Second, Full Day of Sunshine

I was so hot at work today. That greenhouse heats up! And I was sweeping the floor and watering plants and before you know it--lunchtime.

People are coming in to get plants that don't die when sitting in water. Plants that don't mind 21 days of no sun and lots of rain. Sorry. The key word here folks is DRAINAGE. A simple enough concept.

I'm tired, a bit cranky and hungry. I woke up at 7:05 and had to be on the road to work by 7:30. And the dog hadn't done any business or eaten his breakfast. Plus, G hadn't made any coffee so I had to roll into the McD's on the way to work and BUY coffee. I did manage to get it all done in 25 minutes. Wash face, brush teeth, get dressed, take dog out, feed dog, make my yogurt lunch, eat my cereal, find car keys, pack my work bag, pack dog's lunch, find $2 for coffee. It's better when I have 45 minutes.

Yesterday, the first day of Big Brother. It's something to watch in July and August. Lowest common denominator; with emphasis on "common". Like trashy. And now I don't have to watch any of the rest of the programs (three times a week) because they brought back Jesse. And it was hard enough to watch him the first time he was on this show. Jesse. Here is a guy who thinks he is the center of the universe and hasn't had an intelligent thought in all his 2o something years. And he looks for each and every one of the 50 some cameras. Jesse is always posing. They asked what he had been doing since being on the show and he says "I gained 10 pounds of muscle and my arms are now 17 inches". Who is president, Jesse? Huh?

I will not watch. UGH!

So I guess I won't be watching television and I WILL be reading more books. I have three waiting for me right now.

I have hollyhocks growing taller each day out in front of the kitchen bay window, little lettuces getting bigger, cucumber plants climbing the trellis, baby squash and fava beans. And I haven't had to water anything. The raised beds are draining nicely so no puddles. Raspberries and blueberries coming along. One peach left on my baby peach tree. (all the others fell off). It may be time to wrap my celery in paper to blanch the stalks like they do in the supermarket. And the garlic and onions are looking good. The chard is huge and I wish I had planted the rainbow variety. I have plain green. Finally got the replacement peppers and the tomatoes I grew from seed into the ground. Eggplant needs more sun and heat.

But, at least things are still healthy and growing, even if it is slow going.

Tomorrow I have an appointment to get the Fit inspected so I can have a valid sticker in case the police decide to stop me. And I am changing the insurance on the BMW to "garaged" or "stored". We won't be driving it. Well, we haven't been driving it since October. But now it's for sure it won't be on the road in 2009. And probably 2010. We have four vehicles. Ridiculous.

Gary volunteered me for a "job" refurbishing the indoor planters at a local McD's. I don't like to go to that McD's because we once owned it, it's on a busy street with problems getting out into traffic and the chances of me doing what they want aren't real good. Rats.

Time to cook dinner.