Leaving & fixing

They started fixing the joists and taking off the roof yesterday morning. Holy crap, it sounded like they were going to come through the ceiling at any moment. But I’m happy that they covered and moved my plants, so they didn’t get smooshed by falling roof debris.
Since the dumpster guy was 7 hours late and [...]

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27!

Hooray! It’s my birthday! (I’m hoping TCB will learn how to make birthday pancakes.)

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More accomplished

And by 1 today…

Cooked: Breakfast
Watched: Tour de France
Planted: Backyard garden
Tied up: Tomatoes and peppers
War waged against: White flies on tomatoes
Started: Chili for dinner

It’s awfully hot out, so I think I’m going to chill inside for the heat of today, maybe do some laundry and read.

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8 boxes

We’ve been on a bit of a cleaning jag here in the ATL, and today, we took eight boxes of stuff over to Goodwill. It felt good to get rid of so much stuff that we don’t use, have duplicates of or doesn’t fit. Our goal is to make it look like two people with [...]

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Dogdogsdogs

Something I really like about our neighborhood- the dogs that live here are just… cool. There’s a few yippy exceptions, but on the whole, they’re calm and cool and the owners know what to do with them. I’ve never seen a half hearted “no, Fluffy…” when running by a yard (with or without Angus) that [...]

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Huh.

As of Wednesday, Kinja is closed. Kinda wish I could go get the sites I’d set up in it now.

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How does your garden grow?

Scarrots! And more peas! And roses are blooming! And the potato tops are green and leafy! And my tomato plant that didn’t die has many many flowers! I made sure all the plants that need support got it tonight, and am looking forward to the near future when we can have our first harvest-supplemented dinner.

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