Bachelor week

 Rob is visiting his Mom this week, so it's just me and his chores around here.  He usually gets up before me and I forget how much he gets done in the morning while I'm leisurely enjoying my coffee.  

Not a lot going on around here.  Last week, I was busting my butt to get things done and then got a surprise 3 week extension on the project I'm working on.  That was a welcome relief.  It didn't make my to-do list any shorter, but it sure gave me some breathing space to get it done.  When I found out about 3:30 on Friday, I just walked away from my desk in relief and spent the rest of the workday playing ukulele.  

Yesterday, I was watering some flower pots and decided I wanted to clean up my flower bed, so I sat on the stone path and pulled out dead branches and leaves and fronds for a couple hours.  It felt like such a waste because I'll have to do it all again after the first freeze, but it sure looks nicer.  

This mum just keeps on giving.  I don't usually have good luck with mums.  If I get them in enough sun, I can't give them enough water.  And, if I put them in a shadier spot so they stay watered, they won't bloom.  But, I'm enjoying this one in a pot this fall.  No matter which back window I look out of, I can see it.

I also added some stakes to this prayer plant.  I've had this for several months and it's in a tiny little pot so I'm surprised that it does so well, but it must be in a spot it likes in my kitchen window because it's gotten a nice size.  It had laid over and was pretty with a vertical stem and a leaning stem and a horizontal stem (wish my bonsai would do that) that kind of circled around the others, but it stuck out in the space over the sink and I kept bumping it when I did dishes.  Eventually it was going to fall into a sink of dish water and I was not going to be happy with that.  When I propped it up, I thought it would take days to recover, but it was still beautiful the next morning..  

Dottie misses her daddy so bad.  This was her yesterday when I came home from the grocery, standing at the door waiting for him to come in.  She did the same thing at 5:45 last night, which is when he would have gotten home on a weekday.  Last night, she wouldn't come to bed and slept half the night in the living room.  She finally came to bed in the middle of the night.  It's cold here so she's wondering if she's ever going to get to walk again.  I plan to take care of that a little later, when it warms up.  I know that if she's not walked, she gets bored and then gets in trouble, so we'll both be happier with a nice walk after the sun comes up.

What kind of narcissist stands there when someone falls to the ground?  No matter why they fell, why wouldn't everyone rush to help.  But, I guess it's more important to nap through press conferences...although I'm sure it was hard for everyone to stay awake while the fake dr oz droned on.  

Everybody have a great week!  Find something you enjoy and do it until you smile.  Then do it again.  

Lane