Gardening under false pretense...

I read a few websites last night about growing potatoes. They made it
seem SO easy. I know that this is a lie because I tried to grow them
last year. Ok, either it's a lie, or I'm an idiot? Maybe o didn't
water them enough, or maybe I didn't plant them deep enough in the
first place? Could bethat the taters I used didn't have enough if an
eye on them? Hmmm, all things for consideration I suppose.

Not ready to admit that I'm an idiot, neither am I ready to admit
it'll be as easy as the website makes it seem, however, I am gonna try
again this year!

Ever the optimist? Or do I refuse to learn from my mistakes!?

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something
- Frank Capra

Spider Guy

This is a spider that we noticed in our bathroom the other morning. He was just hanging out there. I had to grab my camera and get some pictures!

 I like the light that was coming in between the Listerine and toothpaste cup!

 I love how we got his shadow in these pictures...

Fall Fun

The Turning of the Grapes Leaves

Scary Grape Plant Monster

Old Decaying Leaves

Crazy Tree

Stop In The Name Of Photography...

AWESOME Project

 

 This is "Marie's Graduation Book".

 

 We use this book to keep track of ALL of the stuff that is going on with her.

 

 From ordering her photos and announcements, to her test dates, and stuff like that.

 This is the back... 

THIS is MY book... I love my book!

 I made pockets for it... The hot glue didn't do the job, so for now, I use paperclips!

 

 This is my calendar I put in it...

More Pockets

 In the back I put scrapbooking paper. This is a picture of my Grandad Milton Bishop.

 

 Back Pocket

Oh, this one... This is the idea that started it all. Well, the index card one started it all, but this is the first one that I actually made, for me...

Picture of my kiddos and me.

Milsty's Photo Phetish

My favorite picture

 

 Back cover, and Misha's legs!

I have made some of these for Xmas gifts. 

The kids have made some as gifts for friends as well.

I see no end to the possibilities!

The Evolution of an Idea...

Good Grief! I had that AWESOME idea from Target that I blogged about forever ago. I have made TONS of them. I have made lots of different kinds, lots of different sizes and uses...

No pictures taken, no pictures posted...

Shame on me.

I will get on that today... I promise, Ill even put it in my calendar to do list, right now... OK, so it's in the calendar. Now, I can't forget. Well I can, but it will be harder to do so...

Misty

Holy Cow!!!

Holy Cow! What a night this is turning out to be...I am following an idiot! I am cleaning up after said idiot! I am training someone, who has lots of questions, that is good I suppose. At least this person is eager to learn? At least there are no nurses here tonight that I can't stand. That is something. The charge is mellow. The charge will let me get away with crocheting at the desk. Woohoo for the charge!

Hopefully this night will calm down soon, I have been harrassed by the phone since I got here... Hopefully that will stop too! I did get good news earlier, I don't have to be on call Saturday night after all, that is awesome. I didn't want to be at work, or even have to worry that whole day that I might get called in, yuck! Saturday is library day, a much better way to spend the day, and taking Nana out to lunch too... Much more enjoyable.

Well, this will close my post, I am going to get on top of things here at the desk... I have finished most of what I am supposed to get done, and with this trainee, maybe I can get away with making her do the rest of the hard work, ha ha, evil genius laugh!

Reality Check... I Didn't Like It...

So, tonight my Grrrl went to go see an old friend after the boy was in bed. Fine, no worries, right? WRONG!

My mind did what it does, and it wandered to what she was doing. This friend and her have a history. There was a time that when she was at a friends house, there were "up to no goods" going on. She is not the only one, this is just history to the story, it's important to know.

So, the night goes by and I am not hearing from her. I got a text saying she was there, that was it.

It got to be 11:00 and nothing. I look at my phone... IT WAS TURNED DOWN.. my son's friend kept calling and I can't have that going on at work, so I turned it all the way down, with the intent of turning it back up when he stopped calling. He calls over and over and doesn't leave a message. I forgot to turn it back up!

Anyhow, I told me Grrrl that is what happened, I also let her know that I was not as strong as I thought that I was. That I was not ready for her to be going over there, with circumstances so reminiscent of before. She totally understood. She felt bad that I went through that. It is not her fault. She didn't know I was having issues, because I didn't tell her. I was trying to be strong and get over it.

The night before the friend had texted to tell my Grrrl that she was locked out of her apartment, then that she was back in, and then that she was bored. Never asking for anything from my Grrrl, but I feel like she is digging for the offer. Then, my Grrrl said that she felt guilty that she was not going over there to keep her company. I rationally ( I think... ) tried to talk to her about it. Explained that if her friend cant even ask for what she wants, maybe in fact that is not what she wants, and if she cant ask, then shes digging for the offer, and that is not good either. It kinda irritated me that my Grrrl was even considering going over there. Especially when she wouldn't go out to get a snack with me, was she really willing to go out in that weather ( which is why she didn't want to get a snack ) to go see this other grrrl, and not to mention, take away from the last part of out weekend together?

I can't really explain it, and I can't even understand it. I feel bad because we both lost a friend over the BS that occurred this summer, but he was her friend first, and longest, and even before all of the unspeakable pain her put her through that summer ( not even counting my part of it... ) he was her friend, a dear if not good friend. She lost him, and now she has no friends. She feels that way. I never really thought of her as someone that would be bothered by that, she has such a hard demeanor most of the time. I forget she is a softy...

All I know is that we ha a good text & IM conversation...things are better. I feel secure again. I think that I could handle things differently next time. But who can say for sure, right?

Even my grrrl said that she won't go back, since her friend popped a beer as soon as she got there. Not cool, since she asked my Grrrl to help keep her sober. I don't know. My Grrrl said that maybe she would just have her over to our house next time. Not sure how that would go down too.

I don't want to be this jealous girl. It sucks, for me, for her, for everyone. I know that I have heard, listen to your gut. But this is not my gut, I can tell. I remember what my gut felt like when it was trying to warn me, with my ex husband. This is not like that. This is like a monster that I cant make leave. Not like a foreboding that something terrible is coming. The proof of the betrayal. None of that now. None of that here... Just the monster that wont leave!

Bottom line, I love my Grrrl and I know she loves me... We are strong, and continue to grow stronger...

Courtyard 2010

I don't know what these are, they were in a wildflower packet we got.

This is the first flower on my trumpet vine.

It is shy...

Now it is less shy,

coming out to say hi!

This is a Holly Hock leaf.

There is a fallen bloom from the crape myrtle that is on the other side of that wall on it

Thought that it looked neat!

Not sure what this is either,

same thing,

in the wildflower bunch.

It sure is pretty.

It has the strangest seed pods.

Not very much when I deadheaded it!

This is my Crape Myrtle.

We didn't know what it was when we first got the house.

We were going to cut it down, because we thought that it was dead.

Turns out it just needed a pruning,

and for the weather to get warmer!

This is what the Trunpet Vine looks like,

AFTER the flowers fall off...

I'm So Bored!!!

I am so bored tonight! There is little to no need for me to be here...I should be at home with those people that love me. Not here with those people that rub me the wrong way, and those that micromanage everything that I do! 

 

I got offered my dream job 1 week ago tomorrow. I can't wait to get over there and make it my own! I am nervous, no doubt, but it is a good nervous..."like 80% excited, 20% nervous, or maybe it's the other way around"...haha, I love the movie Armageddon!

 

Anyhow, I know that is part of why I am bored tonight, that I am excited to start my new life as a day walker, but I also know that there is like NOTHING for me to do! I even brought a Xmas project that I am working on right now, it is a crochet project, and it's huge and so it is not easy to hide, I don't even care! I have it in a paper box, and I was working on it just before I decided to blog...I will work on it again some more soon.

 

We are not really busy, as far as I go... We have 1 going out, and 1 possibly coming in, and that leaves us open for 1more. That is it. For me, that is not a lot of work...I have already done most of what I need to do for the patient leaving... I need to put it in the log book where he is going, but I don't have that information yet, so I cant yet.

 

I have prepped all that I can for the one that is coming...only three other things I need to do for him, and I cant do those until he arrives, so I have to wait on that too.

 

I have even gone around and done stuff that is not my job, checked on stuff, prepped stuff, checked on more stuff... UGH!!!

 

I can't wait to take the blankets off of the windows!!!

I can't wait for dinner to be the winddown to my night, and not the windup!

I can't wait to be home to put my kids to be each night, even though they don't really need that service anymore!

I can't wait to be able to go to every band and guitar concert, and not have to hear about how much fun it was from everyone else!

I can't wait to have a day job!

I can't wait to have my own office!

I can't wait to have the job that I have always wanted!

I can't wait to shine in that roll!

At this point though, I can't wait until this night is over!

With any luck, the way that things are going, I will be able to get this project most of the way done! That would be awesome, because it is less than a month now until the big day. And while I only have gifts to wrap mostly, I have 3 big deals that I want to get done!

 

Well, I guess I better end this now, there is something constructive that I could be doing, even if it is crochet!

 

Misty

Book Case Door... COMPLETE!!!

 Starting out...

 In Progress...

 Robert reading while we worked...  

 OK, so My Grrrl worked, and I handed her stuff...

 If she didn't get to it first!

 Almost done now!

 Finished Product!!!

 Hung up

Isn't it awesome!!!

Thanks to my awesome Grrrl, she did most of the work,and is just awesome in general!

Court Yard Exploration

I just thought that this neat lone leaf on the bricks in the courtyard,

just begged to be photographed.

Then I saw Misha,

sniffin around!

She was exploring the pumpkin flower.

Weird Stuff

This is just that, weird stuff that I have photographed...Let's see what we have here.



This is just one of those stinky trees that only seem to grow to close

to the house to be allowed.

It's a shame too, because they grow very fast and could be great trees for the yard.

Well, they also take up way to much water, is what I have been told...

So that makes them a non-option for us, in the desert and all.

Strange, how can they thrive in the desert then?

Well, either way, I can't seem to get them to grow anywhere they didn't decide.

They are stubborn like children in that way!

This is a bush on the campus at New Mexico Tech,

where my middle kiddo spends her summers.

On the last weekend we went to get her,

and of course, I had my camera.

I saw this bush, and wanted to get a close up.

These cute little furry berries..

This is a picture of one of those bushes that has the orange berries on it ( D'uh! )

I took it from the inside of our fence,

it is growing on the outside of the fence.

This shot is taken from my "pseudo compost heap",

A.K.A. Where The Grapes Grow

I like the picture, despite the fact that it is dark,

I like the shadow...

This is the toilet from the kids bathroom.

It was replaced.

This one felt useless.

We told it it was not useless at all.

We used it in the most beautiful way possible,

to grow flowers!

Flowers are a MAJOR step up from it's former life!

Now, the toilet is happy,

and prefers to be called a plant habitat specialist...

This planter, where the dead stuff is coming out of,

was supposed to be cucumbers...

that failed.

But out of the ruins...

The ever strong Morning Glories...

Growing out of cracks in the patio,

over the dead cucumber planter,

and up the broom handle!

Another Morning Glory!

That's all...

This is the fire pit cover,

and the firewood that is in it!

Just thought that it looked neat.

We love fire time!

This is grape leaves.

Partially in the shadows.

Different stages of life.

Not weird,

just different.

Kinda like all of us...

each in our own way...