This last weekend, my friends and I were planning on going down to Meghan's house and help around the place. Her mother was at a Quilt Show, and Meghan needed to watch the dog anyway, so we planned on keeping her company. We left Friday night, after another friend's wedding. The wedding was nice, small, but fun. And I have pictures of Meghan looking pretty, unfortunatly, not digital ones. Anyway, we went down, it was dark, a little cold and wet, got the fire going (me the pyro) scared a bear, it scared me, fun stuff like that.
The next morning we gathered up some gardening tools and started working on the fruit trees in the back yard. They had little sucker trees growing and we had to get rid of them, Meghan and Susan mainly worked on the cutting and hauling of the sucker limbs, while I focused on one apple tree, then the blackberry bushes. We worked 4 hours straight on those trees, I got two prickly tumble weeds of blackberry bushes as big as me cut out. (Tumble weeds because I rolled the piles of cut vines with a rake into the burn pile) Only an hour after we took a break it started raining. And it didn't stop all weekend...I think it continued to Tuesday.
We all felt good about ourselves, getting it all cleaned up. We are planning on reviving the garden area too this year, and watering the trees so we get lots of good apples (Sue's apples are the BEST ever!! If you can get through the blackberry bushes to get to the tree ^_^) I even brought down a load of wood for her, she was almost out, so she should have wood for a week or two until someone gives her some. (They always do that) The rain kinda put a halt to our yard work for that weekend, and it looks like it is going to rain all this weekend too, but at least we got stuff done before it got bad, and, there is always the basement to clean out. *shudder*
Friday, February 27, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Basement Start!
I started cleaning the basement today, with the help of my friend. We got bags and bags of old cloths ready to take to the Blue Barn. My car is full of trash to take to the dump, mom's car is starting to fill up with recycle stuff, and my dad is already complaining. (Of course) And in case he reads my blog, I will not say what I am getting rid of. Hopefully we will be able to get the basement cleaned out and fixed up soon, it will be nice.
We are getting snow, but right now there seems to be a spot of clear weather all around us, so everyone is getting snow, we are getting sprinkled with rain.
Hey, since Monday is a Holiday, I might start working on the basement again. (Yes Kristie, it is going to get cleaned, and all the...magazines...will be in their...rightful place.) ^_^
We are getting snow, but right now there seems to be a spot of clear weather all around us, so everyone is getting snow, we are getting sprinkled with rain.
Hey, since Monday is a Holiday, I might start working on the basement again. (Yes Kristie, it is going to get cleaned, and all the...magazines...will be in their...rightful place.) ^_^
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Perfect Timing
Well, as soon as Nancy left to go to L.A. it started snowing, and it hasn't stopped. We now have 8 inches and it is still snowing horse feathers. (large snowflakes) My lovely Trooper is unfortunatly in the shop at the moment, getting a leak repaired so I have no way to get way from the house, hopefully there are no emergencies that need a driver. My truck can take this weather dang it!!! And he's in the shop!!! *ahem*
Sorry. Yesterday, after it had been snowing for... 2 hours, my friend tried to get me home in her car, a low riding Firebird. She slipped her way up one hill, then almost slid off the second, we were stuck in both lanes crookedly, but I was able to push it to get it moving. She got up to the flat part, then decided to turn around and let me walk home. I agreed. The plow went by and she followed it down. By the time she got to the bottom, it was if the plow had never gone by. She spun out when she tried to turn up Main street, but was able to spin around again in the right direction and make it home. So now her car is buried under 8 inches of snow, and she is not stuck at our house for a week, like two years ago.
So Nancy, if you are reading this, you got out of her at the perfect time, I know you don't like snow.
Sorry. Yesterday, after it had been snowing for... 2 hours, my friend tried to get me home in her car, a low riding Firebird. She slipped her way up one hill, then almost slid off the second, we were stuck in both lanes crookedly, but I was able to push it to get it moving. She got up to the flat part, then decided to turn around and let me walk home. I agreed. The plow went by and she followed it down. By the time she got to the bottom, it was if the plow had never gone by. She spun out when she tried to turn up Main street, but was able to spin around again in the right direction and make it home. So now her car is buried under 8 inches of snow, and she is not stuck at our house for a week, like two years ago.
So Nancy, if you are reading this, you got out of her at the perfect time, I know you don't like snow.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Where is WINTER???
Hello, there. This is me coming from my sunny little hometown in Northern California. Where is has been a nice 60 degree average for the past 2 weeks, and 20 degrees at night.
We had ONE day of rain last week, ONE, and it didn't last that long or rain very much either.
There is almost no more snow on the mountains, the only reason there still is, is because it FREEZES every night, 20 degrees, and doesn't warm up much, so there is not much melting.
Where is the snow?
Was the 3 inches all we get this winter???
Where is the moisture? It is cold enough to snow but with nothing wet, we might have wild fires in winter, it is so dry.
I was actually able to go outside without a sweater a couple times, and it is January. Feels more like a dry March.
Well, my sister is getting ready to go live with my big sister down in L.A., which means I soon won't have to share a room with my little sister. I can get the bed out of Nancy's room, put it in the living room, change her room back into a sewing room and put the bed in the basement that I will change into my room...I wonder if i can get the dish cable to go down there. Oh I am so ready to be picking up my OWN messes (which are few and far between ^_^) instead of my little sister's which are a safety hazard. I almost stepped on a glass plate that she had left on the floor. With the light off it was impossible to see. I was lucky I just kicked it and hurt my toes, if I had stepped on it, I would be blogging you about my stay in the hospital.
Wow, what a rant...I feel a little better. Now all I have to do is get the measurements of the basement so I can draw up some design plans, stuff like that is just so fun. lol
Anyway...
My cat likes to go outside, not very far, just a few steps. A few days ago we had brought in wood and Nancy forgot to close the door, Nelly (my cat) went outside to sniff around and I closed the door, not knowing that she was out there.
A little later, I can hear her meowing but I didn't know where she was, finally Nancy's cat (Kitten) started acting really weird around her bedroom window (it looks out on the front deck.) Nancy opened the blinds and was just in time to see Nelly coming down from a leap at the window, one that she repeated until Nancy ran and opened the door. She ran inside and went strait for the basement, terrified. I felt so bad, I felt like the worst cat person ever. I spent the next half an hour consoling her and brushing her, trying to make her as happy as possible. I am really glad that she didn't run off, or get eaten or hurt by a wild animal.
Kristie gave us some books recently, one of them was a new Mercedes Lackey book, Foundation, it takes place as they are building the Heralds' Collegium so I had to visualize a completely different place for what was going on...it threw me off for a bit, but I loved it!! I LOVE all her books. ^_^
We had ONE day of rain last week, ONE, and it didn't last that long or rain very much either.
There is almost no more snow on the mountains, the only reason there still is, is because it FREEZES every night, 20 degrees, and doesn't warm up much, so there is not much melting.
Where is the snow?
Was the 3 inches all we get this winter???
Where is the moisture? It is cold enough to snow but with nothing wet, we might have wild fires in winter, it is so dry.
I was actually able to go outside without a sweater a couple times, and it is January. Feels more like a dry March.
Well, my sister is getting ready to go live with my big sister down in L.A., which means I soon won't have to share a room with my little sister. I can get the bed out of Nancy's room, put it in the living room, change her room back into a sewing room and put the bed in the basement that I will change into my room...I wonder if i can get the dish cable to go down there. Oh I am so ready to be picking up my OWN messes (which are few and far between ^_^) instead of my little sister's which are a safety hazard. I almost stepped on a glass plate that she had left on the floor. With the light off it was impossible to see. I was lucky I just kicked it and hurt my toes, if I had stepped on it, I would be blogging you about my stay in the hospital.
Wow, what a rant...I feel a little better. Now all I have to do is get the measurements of the basement so I can draw up some design plans, stuff like that is just so fun. lol
Anyway...
My cat likes to go outside, not very far, just a few steps. A few days ago we had brought in wood and Nancy forgot to close the door, Nelly (my cat) went outside to sniff around and I closed the door, not knowing that she was out there.
A little later, I can hear her meowing but I didn't know where she was, finally Nancy's cat (Kitten) started acting really weird around her bedroom window (it looks out on the front deck.) Nancy opened the blinds and was just in time to see Nelly coming down from a leap at the window, one that she repeated until Nancy ran and opened the door. She ran inside and went strait for the basement, terrified. I felt so bad, I felt like the worst cat person ever. I spent the next half an hour consoling her and brushing her, trying to make her as happy as possible. I am really glad that she didn't run off, or get eaten or hurt by a wild animal.
Kristie gave us some books recently, one of them was a new Mercedes Lackey book, Foundation, it takes place as they are building the Heralds' Collegium so I had to visualize a completely different place for what was going on...it threw me off for a bit, but I loved it!! I LOVE all her books. ^_^
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Not Again
Once again, today, another guy tried to walk into the woman's restroom. He realized what was happening before he went in but it was really funny. NO MORE SCHOOL!!!!!! And we made it safely home before it started snowing.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Oh wow.
Just now, in the library of Shasta College, a man just walked out of the woman's restroom. Just now, truely. As he walked past he saw for the first time the men's room and voiced his mistake. It was funny!!! ^_^
New Snow
Well, one more day after today and I will have no more school for this semester. Lots of stuff happened, well sorta, and I was able to sleep in today. Even though Jacquie woke me up around three with her blowing her nose like a fog horn in the living room.(she's sick) These pics are of the new snow that is at our house. Also the Christmas tree we got, more snow, and the cats...I love my cat, she's the black and white one. OMGOSH, it is only one week until Christmas!!!!!!!! This year has gone by sooo quickly, I don't know what to do with myself.
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