What a day. Work was just insane and I'm glad it's over. It was a gorgeous afternoon so I spent some time working out in my yard. I have yet to figure out what my mom was thinking when she planted the things she did. *shudder* Not one bit of it makes sense. There used to be a rather large tree in the yard but 1/2 of it was diseased so my parents cut it down years ago. For some reason they chose to not take the root system out. Do you know what root systems do when the tree is gone? They still wiggle around and make your yard wavy. Can you say it's a pain in the butt to work with? Mom had put up some funky birdhouse looking thing right in the middle of this square patch of dirt and planted things that made no sense. Well...I decided the birdhouse thingy had to go. Seeing how it looked like it was down in the ground pretty far I gave it a nice healthy strong shove. That was a mistake. It wasn't down in the ground very far and I came really close to doing a face plant right in the flower bed. If someone had been videotaping it...I would be $10,000 richer. You are just picturing this aren't you and chuckling quite loudly...I know you are. LOL I have to admit...the pathetic mess of a flower bed is looking much better with just the little bit I did today. My parents left an old park bench here when they moved. I'm going to stain it and put it in the little spot of dirt in the middle of my yard. I'll buy some stepping stones and plant my wonderful petunias. Out of ugly comes beauty and grace. Just going to take some back breaking work to get it there. I love this stuff though...:) I did buy a gorgeous wrought iron gazebo that will be set up in the next few weeks. I have a cute little bistro set which will sit in the gazebo. I have some really cool looking outdoor lights in the shape of lanterns that will be hung on my porch. Need light while I'm grilling on my new grill ya know. ;) Slowly but surely it's all coming together. I'll get it all together and then I'll end up moving and starting all over again...I know that is what will happen. But...that's the fun part. Right? Nod your head and say "Yes Tracey...you are so very right". ;) Margaret gave me a pack of sweet pea seeds and I can't wait to plant those. They smell sooooo good!!!! I also have some daisy seeds that must be planted. They are my favorite flower...did you know that? Well now you do. :) I'm still on the hunt for a house. I'm not giving up that quest but in the meantime...I will do what I do best...interior decorating and planting flowers. Great therapy. Cheap too....:) This weekend some of my friends are coming over for a slumber party/going out dancing kind of thing. Not too sure how much gardening I will get done but hopefully I will get a little bit taken care of. I want a nice yard this year and I will have it even if it kills me. :)
There are days I enjoy living my life. There are days I thoroughly hate it. Yesterday, while grocery shopping, I almost had a breakdown. Standing there in the aisle, I had to fight, with everything in me, to not start crying. Too much has been hitting me this month and I think I'm at the end of my rope. Beginning of the month, D's new wife sent me a text telling me to lose his number, email and address because I already had my chance with him. I laughed at the absurdity of everything she said in that text as it sounded like something a teenaged girl would write. I haven't wanted that man in almost 20 years, so, she is either highly jealous of his past and any woman he used to be interested in or is extremely insecure with herself and her relationship. Regardless of her mental state, I told her I was just catching up on life with him, but I will respect her request and not talk to him again. I've been told she has been married 4...