Container Garden Update-UPDATE-

 I already have a few of the Yellow Summer Squash plants peeping up thru the soil!!!!

No sign yet of the tomatoes or peppers tho.

I just got some cantaloupe seeds to plant too-  Only 3 seeds- it may or may not work.... We'll see.

Gun Control Post- Coming soon....

 I'm just reminding myself... 

This week is full to the brim with Maggie's repairs (there's a post upcoming for that as well),  some family matters going on and a weekend visit with my bestie of 60 years upcoming, but Monday should be the perfect time to sit down and type it out, Tuesday at the absolute latest. Promise.

Heard It In A Country Song....

Slow go the days, Brother, fast go the years...

Tim & The Glory Boys-SLOW GO THE DAYS

So True....

Gone Fishing

 Pretty sure I'm going to go buy my fishing and hunting license today after work. Surely there is someplace that sells them on my 54 mile journey home.

Meanwhile, back at the Ranch- I finally got my  container garden started yesterday after I got home and changed out of the monkey suit and into more appropriate clothing.

I planted tomatoes on each end of a trough shaped container- and i planted bell peppers in the center section of the same container. I had two round barrel type containers that I planted yellow summer squash in.  We'll see how those do.

I've also got a couple of apple seeds and a couple of orange seeds planted in a small container(same size and method as in England that grew the lemon trees......) and we'll see how those do as well. if everything works out we may have an orchard and a garden to plant when we find our new place....yep- still looking. 

God will provide when the time is right. I have faith.

Government Red Tape

 I HATE the stuff- it's like Gorilla Glue, Duct Tape, Super Glue, Marshmallow Fluff, Pancake syrup and TAR all rolled into one!!!!

A simple little thing like checking to see the financial aspects of  my retirement benefits is impossible. 

I went thru the entire process- creating the account- verifying the ID requirements- and it's still sending me back to square one after verifying everything. WHYYYYYYYYYY??????????

I'm about to flip my batshit crazy switch. 

So much for a more relaxing day than the previous ones!!!!

Life is a Battlefield.

 But why must it always be so?

I've fought so many battles in my life. Some you couldn't begin to imagine unless you have been in that same situation. 

Relationship battles(expected seeing how I'm going out of marriage #4), battles over land, property, friendships, family, four close battles with my own near death situations, mental health, weight issues(in both directions), job issues, schedule battles, battles over money- which coincided with several of the other issues I mentioned, habits I've broken- the bad ones are a daily constant battle...... the list goes on and on.

I think I seriously need a nice vacation- even if it's a staycation- but I'd love to be able to get away for a few days just on my own....cabin in the woods, on a side of a river, creek, lake, pond, waterfall.....even a horse trough for the water aspect would be fine and sufficient. Eat when I want- nap when I want- listen to music IF I want, or not.... same with TV and I'd turn the phone off too. not screen my calls- completely turn it off.Just a few days of quiet contemplation and rest.

You know you need rest when you are looking forward to Heaven.

Following Doctors Advice & Bits and Bobs.

 I won't be doing anything of great import this weekend. Maggie is under strict doctors orders to stay off her "feet" until she undergoes her surgery on the 28th/29th. No unnecessary trips anywhere. No taking the refuse to the recycle center, no quick runs up to the grocery store, or the laundromat, No running out to grab a Lil' Caesars Pizza... So I'll be staying home doing all the things.

I need to get my tomatoes and banana peppers and yellow squash in the planters. My son drilled the bottoms of the containers for drainage last weekend,  so they are ready to be filled now. 

I'm also going to  finally "fix" the painting one of my friends asked me to do. She has a lovely kind of abstract painting of a lady in formal attire standing in a room. It's lovely, but both my friend and I start to get depressed when it's hung up for more than an hour. The more you look at it- the more depressing it becomes. The colours are lovely but it needs a serious upgrade and she told me "I don't want it back in my house until it's changed,- can you do something with it? If you can't fix it- paint something of your own over it."

So I've had it for 6 months- I try to envision it changed by some way- but I came up with nothing... Then I got the idea to change the  position of it. I've had it sideways, upside down, and upside down sideways. And I finally saw the vision of the painting I'm going to do for her.  The lady is standing with one hand propped on her hip and I can use that as a beginning of a mesa rock arch landscape. The colours are perfect for it- and with a bit of gold and terracotta added here and there it should be a lovely Sunset on the Mesa Arch. I may even add a bit of a creek or river in the foreground for some contrast to all the reddish earth tones.

I'll try to post photos of it- before and after. No promises tho- I'm still trying to get my laptop set up and haven't gotten around to  getting FB and Blogspot set up on it yet...That's going to be another thing I try to tackle this weekend- time permitting. 

I'm also going to ask my son and grandson make a churn of homemade ice cream, too. I've found that the different flavours of International Delight Coffee Creamers are FABULOUS for home churned ice cream- My favorite so far is the Reese's Flavor with broken up mini-pb cups added to it!!!  And you know it's good because up until now my LEAST favorite flavour homemade ice-cream has been chocolate.  However I love the plain Vanilla(reminds me of snow cream we make with winter 2nd snow) , Banana split-LOVE that combination together(Vanilla with pineapple, strawberry, maraschino cherries with chocolate syrup drizzled over the top when its in your bowl- and don't forget the whipped cream and nuts(if you like them). Then too, there is Peach, and Strawberry- and Orange Creamsicle. Oh My Word!!!!

Childhood memories- planting a garden and Home-made ice-cream!!!!!!  It doesn't get much better than that!!!!!