleep study coming up for my sleep apnea and THEN I will call the ENT about the ears ringing again and all that crap. The part that I hate the most is the dizziness has come back and that was one of the things I was so happy to get rid of.

Fourth of July is coming upon us this week and then next weekend is Sailfest. Summer is moving swift. Before we know it, it will be Autumn. I need to really move my savings up for the coming colder months. I want to have a good Christmas this year and I want to have oil in the tank at all times. I am just talking a blue streak huh?
Oh and we are dealing with fleas finally. Took them awhile but they have arrived. I will have the cash to get the dogs some flea treatments on Tuesday. The cats will have to wait until Friday. They do not complain as much as the dogs do.

Okay...I am done for now. I feel like I need to get into some jammie clothes and lay down for the rest of the day. Sucks. I could have done so much.

Have a great rest of your Sunday!

Cat Days of Summer

Oliver likes FRESH water

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  Every morning and afternoon there is a fresh bowl of water put out in the kitchen. Every couple days, the bowl is washed. But Oliver likes fresh fresh water. Whenever you flush the toilet, he hangs from it, legs dangling, and drinks the sweet nectar of the ass gods.He is my sweet stripey weirdo.

 A warm up is coming in the next few days. We had a bunch of rain a couple days ago but I feel I need to go to the community garden to water and see how everything is growing. My beets and carrots are getting big. Well, the stalks of greenery above the ground a big. I am going to try to be patient and not pick too early. I get impatient with under ground veggies and I pull up too soon. I want to see if I can grow some really large beets this year.
 The neighbor next door has two very tall pine trees on our side of his property. He had one cut down and the other severely trimmed. He said the cut down one cost him $1400 and that was the cheapest he could find. The highest was $4000! For ONE TREE! He is going to have the other one cut down at the end of July. The pine needles are a hazard and a mess to clean up for this side of the neighborhood. I am happy. More sun too.
  Dealing with a lot more bugs this year. The animals have their fleas which I am battling. Plus I have seen some moths flying around. I always have most of my foods in plastic containers for safety in this arena but I have been lax over the years. We have a bad infestation one of the first years we lived here. I had to toss everything out of the pantry. I learned. Flours and grains go in containers. Beans too. I have small mesh packages that I made up with cloves and bay leaves. I crush them and throw them in the cabinets on each shelf. I think it is because we had such a mild winter. I will eradicate if I am getting some of those bastards in the food.
 Lots more little flying gnats but not gnats around too. Mostly outside. You will see one or two in the house. I do not go out at night unless I have sprayed down with deet. Fuck that! I attract every mosquito on the street. It is like I am a special cut of meat.

  I did the strawberry jam yesterday so today it is the pantry. Lots of cleaning. I need to get doing that now before it gets hot.
Have a nice Thursday!

Waking at noon, Pickles, 2 MORE DAYS!! and so much more.

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I woke up at noon. I did not fall asleep until like 3am so that is the main reason. I had such a horrible head ache and sore throat last night. I still have a bit of a sore throat but the headache is not as bad. So it is 330pm and that is like mid morning to me. LOL This day is going to fly by quickly.
 I cut all the cukes into spears and they are in a HUGE bowl with salt and ice. I have to rinse them soon. I have to start the water in the canning pot, wash dishes, sterilize the jars (lids and collars), make the juice for the pickles (bread and butter), and can them. I am documenting the whole thing so that I can post it tomorrow. I will be posting the recipe also.  I spent $26 on 2 dozen wide mouth pint canning jars. WTF! Everyone has decided they want to try their hand at canning. I have not problem with that but the supplies are low and the prices are higher. I used to pay $6.99 a dozen last year! I got a guy in another town that has a dozen to give me for free thru freecycle. I will have the girls with me so it will be safe. I have strawberry jam to do. I have some more strawberries that I have to cut and freeze today also. Cannot forget that.
 As you can see from the picture, Oliver and Milo are fast friends. They sleep together. My last couple cats did not do that. They did not even clean each other. So I think it is sweet and nice that I have two buddy boys.  Oliver was still a young cat when MonsterFace died and he missed him so. Now he does not bug the shit out of me every morning like he used to.
  Tuesday we get the Jeep! Woot! I have been looking at Jeep spare tire covers. I have not decided which one we should get. I do not want it to be girly or masculine so we shall see. I am so excited!!
   I go back to the Periodontist tomorrow. Final check on the surgery site and then the bottom line. I got a *this is not a bill* thing from the dental insurance. It says that MY portion of the bill is over $900. I guess that means no trip to Colorado or any place else for that matter. I paid them $300 already so I still owe $600. I have $200 to give them tomorrow. That is all I have to give. I will have to just send them money each month until it is paid off. I cannot have any more dental stuff done until October. That is when the new insurance cycle kicks in. Ugh!
Wow..I have posted alot of boring fucking information. Sometimes I wonder why I even do this...

Oh..I remember! Dude! None of my Bras fit! My boobs are swimming in them! Woot! Woot! Woot!
I will get fitted again and purchase like 2 bras for now because if this is a trend, I do not want to waste money.
Smaller boobs dude!! Oh, my garden clogs are not snug anymore. Woot!

I also wanted to thank one of my readers and friends...S. She graciously offered her small AC to me because I was bitching on FB about how hot it is upstairs. I could not use it because it will not fit in my window but I asked if I could use for Natalie. Her AC shit the bed last year and she has been sick the past couple week with stomach bug. She didnt have to do it but she did and I love her for that. Strawberry jam for you my friend!!

Oh..the fleas! They were winning. So I gave up, broke down, and called the vet. $65 later and I had two vials of Frontline plus for the cats and two vials of Advantix for the dogs. They are all better. Lu is not chewing the crap out herself anymore. Hail!

Okay, gotta go. Pickles to make.

A dream deferred

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This is our honey. It is a 2007 Jeep Liberty Sport. (i think sport..hehe). I took this picture at the dealership. I took pictures of two Liberties to send to Natalie so she could see. Not even knowing that after the test drive we were sold! Now the dream deferred. We closed on our loan yesterday. I thought that meant I got to get the car. NO! State of CT banking has a rule with our kind of loan. You have a 72 hour (business days) *thinking* period. It gives you time to say, "you know what, I changed my mind and I do not want that loan after all." Well, our bank is closed on Saturday. So Wednesday didnt count, Saturday and Sunday do not count..so I have to wait until TUESDAY to get the check and the car! FUCK! Talk about a complete downer. And it is gorgeous outside today. Perfect day to open the sunroof! Oh well. That is okay. I can wait. Yup. Instead I went and had a pedicure and my eyebrows done last night. Feel good now.

 I am on phase two of the flea killing fields. A facebook friend told me of the virtues of lavender. I look up some stuff and I bought some dried lavender yesterday. I am going to make some lavender tea to strain and put in a spray bottle. I will also use it to brush the dogs down with. You dip the brush in the tea, brush the dog, repeat. Fleas hate lavender! I am going to spray down the carpets and furniture. My house is going to smell wonderful! I will tell you how it turns out. Here is a link if you are interested.
It is gorgeous out today. The oppressive heat is over for now. I opened windows. Humidity is zero so after I do some more writing..I am going to use this opportunity to clean.
So no Jeep-o yet but I am hoping soon!

This is NOT a flea circus

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I just got done giving Perla a flea bath. Yesterday it was Lu, and the baby Milo. He did not get a bath but he got sprayed down with flea treatment. The carpets downstairs have been Boraxed and today (if it is NOT too fucking blazing hot) I will do upstairs. Oliver is being a pain in the ass. He wont let me treat him. He tears my skin apart.  I will have to think of some way to do it for him so he does not suffer. I think Fred brought them home with him from the shop. The shop owner has two bloodhounds that live at the shop. He treats those dogs better than some people kids so do not think they are neglected. I just think they probably havent had a flea treatment. Because we have NEVER had them this badly. The animals were covered. Now they are happy. Blissfully unbitten and uncrawled upon. I feel itchy all the time because of it. I know I do not have any on me because I look but just talking about the damn things makes me itch. *scratch scratch scratch*
Hopefully I will get this nipped in the bud within the week.

We bought a car!! It is a 07 Jeep Liberty Sport. It is white and it is cute and it drives really well and it has low mileage on it. Score! We pick it up tomorrow. I want to drive someplace but I do not know where...
As I look around I see my house is a wreck. It has been so hot and humid even with the AC on that the only thing I get done is cleaning the kitchen so we can eat. I need to wash floors, sweep, vacuum, scrub. etc.  *scratch scratch scratch*

Oh here is something fucking weird. That lesion on my wrist. I was just able to peel off the top in a non gross manner with no pain. Kind of like when you peel off skin from a sunburn and it it healed like looking or some shit on the inside. Maybe I wont have to go to the dreaded yucky derma! Crossing fingers.
I need to get moving. Insurance for the car!