Love 3.0

I love this guy. He goes to work 6-7 days a week for us. He sacrifices his brain and heart every day for this patients. He comes home and doesn't say a peep that the house is a crazy mess. He's so nice to me even though I've forgotten to buy him floss 3 days in a row.

This is love!

Things I love 2.0

I love how the Bear will take the time to sit down with me anywhere. I've been making slow progress on our veggie garden. I planted the teepees on one side and tomatoes on the other. Then we just sat between the mulch in the middle and talked about birds, getting dirty and school.

Such a darling little Bear.

I'd like...

I'd like a new blog name...This isn't cutting it yo.

Things I love...

I'm going to post one thing I love about the Bear that is unique to him every few days...Ths will get me posting more often.

I love that he "beeps" my car alarm with his plastic keys. It's funny to see him mimic arming the car alarm. Who does that? My Bear does that!

Gardening

I'm trying to get my veggie garden going and it is so hard to loosen up that dirt. Why didn't I do ths dring our rainy period? Oof.

I'm growing roma tomatoes, some kind of jelly hybrid tomatoes, watermelon, green beans and sweet peas from seed. I even caved and bought a Topsy Turvy only because it said it would grow herbs too. And if you know about our mojito consumption on the weekends, yo'd know this purchase is a must. But I guess I was confused about this Topsy Turvy. You have to buy the plants and soil for it. This should have been a given considering the size of the box, but I've lost a few million brain cells since bcoming a SAHM. I was going to return it after reading the reviews about the tomoatoe, but I think it might be useful in growing a ton of herbs. So it's a keeper!

And I have to big planters I need to fill up. Th Bear and I have been browsing different plants to make ou final decision. He likes some pretty fuzzy annuals and I think I'm gonna get some colorful mini elephant ears. I loooove color! It's a mood booster.

Everything in the back yard is growing and getting super bushy. I love it! Our roses are fnicky of course, but the lilies are blooming now. And our big weird bee attratants are about to bloom. They are the most interesting flowers.

I'm trying to figure out what to do with our big beds in the front. We have large shrubs, hostas and lillies in there. The previous owners used pine mulch for the rest of the beds, but the leaves and saplings from the fall and spring get mixed in and it turns into a huge mess. I'm already spending close to $50 on the mulch for the backyard. I don't want to spend another $50 on pine mulch. Blech. I'm trying to find a more permanent solution.

Thise homeownership is making me exhausted. Sometimes I miss renting, you know?

Storms Not Welcome

So I finally went into our crawl space yesterday. Our contractor/neighbor said to just leave our wet insulation there before we get our new insulation in. First of all, crawl spaces freak every one out, right? There's only about 3 feet to scoot around in a dark musty area where there are certainly bugs galore. Eh...Not so bad. It was dark for sure, but dry and pretty bugless except for a few corners. But out insulation? TOTALLY drenched and starting to mold. I guess we should've gone down sooner that 5pm yesterday. We only had time to pick up gloves and respirators to remove the insulation ourselves. We figure it's ok to have it removed for a little while. Especially since the ducts to the Bear's room and out bathroom are squished and not allowing air to go through.

Then J-cakes tells me this morning that his dad is on his way to pull out the insulation. He's still not here yet...I think he got caught in another storm system.

This is all a part of a series of failures here in TN...
I don't think we're meant to be.

Frankly...

I think all my former Katrina friends are jackasses for not checking on us during this flood. I've given a few days to think it over, and I can say that 3 checked on us. I had more than 3 friends...Seriously. What jackholes. We all suffered in various ways, and they HAVE to know how troubling this flood has to be for us. What jerkboxes...

I'm seriously about to seek counseling. I'm breaking out in hives from this hidden anxiety. I can't even listen to people talk about the flood. I cover my ears and hum like a child. And don't get me started on people justifying the flood with "God's mighty hand." Eff you! You justify crushing good people's hearts and drowning loved ones only because you didn't get hurt. I don't wish this on anyone. It's a horrible empty, aching feeling that takes FOREVER to go away. It's been nearly 5 years for me, and I still can't watch Katrina related stuff without sobbing or trembling.

What asshole friends.