When not attending to garden tasks what other things have filled your day?

Last time I did that he came round and cut all the roots off of my cacti and put them back in the pots so they still looked alive

 

This afternoon went to see my friends and i did some singing for them.

 

Cor, were you doing your Elvis impressions again Logan?

 

No i don't like Elvis

 

Me neither. Not one of my faves.

 

I have to admit, I've no albums, but I've three Elvis singles out of a total of 80 in one of my jukeboxes.
I like to think that particular box is a good representation of 50/60/70/80s pop.
Don't be Cruel/Hound Dog
The Girl of My Best Friend
And you have to appreciate how popular was this. I like the fact that he didn't take himself too seriously.



Conversely, by brother and sister-in-law two years younger than my wife and myself, in their teens and twenties, bought dozens of Elvis albums.

 

I bought a weather station. It came a couple days ago. It has a self-emptying rain gauge, which I thought was cool. I need a pole to set the rain gauge up on so, it isn't installed yet but I have everything else working.

Lemme tell ya, they give you this tiny bitty little screw driver, so small with such an itty bitty handle that my small hands were way too big for it. There are teeny tiny little screws holding the battery compartment lid on that have to be removed to get the battery into the rain gauge. On top of that, the screws are over an inch long so you are there forever screwing and unscrewing that thing !!

Then, you have to go through a series of prompts to get your date, time, year, fahrenheit, all the setting you want set. You have 3 channels for it so that you can put up to three transmitters on it which will scroll through the temps in different areas you have the transmitters in. (like to monitor your baby's room temp as well as your garden and greenhouse, etc.) To do that you have a battery back up on the monitor and you must remove the batteries to set just channel one, for one transmitter, which I have. If you don remove the batteries you can't set it to just one channel. It also plugs into the wall but I want the battery back up on, incase we lose power.

Here's the display:
This was marked down from $64 to $45 and had 4.6 stars for reviews. I was surprised nobody complained about those fiddley tiny little screws !!

 

Nice weather station Anniekay well worth all the tiny lil screws. It’s amazing how most of us concentrated on the things we can do and not the things we can’t. Especially at this stage of the game.. luv it ..

 

Lovely weather station @Anniekay ! Now you'll be able to plan even more efficiently when gardening! It's the best home addition anyone can think of!

 

Nice weather station @Anniekay

Not much today, i had 6 lb of redcurrants in the freezer that i hadn't taken off the strings so i did that.

 

Nothing today as we are out and about, but like yesterday I have been stocking up. Yesterday I bought some more Gladioli bulbs and today I bought 6 pkts of seed for the baskets.

 

Thank you all. It is very handy and I don't know what I did without it. I've spoilt myself !!

 

It's surprising how we get used to appliances, i don't know how i would cope without my microwave, i use it a lot to heat up foods, cook some puddings and baked potatoes.

 

Today I haven't done anything. And most likely will not be doing anything until the day ends - I've actually created my own week, where at least 3 days are usually off, Friday Saturday and Sunday. Plus an occasional extra holiday which is usually Tuesday...

I'm seriously done with being in the rat race. So I'll now just be in the hammock, continue watching the ocean waves, and keep sipping lemonade. And keep on thinking how to further ruin the lives of more people, (who I need to get even with).

I was always waiting for this time of my life to start. Where I wouldn't need to work for anything anymore. And then bring out the record book, in which I've been keeping accounts on who crossed my path, when, where, and how... I really haven't forgotten anything, and I'm not the type who forgives. So now it's going to be my turn, which I am today plotting with the greatest of delight, (starting with some old school teachers first, those who are still alive that is, because now I have the resources to go after each and everyone of them, they can run all they like, but can't hide) - 2026 is going to be extremely fun!

 

It's been a really busy week that has seen us needing to be out every day....trying to fit in our normal things has been a juggling act. We managed to call into to see my sister yesterday on our way home . Today we need to pick up some shopping in the city ( we seldom go into our local town anymore as it's becoming a bit of a ghost town with shops closing down )so once again we will eat out( saves us from having to cook on our return home.) On our way home today we will call into the care home and visit my dear brother.

Next week is already slowly get booked up...Dentist check up, cinema trip with a friend ( Hamnet) , chest xrays for hubs at the hospital....once again family visits to fit in......I thought retiring would be less hectic!!

I'm going to knuckle down and carefully draw up a seed sowing plan for weekends.