#1 Since my last post, life has gone crazy. My life that use to be very controled, and predictable, isn't.
My job had pay cuts of 10%! This is not good. I have all other expenses rising and spring planting on its way. YIkes. My budget was stretched before he cutback. Well, at least I still have a job. This recession is getting old. Obama please do something...more on my polictical views on a different page of this blog coming later.
A girlfriend at work decided it was time to leave an impossible marriagel So she moved in last night. Just a short stay. But, still stressful.
On top of all that a friend of mine died. Her name was Irene. I need to go to Green Valley and hang out with her friends today. No gardening.. Just grieving.
Sometimes life just goes crazy.. and you just have to roll with it.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
ok, I came home sick from work. I slept a few hours and felt better.
I felt well enough to pull weeds. Not for too long though. Today was a beautiful, but windy day.
I started for feel bad quickly. I did get all the weeds in the front yard taken out. There is so much work to be done.
I should get the following stuff done this weekend.
Saturday
1. Go to the Tohono Chul plant sale.
2. Rake the front yard. and trim plants
3. Move the rocks from the front yard to the back yard.
4. repair and check the entire irrigation system in front.
Sunday
1.Decorat newly planted cactus garden with rocks.and other items
2. Get new water timer for irrigation system and install
3. Check irrigation all over yard.
4. Plant more cactus.around yard.
5. Trim California pepper tree.
Yikes, I hope I get to see friends at some point.
I should do more, but I should warm up to the gardening .. not just right in.
Oh yeah I forgot to write about last weekends big gardening adventure.
I planted all the cactus I had in pots all over the yard. I made paths and hills.
I think I will save a ton on my water bill, pl.us this garden is so much prettier than the dead grass I had.
I won't waste water either. I didn't realize I had so many cactus. They probably won't bloom this year.
i am glad I did this while the weather was still cool. I is easier for the cactus to establish themselves in cooler weather. I wonder if they will be ok. Cactus is tough though.
I felt well enough to pull weeds. Not for too long though. Today was a beautiful, but windy day.
I started for feel bad quickly. I did get all the weeds in the front yard taken out. There is so much work to be done.
I should get the following stuff done this weekend.
Saturday
1. Go to the Tohono Chul plant sale.
2. Rake the front yard. and trim plants
3. Move the rocks from the front yard to the back yard.
4. repair and check the entire irrigation system in front.
Sunday
1.Decorat newly planted cactus garden with rocks.and other items
2. Get new water timer for irrigation system and install
3. Check irrigation all over yard.
4. Plant more cactus.around yard.
5. Trim California pepper tree.
Yikes, I hope I get to see friends at some point.
I should do more, but I should warm up to the gardening .. not just right in.
Oh yeah I forgot to write about last weekends big gardening adventure.
I planted all the cactus I had in pots all over the yard. I made paths and hills.
I think I will save a ton on my water bill, pl.us this garden is so much prettier than the dead grass I had.
I won't waste water either. I didn't realize I had so many cactus. They probably won't bloom this year.
i am glad I did this while the weather was still cool. I is easier for the cactus to establish themselves in cooler weather. I wonder if they will be ok. Cactus is tough though.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
More planning to be done for the garden! I have planted cilantro about 2 weeks ago. Salsa here we come! I see the first starts comming up. I just love to be a gardener because I feel wonderful when I see the beautiful living things grow. I don't have to deal with the crazy world when I garden. No problems, danger, things to worry about. I get to be in the outdoors, and be one with nature. I can completly loose myself. My dogs help me garden too. They dig holes but not in the right places. I let them think they are helping. They too enjoy the outdoors, fresh airs and hanging out with nature and me.
So, spring is almost here. I will get up earlier, say 5 am and start gardening for an hour or so, then get ready for work. Weekends will be filled with planning, planting and watering. I will try to get most of the big stuff done early, before the weather starts to get hot. Mornings start to get warm around May, and it gets hot in June. Plants do better if you don't transplant them in the heat. So I have tons to do!
Every morning I will check for new blooms If something blooms I will photograph it and put it up here for all of you to see. I have hundreds of photos on flickr.com from previous years. (Click on the photos above to be take to flickr.com to see the entire set)
My bedroom is designed to look like a garden. The top half of the room is sky blue, and the bottom is brown. It looks like the sky and the ground. All around the room are large framed posters of my favorite photos from the garden. I will make more this year and swap them out as needed. Life is too shart not to enjoy yourself. There is pleny of time to be serious at work. Live it up!
More tomorrow..
So, spring is almost here. I will get up earlier, say 5 am and start gardening for an hour or so, then get ready for work. Weekends will be filled with planning, planting and watering. I will try to get most of the big stuff done early, before the weather starts to get hot. Mornings start to get warm around May, and it gets hot in June. Plants do better if you don't transplant them in the heat. So I have tons to do!
Every morning I will check for new blooms If something blooms I will photograph it and put it up here for all of you to see. I have hundreds of photos on flickr.com from previous years. (Click on the photos above to be take to flickr.com to see the entire set)
My bedroom is designed to look like a garden. The top half of the room is sky blue, and the bottom is brown. It looks like the sky and the ground. All around the room are large framed posters of my favorite photos from the garden. I will make more this year and swap them out as needed. Life is too shart not to enjoy yourself. There is pleny of time to be serious at work. Live it up!
More tomorrow..
Monday, March 1, 2010
Hear we go.
Spring is almost here. I have a list of items to get done.
1. Get weeds under control. The rains have been great but the weeds are coming back.
2. Plan my garden. I took out the grass last weekend. New area is ready to plant! I will draw it out. I will also cultivate from existing plants to save money.
3. Trim back whatever has frozen this year. This is not too bad this year. My bouganvilla froze and died, but that leaves a great spot for a large cactus. I will have to write it into the plan.
4. Clean out the fountain. It's a mess, and needs a good scrubing.
Spring is almost here. I have a list of items to get done.
1. Get weeds under control. The rains have been great but the weeds are coming back.
2. Plan my garden. I took out the grass last weekend. New area is ready to plant! I will draw it out. I will also cultivate from existing plants to save money.
3. Trim back whatever has frozen this year. This is not too bad this year. My bouganvilla froze and died, but that leaves a great spot for a large cactus. I will have to write it into the plan.
4. Clean out the fountain. It's a mess, and needs a good scrubing.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Hey World
It has been a long time since I have blogged. Sorry. Anyway, it had been so long that I forgot my password and had to fight the mighty powers to get a new one.
It is raining in Tucson.... we need it so badly. Yeah... but I was going to take the grass out of my back yard today. RATS.. oh well. Weeds love rain. Maybe the will grow and kill my grass. I got tired of trying to keep grass green. I costs way too much in dollars and my time.
I got a new laptop and fell in love with Twitter. I am glad about both. Twitter knows me as @tucsonchica Follow me on twitter.
Hey the rain seems to be subsiding... yeah!!! The sun may try to peep out soon. Maybe the grass pulling out process is on!
More later
OK I am back!
What I wanted to say was I recovered completely from the toe fungus. I am so glad I have attacked it and got it under control. I have heard of people who have fungus in their toenails for years.
All I do now is continue scrubbing the toes, all of them and keep my feet off the floor.
I wear shoes. I do put moisturizer on my feet every day. So, I hope the events I have written about has helped others. Thats what blogs are suppose to do for everyone. Help each other.
So, Spring is almost hear. I have so many things to get started in my garden.
It has been a long time since I have blogged. Sorry. Anyway, it had been so long that I forgot my password and had to fight the mighty powers to get a new one.
It is raining in Tucson.... we need it so badly. Yeah... but I was going to take the grass out of my back yard today. RATS.. oh well. Weeds love rain. Maybe the will grow and kill my grass. I got tired of trying to keep grass green. I costs way too much in dollars and my time.
I got a new laptop and fell in love with Twitter. I am glad about both. Twitter knows me as @tucsonchica Follow me on twitter.
Hey the rain seems to be subsiding... yeah!!! The sun may try to peep out soon. Maybe the grass pulling out process is on!
More later
OK I am back!
What I wanted to say was I recovered completely from the toe fungus. I am so glad I have attacked it and got it under control. I have heard of people who have fungus in their toenails for years.
All I do now is continue scrubbing the toes, all of them and keep my feet off the floor.
I wear shoes. I do put moisturizer on my feet every day. So, I hope the events I have written about has helped others. Thats what blogs are suppose to do for everyone. Help each other.
So, Spring is almost hear. I have so many things to get started in my garden.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Moving on... from feet back to gardening.
Hey, by the way, if you tweet on http://www.twitter/, look me up. I am @tucsonchica
6 months.. yes, 6 months of recovery from the nail fungus that once attacked my toes.
Yikes... all better now. They are healty and pink. Most of the 6 months was the time it took for the nails to grow back. I think the actual fungus stuck around for around 3 months. It slowly retreated. In the wake it left a yellow, dried out nail.
I think this blog should go back to the orinal gardening blog it use to be. Let the past be the past...but first some last words about the ordeal. Yes, it was an ordeal....
The only thing I want to say is that don't give up. Keep up the care. Even if there is no significant improvement..I would suggest to see a doctor if the fungus gets worse after you have treated it for a month.
Read all the posts that I have written about the cure of Toe Nail Fungus. Try my solutions, or invent your own. the true solution is ATTENTION. Strange as that seems, I think that fungus doesn't like attention. Once I started the care, the fugus started to RETREAT. I might be crazy, but I will never ignore my feet again. Most important of all... no more pedicures from strip mall Nail Salons. Nope, not me.. I have learned my lesson.
I spend the time to take care of the feet that allow me to walk, run, skip, and experience life. etc.
I had taken my feet for granted for most of my life. NO more.
Everyday I still scrub all my foot with Tea Tree Oil soap (infused with 1/2 ounce pure tea tree oil) as though I am going into surgery.
I still where shoes EVERYWHERE. Inside, outside... and no POLISH! Toe nails need to breathe!!!!!!!
I still where clean white socks in my athletic shoes.
I keep the heels free of caluses, and moisturized and toe nails short.
It has been fun journaling about the problem, but, it is time to move on. I know it is sad, but it is a good thing. Healing and letting go!
Anyone seen a good movie lately?
Gardening now is for weekends only. I can't see in the dark.
I did have 3 gorgeous blooms on my cactus this morning. Amazing for a November day. It has been extra warm this month. I have never had a cactus bloom in November before. AWESOME !
Have a great day!
Hugs Coriel aka at twittter: @tucsonchica
6 months.. yes, 6 months of recovery from the nail fungus that once attacked my toes.
Yikes... all better now. They are healty and pink. Most of the 6 months was the time it took for the nails to grow back. I think the actual fungus stuck around for around 3 months. It slowly retreated. In the wake it left a yellow, dried out nail.
I think this blog should go back to the orinal gardening blog it use to be. Let the past be the past...but first some last words about the ordeal. Yes, it was an ordeal....
The only thing I want to say is that don't give up. Keep up the care. Even if there is no significant improvement..I would suggest to see a doctor if the fungus gets worse after you have treated it for a month.
Read all the posts that I have written about the cure of Toe Nail Fungus. Try my solutions, or invent your own. the true solution is ATTENTION. Strange as that seems, I think that fungus doesn't like attention. Once I started the care, the fugus started to RETREAT. I might be crazy, but I will never ignore my feet again. Most important of all... no more pedicures from strip mall Nail Salons. Nope, not me.. I have learned my lesson.
I spend the time to take care of the feet that allow me to walk, run, skip, and experience life. etc.
I had taken my feet for granted for most of my life. NO more.
Everyday I still scrub all my foot with Tea Tree Oil soap (infused with 1/2 ounce pure tea tree oil) as though I am going into surgery.
I still where shoes EVERYWHERE. Inside, outside... and no POLISH! Toe nails need to breathe!!!!!!!
I still where clean white socks in my athletic shoes.
I keep the heels free of caluses, and moisturized and toe nails short.
It has been fun journaling about the problem, but, it is time to move on. I know it is sad, but it is a good thing. Healing and letting go!
Anyone seen a good movie lately?
Gardening now is for weekends only. I can't see in the dark.
I did have 3 gorgeous blooms on my cactus this morning. Amazing for a November day. It has been extra warm this month. I have never had a cactus bloom in November before. AWESOME !
Have a great day!
Hugs Coriel aka at twittter: @tucsonchica
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