What's On Your Plate Today?

Just enjoying life...not doin' nuffin! Hanging out at home and taking the day as it comes...nothing planned. Time will pass and tomorrow will be here so I can find out what that brings as it happens, too.

Nothing specific this weekend, except to get together with a friend and go over his grandfather's historical archives on Sunday. Yesterday was grey all day here, too. sun is out right now, but I don't know how long that is going to last.

I'm cooking BBQ chicken for a picnic this pm. Also going through the mountain of paperwork that seems to pile up (feeding the shredder). The weather is nice and cool here in NW Arkansas (72) with thin cloud cover. We haven't had to use the air-co yet. And.....getting on Gather when I have moments. My wife's at work so I can get away with it.
Marty

Maybe I'm getting old and lazy or something. I'm will be doing what I like doing most. I'll work around home, eat, sleep and Gather.

Had a lot of outdoor chores lined up today but it's been raining most the morning.

We took our 3 mile hike early this moring and made our monthly dump run all before 9AM. We have a small gallery in town and I needed to meet a client there by 10AM. The rest of the day is tending the gallery and tomorrow we'll head off the hills and go explore Roberts Peak where there is supposed to be an old sheppard's camp.

Well, at this point so far, I have done nothing but read my email and comments on Gather. I have been issued another challange for a poem so probably will think on that one, It is very hot out about ninety so much to much for me, so will sit here with my Kitty with Billy sleeping, up all night, and maybe watch some tv, or nap, he woke me up to tell me he was going to bed, lol, but a lazy Saturday seems to be in the making. It is almost 2:30 already, can't believe that. Have a wonderful day Mariana

Mariana, Hi! I'm awaiting the arrival of my middle grandson. He had 2 tee-ball games scheduled, but was rained out. We've had nasty storms here, I wasnt online yesterday, and that is rare. But there was too much lightening.
The rest of my day will be spent answering questions posed by an inquisitive 5 year old!

Planting -- russian sage, coreopsis, larkspur and astilbe!

I can tell you where your sunshine is: here in eastern Washington. It has been around 90 the last two days and will go higher today and tomorrow.

I have been recovering from the triple point frenzy: reading papers, going through the mail from the week, watering flowers, etc. My son in law came over this morning and put my air conditioner back in my bedroom window. Hooray! I don't run it all the time, but when I come home from work at midnight, it is nice to have a cool room for sleeping. Of course, with this broken arm, I haven't worked in almost 2 months. He also fixed a sandbox in the back yard for my 4 yr old grandson to play in when he is here. My son in law is coming back early tomorrow to mow my front and back yard. I don't have a working lawn mower and couldn't push it anyway with one arm.

I decided I had to get busy with exercise again as I have been sitting around for months not doing my usual workout routine at the YMCA. So I went on a 4 mile walk. It wasn't particularly scenic as I wanted to walk that specific distance so just walked down a nearby road and back. It was 76 when I left the house and 89 when I returned!

Today is my daughter's birthday but we are having her party tomorrow. Will go out to dinner with her kids and some friends.

That's it for now. Have a safe trip to Louisiana. Will look forward to hearing of your adventures there.

Oh, Saturday, lovely Saturday - after coming back from a two-week vacation (mostly in Louisiana, by the way!), I worked Thursday-Friday and now have the weekend to relax. There was a huge neighborhood garage/yard sale by Lake Calhoun, so we got up earlier than usual for a weekend and "saled" our way through the alleys and yards, limiting ourselves to only one purchase - a replacement office chair for the one we had which had broken arms and was getting pretty shredded by the kitties. Next was breakfast at the Calhoun Grille, usually wonderful but today the service was awful and the food was way over-cooked. Still, I didn't have to clean up the kitchen afterward.

Back home, Jay & I teamed up to get the last of the window air conditioners in place – unlike you, Mariana, I totally wilt in the humidity! Catching up on email now and glad to get your msg! Next I'll work more on my pictures from our trip; I am putting together my trip diary with photos but it takes a while to sort through, resize, etc. (I took about a thousand photos.) The skies are turning dark gray now, a little thunder in the distance so we'll probably have to do our burgers indoors tonight. Have a wonderful rest-of-the-weekend!

Let me see...oh my goodness it's 4 o'clock on a rather hot, muggy Saturday afternoon. Got up at 4:15...gathered a little, went to Mom's at 6:30 to give her breakfast and pills...then went out to breakfast woth my cousin Terry and his partner Gino. Hit two yard sales on way home...then a plant sale at the United Parish Church here in Carver. Lunch at Mom's at 12:30...home to work in my garden...got to hot aside so came in and did some school work (correcting 39 booklets 22 pages in each ....only got 6 done before I got bored), went down the pond and took my first swim of the season and put the 2 kayaks in. The dock still needs to be fixed from the beating it took when the ice went out...but I need to wait for the boys for that. Now I need to take Tuck for a walk and think about all those plants in the back seat of my car that need to be planted. Hectic day despite the heat.

Hi Cher,
After raining for 3 days this week, the sun is finally shining. It seems you will be arriving in state just in time to catch the beginning of the really humid summer days!

We spent our last day with the beloved in-laws and their not-so-beloved dog. (That will be the subject of an article when I have time.) I was pleased to get an unexpected day off from work, so I helped them pack and puttered in the garden until MIL's daughter arrived from Michigan with her husband to take them further north. This was the first time I had the opportunity to meet these fine people and we had a very nice lunch at the marina with a couple of glasses of wine for those of us who didn't have to drive. :o) Once we had them safely on the road again, we put our house back to rights; changing sheets, getting rid of ashtrays and letting the cat know he was safe to come out of hiding. We took a trip to the local nursery for something to replace something I inadvertantly killed (I never do that! It must have been the Commies!), stopped at the store for a few provisions and now I'm taking a minute here before I go put the new plants in the ground. (It's hotter than the dickens here!) Another houseguest should be arriving tomorrow or Monday. I'm not sure how long she'll be here.

It looks like it's getting ready to storm. Maybe I won't get that posey planted today, after all.

It's so hot and muggy here...went to work at 5:00 am and got back a little while ago!!! Heading out again for a few more hours of work, but hubby painted the rest of my livingroom for me!!! What a surprise it was and such a treat!!! I am going to fill some of my containers with plants when I get back!!! I always do this by the moon............

It's hot and muggy here. I went to academy and bought myself some much needed summer clothes, they had a great sale, so I came out smelling like a rose.
I also hit garage sales this morning in search of a summer selection of better fitting clothes, I found some for me, but more for the family.
The kids are at thier Paw-paws, dh and I are going out to eat. Just a couple more days until we get our favorite cajun back into the state....I can't wait.

I have spent the day so far just hanging out with my daughter. We did chores and now she is swimming at the neighbor's. I spent a bit of time reading and writing between the chores. I still need to grocery shop, so I better get going...

Thank you for asking. I'm going to get ready in a few minutes to go see my daughter perform in a ballet. And earlier today I watched my son's last baseball game of the season. The completion of these two things means that my life will be significantly less busy for the next several months.

I hope you will have internet in Louisiana and will continue to write articles and share your photos with us.

swimming, kayaking, taking photos, eating! and watching the nba playoffs. safe travels!

My day is almost over. But, I did an amazing amount of writing and am still at it in between catching up on Gather articles and comments.

Please do tell us about your Louisiana visit. I don't really think I could tolerate the humidity but if you like it, you go, girl!

to get connected with you....

The usual: work, work, work, Gather, read, sleep, cook, family, exercise, sleep, work, Gather, clean, errands. Not necessarily in that order.

Dear friends - so happy to receive all these comments - today I connected with Miz Bhawana who lives in L.A. and I read a few pretty good articles...now, I'm off to do some commenting. The skies are gray over here - but to me, Sundays are slow and kickback anyway. Thanks so much to each and every one of you for taking the time to read and comment on my little random musings about my day! Salud.

Hi Mariana, well it's not Saturday any more, but I'm going to respond as if it were. First, great posting. Second, Santa Barbara is my second most favorite spot on the globe (first is Seattle, my home town). Two of my three kids went to Westmont College. Well, last night I prepared for a very beautiful woman a nice rib steak (bone-in) on bbq with seasoned rub, some mushrooms in garlic, olive oil and herbs'd provence, some yellow and red peppers bbq'd in same, salad, and some pretty nice bordeaux, then we watched "Holiday" with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz... a chick flick in which my wife snickered and teased me through, as I teared up in a most un-testeronic way. A lovely evening!

Tis the season for gardening, dear girl. In the Northeast, you must be swift because it's gone in a flash! I've been buying plants (I promised myself I wouldn't), digging, weeding, planting and fussing and spraying my roses (with non-toxic, safe-for birds and bees and good bugs-stuff because they are riddled with aphids and worse.) My nails are broken, I have black and blue marks and scratches all over, I'm exhasted, broke and quite happy!

I'm in there with Krista P. Scratches and cuts and red blotches from fingertips to elbows. Mud-caked knees and God only knows what my hair must look like. Still I persevere. I'm beginning to think gardening is not for sissies.

It was red beans and rice on my stove this evening...really!!!! I thought about you = ) Trouble is - I like it so much - it's hard to stop eating...and then I'm a bit, well...."noisy"....the rest of the night = / LOL Spent the rest of the daylight watching the chickens scratching around the yard. Have a great trip home. Blessings.