Every Season Is Not Harvest Season
“Every season is not harvest season. There are seasons of sowing where no harvest is seen, and sometimes there are droughts. … There are some crops we desire for ourselves that we may never harvest.” A friend posted this in an online discussion about the blessings of God. And it got me to thinking. Sometimes […]
Busy, Sunburnt, Tired
Working hard this weekend. Kids are with their dad. In addition to buying and installing MS Office and a 500-GB external hard drive on my computer, I’ve weeded the flowerbeds and watered the lawns (which is how I got the sunburn), made a huge batch of fresh tomato salsa, paid the bills, done six loads […]
It’s Raining; It’s Pouring!
Rain! Finally! Rain! It’s been unbearably hot and humid here, but no rain in sight, for weeks. We were 10 inches under the normal rainfall amounts for our area. But last night, finally, a storm moved in. At first it was a noisy, tantrum-throwing storm, with big flashes of lightning and loud, window-rattling thunderclaps. but […]
A Profitable Day
I did so much today! I got up at 6:30 and went for a walk — about 20 minutes, and approximately 1 mile. Haven’t done that in years. Then I put in the path lights that I bought the other day. I filled the dozen or so birdfeeders in the back yard, planted some herbs, […]
Job Front Looking Up! And More Drama Next-Door
I’ve been a busy little bee this week, and I have results to show for it …. I now have a firm offer in hand, plus two companies who are a little further behind in the hiring process but who wish to be notified before I take another offer because they think they might want […]
Ow, Ow, OW!
Okay, I am officially in more pain than I have ever experienced … this is worse than labour. I went out this morning to finish replanting the flowerbed alongside the driveway, and I got really caught up in what I was doing. I started at 9 this morning, and came in at 2:30. It wasn’t […]
Today Was Better
Probably because, being Friday, there’s not much I could do about either the job search or the ex. So I took the kids to VBS and then went by the library to renew my card and check out some old friends. I read one of them and then picked up the kids at noon. I […]
Mother’s Day Weekend for a Single Mom
Well, this was Mother’s Day weekend. So what did this single mom do? Not a lot by way of celebration. Yesterday (Saturday) we got up and had breakfast and then went outside. I weeded the “woodland garden” and the north fence-line, and then planted four o’clocks and mixed morning glory seeds that I sprouted on Thursday […]
There’s a Snake in My Boot!
… well, clinging to the end of it, anyway. I’m glad I put on my Wellies last night before I went out to trim the hedges. It felt kind of silly — whoever heard of trimming hedges being particularly dangerous in a suburb? But it’s been raining a lot, and I didn’t want to put […]