Looking forward to retirement in a few years
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Comments (12)I've got several in one bed that are starting their Leap Year in 2011, and I'm excited for them all: Liberty Thunderbolt Dick Ward Heatwave Abiqua Drinking Gourd Dream Queen I bought this house 3 full years ago (starting my 4th gardening season now), and this was the first official bed I dug out grass from scratch and planted & spaced everything with a proper game plan, structure shrubs, jap maple, a birdbath. Nothing was shoved in or randomly placed. Everyone looked great in their Creep Year. I don't do official written eye counts anymore, but my mental count is telling me every single hosta has put on multiple eyes between Creep and Leap. Liberty is up. The rest range from nubbins to being ready to unfurl. This is the first year I'm going to stand back with a critical eye and determine if the bed needs companion plants or whatever. Very excited! Gayle...See MoreLet's Get to Know Eachother
Comments (115)My name is Sally. I live in Lancaster County Pa and - no - I am not Amish. LOL I have 5 sisters and 29 nieces and nephews. I do not have any children, but love my 3 cats as if they were... I have lived in this area all my life and love it. I have been very fortunate in life to have a loving, stable family unit, with very little tragedy to speak of. I am divorced, but we remain very friendly... My SO is a Marine (not currently active) and very proud of it. ( a combat veteran is a whole different breed...) I work for a fantastic company and my job as a sales rep keeps me traveling quite a bit to the southeast US. I like it for the most part, but being alone so much can get old... My home is my cozy sanctuary to unwind. I love to tend to my herb garden and perennials. I bought my first sewing machine last fall, so I am enjoying learning how to use it. I love to tackle almost any project whether it's building a shed, making beef wellington or changing the oil in my truck. I probably own more tools than a lot of men I know... I am a redneck at heart, but clean up pretty good when I need to......See MoreAfter 10 years of Retirement.
Comments (5)I've rented what used to be step-uncle's house and have had a substantial garden (actually, about three, now) for several years. I figure that I can live here, 30 km. (20 mi.) from the city as long as I can drive. I'm thankful to be enjoying good health: it's seldom that my body tells me, "Listen, you darned old fool - you can't DO that any more!". Had a pulmonary emboloism last fall, but apart from some discomfort and some pain for part of a day, alleviated with rat poison, I'm pretty well functioning as before. I rather figure that I won the lottery - for clots hitting one's heart cause heart attacks ... and hitting one's brain cause strokes. In the lung ... pain awoke me in the early morning, but when I was upright the pain went away, and after most of a day in emerg., finished with a shot of blood thinner, about 20 min. after which my breathing pretty well returned to normal ... and now I'm on the pill - well, a pill a day for five days and half a pill for each of the other two. Good wishes for a fruitful retirement, folks. And do some things to help build a better and happier community, not only here but world-wide, for we have some serious problems to which we need to attend. ole joyful...See MoreChoosing Cats over Friends
Comments (39)I agree marie-ndcal, tough love is the only thing that works in these situations and I'm glad you used that approach and it was successful for all. I would never let any adult move into my home without rules and some sort of plan. My friend has a big heart and I think she just opened her arms and said of course we'll help you and we all know you can't be that vague, especially when the people who need your help are already very irresponsible. They're trying the tough love approach now and it's basically being ignored. They're being used, big time. I've known her son since he was born, I want to talk to him, but I don't think it would go well. An update on the cat situation, it wasn't said directly to me, but third person I heard that she said if anyone wants to visit them and has allergies to the cats, they can just take medication. Well that might seem like a solution, but anyone who has these allergies knows that over the counter drugs that work for cat allergies will make you extremely tired and groggy and unable to drive, not to mention other side effects. Apparently other people who didn't have cat allegeries before are unable to stay in her house for very long. She's become frustrated with people not visiting her, either for a few hours or for a few days. I think she's now ignoring the elephant in the room and looking outside her home to place blame....See Moresushipup1
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