Sunday, April 18, 2010

742, what does that mean to anyone?

Well, to me that means that this is my 742nd posting of this Blog, really amazing, huh?
Mind you its not pages its how many Blogs completely have been written here and put out there for publication.
In actuality, some were a few pages long and others, not too many though, might have been only half a page due to ill health, but tonight I will not bore you with that topic again, OK?

Rain, rain, go away, nah, we need it.
Last year at this time of the year our lack of rain readings were over 600 on the meteorologist meter for such things, but this year we are around only 40, whatever that means?
In truth it means that we are that much less likely to have a forest fire in this our dry season! And that is a very good thing.

Due to the rainfall Hubby was unable to complete the shingling on the shed roof, which by the way is a stucco duplicate of our main house; as is the long one (shed) parallel to our garage in the courtyard style cemented western side yard there.

The due opposite side of our home, on the eastern side is where our raised bed veggie garden resides in all it’s splendor with its arbor entry and classic designs encompassed by a cottage style white fencing.
At this time of year our tomato plants have taken center stage and are in the process of becoming major producers, in other words many flowers are hanging from many limbs of grassy colored stems, and some are already with the fruit appearing, although not yet ripe and currently green.
Carrots are still very much there, as well as the peppers plants starting to bear their vegetables in a small but growing larger consistency. Cucumbers are climbing into bloom and the last of the lettuce is fussing on; with the Romaine still showing a gallant effort to produce.

Last night Hubby watched the ‘Hurt Locker’, but I could not, for some reason I have gotten touchy in my old age about violent movies and any movie that is not wholesome, PG and PG-13 are mostly my speed these days. I wonder if any of you feel the same, and could it be an age thing?

Although, the movie ‘Precious’ was also violent in the respect that it dealt with abuse, but I felt the need to watch it, it being such an important film, and I found myself crying.
‘Blindsided’, was heartwarming and very enjoyable, Hubby wanted to watch twice.

Being inside all day long I finally got exonerated and so did Skipper! Hubby heard the noise too, and oddly enough it is emanating once again from under my bathtub … OH NO! It may very well mean we have another critter stuck there.
But Hubby checked his plugged holes and none are disturbed what-so-ever, so we have no idea how this one got in!
Meanwhile he left, leftover ‘Pounce’ from Casey our dearly departed cat’s snack food on the water heater to set a trap, and so we will see…

Updates: Our sink will be replaced within two weeks from when they called back, which was last Monday; sorry I forgot to tell you all. Also the shed interloper must have escaped when no one was looking because Hubby has maintained the doors’ closures without anything moving within.

And now I am ready to wish you all a very good night and also to mention to you to count those blessings and we will too!

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