Daily Notes- Thursday July 22nd. We have been promised rain. It hasn't arrived.

 Along delayed project of mine.  I finally (finally) seeded this bare expanse of supposed to be lawn.  The roots were eaten by- the name of the thing escapes me now but I knew it in a previous posting months ago. Anyway.  They ate all the grass roots.  We ended up with this section being dirt and not as many weeds as I would  have expected.   

Yesterday I sprayed myself (mosquitos fly miles just to get my blood) and scattered the grass seed I had purchased in March.  Or April.  And G and I spread straw.  The ground was damp but G wanted it covered in straw right away.  This morning- after the peaches had their 30 minutes of water- I pulled and rearranged the hose and the three sprinkler heads and now the straw is being watered.  I don't recall how many days for grass seed to germinate- but I am thinking I'll be moving he hose and sprinkler back and forth between the Peaches and the Grass for the next two or three weeks.

G also bought me Repels-all to spray on my ornamental containers.  STINKS.  Gosh does it STINK.  And it might be too much too late as two out four containers- look QUITE AWFUL.

I finished my book- Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella.   Her newest.  Well, it has a new sticker on the spine. A  British woman travels to Italy for a cloistered retreat so she can write her book.  I kept thinking of Dee going to Italy to work on her book.  Anyway.  She meets a guy who was supposed to be doing a karate seminar and when it's cancelled he joins the writing seminar.  These two have less than nothing in common- just attraction.  It's a good book.  But it actually took me two days to read it.  I did have seeding the lawn on my mind.

I think I may have "rounded the turn" and am heading back to a normal Life.  I have gotten to a point where I am boring myself to DEATH.  After the Grass watering bell rings- I have TWO loads of washing to do.  I got dirty and so there is now so much washing.

And the cloth sitting here is from the afternoons with Riley.  Lots of "components" made while taking a class with Jude.  I chose cloth like Jude's.  I am not Jude.  I am finally realizing this.  So the cloth made- not me.  And most was stitched with Riley.  So....lots of emotional baggage.  I am packing it up and starting over with LOUD colors that are me.  And I have decided not to TRY finishing the Jude things.  I will still hand sew and make components etc etc- all the things I have learned from Jude's classes- but I will no longer try to be making Jude things.

As to missing me when the computer goes to Heaven. There might be a "pause" but as soon as it's possible (work wise) for my son to travel here from California- I will have a new computer and he will set it all up and we can resume Daily Notes.  But..let's be "happily positive" and perhaps the old girl will shuffle onwards until he gets here.  That would be lovely.  Long post.  That's a good sign of proper mental health.