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[Crankin]

I don't think i've ever known of so many other Scorpios!
I am being lazy today and feel just a little guilty. Went out to brunch with son #1 and his gf and had all intentions of going on a short ride when we got back. I just feel tired, like drugged tired. Then the weather keeps saying it's going to rain/thunder. It will be dark for awhile, then the sun comes out. So after an hour or so of thinking we decided not to ride. Went to the nursery, but couldn't find the flowers i wanted, so now I am drinking coffee and going to start preparing for dinner guests.
I am going on a 40-50 mile ride tomorrow, so I don't feel *too* bad.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I've been putting in my little vegetable garden yesterday and today, and thinking good positive thoughts about our sweet kitty Lydia who is now a kitty spirit beaming her goodness all around the atmosphere.

I got the garden all set and planted for the year!:
http://strumelia.blogspot.com/2009/05/gardens-in.html
(well except for needing to continue planting a few new leaf lettuce and cilantro seeds every couple of weeks.)

My back 'should be' killing me right now after two days of weeding, hoeing, fertilizing, and planting...but strangely it seems to be ok, just a little sore that's all. Lucky me. Must be a benefit of bike riding and fitness walking.

Now that I've been tending to my worm composting bin with my special composting breed of worms (eisenia foetida), I now have a new appreciation of the wild worms in my garden. Before, all earthworms looked alike to me. Now I see distinct differences between the different species- it's cool! I saw some small quick maroon ones and also some big long blue tinged ones. I was happy to find some interesting worms in my garden, and I hope to attract more with the all-organic fertilizer I'm using this year.

[OakLeaf]

It's been too wet to work my soil. I did get home just in time to do the initial tilling before the rain set in.

The next few days are supposed to be dry and windy, so hopefully I'll get my beds dug and some seeds planted pretty soon. My seed order came today. Once again I'll have to buy tomato and pepper plants, but I'm actually going to direct seed a few tomatoes for a fall crop. The last couple of years I've let some volunteer tomatoes grow, and I've had a reasonable yield from them after the "adopted" plants were spent.

Two stems of my red kale survived the winter and were sending out new leaves when I got home. I had no idea it was a perennial! They looked so delicious I couldn't bear to till them in, so I just tilled around that bed and the adjacent one that had all kinds of volunteer cilantro and mustard greens going (never did get around to harvesting those coriander seeds last fall ). It was a PITA maneuvering the big tiller around a small space like that, but greens are so worth it.

[Pax]

I tried to plant my herb garden today but the soil was mostly clumps of mud. I hope the three more dry days we're supposed to have actually happen, maybe the soil will dry enough give it a go.

[Tuckervill]

I spent all day relocating 110 yo bricks that were once a walkway to the old smokehouse. They are now forming a border on the left front of my house, guarding the azaleas. Hopefully, I can keep the dogs from digging under there again. The bricks look great and will look much better after the sand sifts its way in.

Karen

[Lise]

Great birth stories! I love the one about frantic flying down the road and screaming in the elevator and .... the baby wasn't born until hours later. I see a lot of my job as just calming every one down during labor and birth. The nurses know that I won't tolerate yelling during birth--no counting to 10 at the top of their lungs, etc. I was at a labor recently where 4 women (mom, mom-in-law, and two friends) were in the room and all fussing at each other. They all had to leave the room while my lady was getting an epidural, and when she was comfy, I said, "Who do you want to be in the room with you?" She was too afraid of pissing anyone off to tell me to kick anybody out. So I went out in the hall and held a confab. I said, "All of you are welcome to be at the birth if you can all be quiet, peaceful, and gentle." They agreed, and it went well.

When I was born, all babies were "held" (hostage?) in the nursery for 24 hr after birth, and kept "NPO" (nothing by mouth). I feel this seriously damaged my brain (going 24 hr without food when you're a newborn? I don't go more that 2 hr without food now! ) I'm planning to sue the hospital. It's now owned by the same health care conglomerate which employs me, so this may not be the best plan...but maybe evidence of brain damage...

[crazycanuck]

Here's a website you may or may not wish to visit..

http://hospitalfood.tumblr.com/