You can still get you some Zen.
Last year, it was the 1000-seed extravaganza.
Thanks to SusanMac, the zillion-seed extravaganza '09 is under way:
Can you believe that with those zillion seeds, I went out and spent money on ten 100-lb pumpkin seeds? Duh.
I recognise zinnias.
Even the stump place gots seeds. I think I see fennel.
Lavendar, chamomile and lemon balm.
This cereus bloom will probably open Wednesday night. I might set my alarm. The neighbors are used to it now.
And I cleaned and groomed my favorite patio corner:
Have a good Sunday.
Edited to add an update:
She bloomed!!!!
Three different streets. On my way home from work.
Getting home after work just might be a challenge.
I'm home after a week on the Central Coast. Even with the sucky economy I went on vacation. I'm lucky to have a job and a tax refund. I just DID it.
I was glad to be there; I'd been counting down the days before my departure. Cambria is magic for me. I've been visiting there for about nine years. Each time I go I rent a different house. Janet and Heidi at Cambria Vacation Rentals are a Mother-Daughter duo who have the best rentals, ever. The places are clean, clean, clean and even the toilet paper has the little tucks when you arrive. Even the lower-priced ones (the ones I choose) are perfect in almost every way.
Every single trip has involved friends and/or family being with me for at least part of my stay.
This time I went alone. For eight days.
By the sixth day I began to feel exiled.
I ran out of things to do after taking trips to the beach, going for drives through the hills of Paso Robles, shopping on Main Street for soap and candles, eating out, cooking in. There's only so much fun a person can have.
I started to watch television. I started watching "Jon and Kate Plus 8."
I'd never heard of them. Everyone else has, I'm assuming, after I did a search and found 29 pages of references to these people. There are a zillion commenters on each blurb about this family.. They had this Jon and Kate Plus 8 festival all week. I gotta tell you I couldn't stop watching. I can't help but wonder about how this will be viewed by those children in 10 or 15 years. I am no longer quite so appalled at Octomom. Train wrecks, all.
Voyeurism continues. I'm turning on the telly.
I think I need intervention.
(Notice "jordin" just joined a few minutes before the scam attempt. lol)
Blog|Profile|May 10, 2009 3:04 PM
From:Miss Jordin Eddison
Abidjan,Cote d'ivoire
Dear One,
I have Fifteen million Five hundred thousand united states dollars.USD($15,500,000) to invest in your country, and I will require your assistance in investing this funds in a profitable venture in your country.l will compensate you with 20% for your efforts in assisting me.
Now permit me to ask these few questions: -
1. Can I completely trust you?
2. Promise not to sit on my money when reaches your country?
Consider this and get back to me immediately through this my private box for further explanation and conversation on how we will proceed. Awaiting your immediate response. Pls reply me at :- jordineddison73@yahoo.fr
Thanks and God bless.
Best Regards
Jordin.
Has anyone else in my 'hood gotten one of these?
Happy birthday to a very fiesty, sparky olde dame. And one of my dearest friends.
Happy 85th, l'il TUCKSTER
In my jeans.
At the mail chute in the lobby.
A postal-worker lady was passing as I said, "Omigawd."
"Are you okay, Honey?"
Her wonderful, brown face was full of concern as she started to reach for my arm to steady me.
"I workforadoctorandIwasjustgivenaremedyforaninfectionandI'mdetoxing and I just pooped my pants," says I.
"Come on, Honey. Follow me. You poor thing. Go in here. There's water and paper towels. I did that after my second baby in the middle of Sears. No one helped me and I had to drive home with dookie all over myself. Go in here. I'll be outside if you need me."
Sometimes, I love other humans so much.
Sour grapes abound.
I was soooo stoked to have this little baby at my fingertips. I was humming "I'm Wireless, tra la, tra la" songs for two weeks. I was rolling.
Then the bill came.
See, no one at the store could explain just WHAT 524,288 KB means to someone who reads blogs, posts blog entries and literally stays online for entire weekends. They "had this chart somewhere" was all they could tell me. How long could I stay online with a banked 524,288 KB amount? All the salesgirl could tell me was, "Well, you can't watch movies."
Cool. I don't watch feature-length movies online.
Then the bill came.
Because I bought the thing at the end of the billing period, I got the tariff note that represented the usage from April 11 to April 13:
Huh?
I called ATT in a panic. I wanted to buy a different plan; one that would give me more air time. ATT says they don't HAVE any other plan.
WHAT?
WHAT?
"So, what's it good for," I ask.
"For travel," was the answer.
Feh.
It wasn't advertised as this. It was touted, "Wireless! $79.00 with a two-year contract!"
Just now, while I was writing, RadioShack sent me this for Mother's Day:
Cheaper, now.
Well, they can stick it.
I took the Acer back to the store last Saturday for a refund. They didn't even ask a lot of questions. It took 15 minutes. Two weeks before, it took me almost two hours to buy it. Go figure.
My pal Annie, the computer nerd extraordinaire, went through my old deceased laptop last week and FIXED it! She spruced it up with all the extraneous stuff dumped and it zooms, now!
Annie, I loves yuns.
Another friend, Skot, gifted me with a wifi plugin that totally rocks.
I'm wireless.
With no monthly bill.
Acer, RadioShack and ATT:
Bite me.
I've been seeing this particular fellow and his wife at the Farmer's Market for a few years, now. They are both cool and cute as bugs. They have a little girl who's smart as a whip. James and Allison. I see them at the vegetable and fruit stands regularly. We chat it up a bit and then we're on our separate ways. Nice people.
Recently, I discovered James is this voice actor. He's only the third Fred Flintstone and the voice of Green Arrow in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. But the biggest thing is........
I KNOW FRED FLINTSTONE!!!!!!!!
woo.
