Present to Myself

I drove up in the driveway to find this yesterday:


No, it is not a trash cart, it is my GRASS cart. I have wanted this for over a year now. My roommie told me that I could get one when our paper bags ran out, and this is right after he had bought them in bulk at Sam's. I HATE the paper lawn bags and apparently they HATE me to. My neighbors probably love them as they watch me out their windows laughing as I am wrestling with the paper sack, lawn bag and the clippings I try to get in the bag. UGGGH. It is really the worst part about mowing.

I fixed this problem for myself. By the way, I have also wanted one of those cute lawn wheelbarrows so now I can just wheel my cart around as I need it. In fact, right when I got home last night, I wheeled her up to my courtyard and began to fill it up.

The lawn cart has special air vents so it won't smell too bad, and it is picked up weekly along with my trash.


My roommie is expecting this to be a very bad idea, but I disagree. I expect to be a very happy consumer. :)

Mulching

I drive a car. She is a Dodge Charger named Charley. It is a large car, but it is not meant to be a work-truck. You might thing, well, duh. However, sometimes I am forced to use Charley as a work truck b/c Charley's brother, Junior is at work with his owner.

On Sunday I was working on landscaping projects. In doing so, I made 4 trips to Wal-Mart. I can fit about 10 bags of mulch - the big 2 cubic feet ones and 10 bags of soil (40 lb bags). Now, I could probably fit a bit more if I put some up front, but I was just using the trunk and my back seat. All the way to and from work yesterday, I kept thinking to myself it smelled like mulch in my car. I made a mental note that I need to vacuum the trunk and then laughed b/c that will probably not get accomplished any time soon.

Last night I opened the door to my backseat to look for something and guess what I found?? 2 bags of mulch!!! Guess that explains the smell!! Gave myself a good laugh at least, and I guess I don't need car freshner for a while, I have bark scent.

Elephant and Shark

Sorry for the hiatus, I was on vacation for a week, then had to play catch up for a week. Sometimes it is hard to justify going on vacation considering how hard you have to work before and after. When I think about this, I just think about how my Mom would pack all 5 of us up for a week at the lake in the RV. I bet she just wanted to watch us all drive away and she stay at home to rest instead of getting in Luther and going to the lake with us. I always say to my friends now, "so this is why Mom was in a bad mood sometimes". Yup, I get it.

Anyway, let's look into goofy crap I do while traveling. First off, I usually fly Southwest. They publish this magazine called Spirit. It is a good read, and yes, I realize it is probably germ infested so I shouldn't read it.....anyway, I was entertained for a goof 45 minutes with an origami project. I turned a dollar into an elephant!!

Instructions:



Finished project:


Yes, his front leg is a little off, but jeez, pretty good I must say.



The first let of our vacation was Hilton Head. I will give HH its own post, but I have to laugh at these pics I found on my phone. I have about 45 more pics just like these. First off, you can't tell its a dolphin, it looks like a shark to me, and second, the pics do nothing to share the beauty of dolphins.





The dolphin tour we went on "guaranteed" a dolphin sighting. I thought this sounded pretty good, considering my Dad can't catch a fish somedays when he is out on the lake all day. Well.....we saw some dolphins alright, BUT in all honesty, the tour was a bit of a bust b/c we found out that there are 3 dolphins that lived in this harbor so it wasn't like we went and found dolphins out in the ocean by chance. I really can't bitch too much, I wanted to see a dolphin and darn it, I saw 3 dolphins.

Willie Spotlight

Admittedly, I was worried our first-born would feel slighted when his little sister joined the roost, but the proof is in the pictures - he is just fine. We recently bought new couches and his favorite spot is on the top of the cushions. I would have taught him (ha!) that he needs to rotate cushions so he breaks them down evenly. I can't really say he is listening.....




Even with all of his late night bar brawls, he is still as beautiful as he was during his modeling days.



Willie does not enjoy small children or loud people (especially my Dad). Shark Boy and Lava Girl (they re-named themselves) were visiting this week and they were thrilled when Willie joined them for breakfast. I had to be honest and tell them he is using them - he is only being nice hoping for a drink of milk. Lava Girl gladly obliged.





Now for a totally different Willie!!

We anchored our blow up Willie on the landing of our stairs hoping it would bring us good luck in the tournament. He didn't, but it was fun having our rather large visitor join the party.

Random

Last week I was scared half to death (My heart literally HURT!!) when I was walking out to my car as I was leaving a friends house and I saw a long tail. I heard scurrying, and after I was safely in my car, I shined my lights in the bushes and saw a possum. I took the best picture I could. The creature is right up by the light. His beady little eyes are in my memory as I speak this. ICK, ICK, ICK. I pray that my cats are able to chase away any potential possum residents.



As I was driving home, I called my roommie to inquire about the "danger's" of possums. I just don't believe that they are harmless. They are too ugly to be harmless.

Totally unrelated, but whatever..
We went to the Mecum car show this weekend. Great people watching event. I was entertained, but certainly had a time limit of probably 5 hours at something like this. I also know that I should never bid on anything b/c I would just get to caught up in the bidding war. It is sooo exciting!! I would sort of get mad at someone when they quit bidding (I would think, buzz kill (even though I wasn't drinking)).

The thing about Mecum is that they allow any cars to be auctioned. I got a laugh out of this car - I am pretty sure my grandma had a coral colored Lincoln like this one. I never considered this a "classic" car and the bidders didn't either.



They also allow monster trucks. This is an Escalade that has been ruined.

Cold or Allergies???

....I really don't care what it is, but I just need to know how to make it go AWAY!! Last time I went to the Dr. he suggested to take Claritin or Zyrtec regardless if I think it is a cold or allergies. I decided to take something before bed last night as I had this drip that would not quit. I took Non-Drowsy Claritin, but honestly did not think that non-drowsy would = no sleep. Admittedly, my "drip" is better, but now I am exhausted. I think I got out of bed at minimum 10 times and tossed and turned at least 100 times.

The sole reason for posting this is to let you know that it is probably not a good idea to take non-drowsy Claritin before bed. My suggestion is to take 1 1/2 times the dosage of Nyquil. You will sleep like a baby :)

Signs of Life

There is nothing that can help you get over the winter blues than seeing signs of life in your flower bed. (I personally have enjoyed the snow, but am also ready for warmth).

I reorganized my flower beds and had some new landscaping put in, so I am very excited to see how it flourishes and fills in.

Signs of life:




No idea what bulb is coming up here.


And these little purple flowers are adorable, but not sure what those are either. (bad habit of mine to plant stuff and not remember what it is, good thing is, I can usually get it to grow)



I was even happy to see weeds!!