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The little bit of drizzle we got certainly doesn't qualify for rain. Maybe later today.

No more venting it just tires me out. Today I have a water pump to fix, it is leaking, I have a spare if it is more than a fitting. The garden pump and the house pump are the same brand and model. I have to go to town today for stuff for the green house too so I likely won't get anything done outside today. I'll have to draw off a few buckets of water before I unhook the pump incase this proves to be a bigger chore or someone shows up to put the plastic on the greenhouse. 
But for now I want another coffee because nothing is really that important I'm going to let it bother me. I'm ahead of schedule but not by much. Friday my new Tractor tires will be here but I don't know if they can put them on then. As soon as it gets back I can mount the tiller and get the patch ready for straw berries. 75 plants to put in as soon as they arrive. 

Davit
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I bought inch and a half roofing screws to screw the sheets of plastic to the arches.  I found some in the grass by the green house where I mow with a tractor. A tractor that is going to have new 500+ dollar tires put on it Friday. That I have to pay 100 dollars per tire to have changed because they have 600 pounds of calcium in them. That has to be pumped into barrels first and put back. So it would really hurt if I got a flat mowing the grass there. But one of my getting by things is to follow people I hire around to see what kind of stupid things they do like not picking up nails and screws. I have a long handled magnet for this. What ifs are not all bad, in this case what if is a good thing. So shoot me if I'm being picky. Three hours to drive it to town and back and a hundred dollars to have it fixed not to mention the hour it takes to do it. There is no room for stupidity when a person is poor. Which I guess is why I have always done everything myself.
It is supposed to snow tonight but so far there are no clouds.

Davit
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I don't understand people that can waste a nice day like today was. Pisses me off when I hire them and they piddle around and work short days or don't work at all. Oh well when the job is done they will go on my don't hire again list. I'm a cripple, not dead, I still want to get things done. And not tomorrow. One more good day before rain. Rain makes a good excuse not to work. If this is getting by it is doing it at someone else's expense and that isn't fair. Enough venting.

Davit.
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Hugs

What I didn't tell you is where my mind was while I was doing these mindless jobs. I use this time to think about other things I want to do. Like today I also figured out what to do about the lift arms on the tractor and how to make a mini green house over the tulips and how to brace the chimney so it won't sag and come undone. And where the material I need might be. Also figured out what order I want to do things tomorrow even though that might change it gives me direction. I thought up some alternatives incase something just doesn't work. What I have learned not to do is to take time out to think on them. I don't get anything done if I do. If I want to be on the computer I do it while I'm eating or during tea breaks or like now just before watering plants for the last time and going to bed. Working and thinking at the same time actually reduces the stress that would otherwise be there if I sat down and thought.

Davit.
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Davit, It's amazing how immersed you are in whatever you do. I'm usually in my "head", but it was different this evening. Last week, I noticed some neighbours set up this simple plug-in bbq, so I thought I'd try my "George Foreman" grill. I don't think I ever tried it, and I'm so slow at getting things done(like a vent in the kitchen) that I decided this was an alternative to smoke in the kitchen, and humidity. There were some obstacles, since I forgot to tie safety shoes, and nearly fell on cement stairs; the basement door wouldn't close, and I had to be careful with the extension cord, since I didn't wish to damage the moulding around that door(and it's precious stuff with the wicked winter just passing);and it was an experiment anyway. Cooking peppers seemed to take the same time outside as in the oven, even though I was doing one at a time, but it will pay off tomorrow, when I hope they taste okay. I did try to convince mom that her favourite tv do(Dr Oz) recommended eating them raw, but we all have our preferences, don't we? I lost myself in what I was doing for once, instead of that strange dimension of the mind that can carry me away to negative places.
10 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Weeded more greenhouse and tilled most of it once. Some is still frozen. Going to work in flower beds now for an hour before supper. The green house will need another tilling to bury everything and mix it well. Then another just before planting. This isn't much faster than using a hoe, it just does a better job.

It was cold this morning and will be cold tonight. Still the ice is going out in the pond. The snow is going except in the shade and where it drifted. In no time there will be grass to mow.

Sounds boring right, a lot of work for something you buy out of the store. To each his own. A friend of mine came to visit and spent most of her time texting her brother. Now that is boring. Everyone has there way of getting by. Whether you sleep at night might be an indicator if it is right for you. I sleep, I sleep very well.
And I am happy.

Davit
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Welcome back Davit.
10 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I picked Gus up and he worked on the plastic on the greenhouse and I worked on pulling out grass that somehow seems to get itself established in there. My little electric tiller will bury the manure that I spread in there. The soil was already good but will be better now. One more day and it should be ready to use and good for four years till the plastic has to be changed again. 

Having fun but it is hard work. Tired now. 

A friend from five years ago came to visit, She hasn't changed much. Got better looking if anything. Sure can't say that about me. She said I changed. Well I am a little ragged but not so bad that I scared her away. I do need a haircut though.

I have a parcel to check, garden supplies but I'm not sure what. We have wind chimes coming but this is not it. I have a new coffee to try for breakfast. I'm like a little Kid, it is these little things that help me keep the demons away.


Davit.
10 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Some days are diamonds, some are dirt. On bad days it would be so easy to just give up. Woke up to rain today, but the sun is trying to come out. I had a lot of pain yesterday so I will be slow, I will get by because I don't give up.
I will find a way to get by. Besides the rain smells good. 

Davit
10 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
The end of another long day but a good day. More seeds came in the mail so I stuck more in the flats. Over a thousand plants started. Some are flowers. Some new herbs this year and of course there is the valerian that I have never grown before. Still waiting on two seed orders. Next week I will plant some lettuce and radishes in the little green house. And some spinach to use in lasagne. Main crop will go in the garden next month. I have a couple of friends with anxiety and panic so bad they can hardly get anything done. They are missing out on so much. I am trying to help them. I remember how it used to be, I couldn't go anywhere. I didn't want to do anything and I was so tired all the time I couldn't anyway. I'm going to prune the roses tomorrow. Tulips should be coming up soon. Here they push their way through the snow. Some times the leaves freeze a bit and they look ragged. So I put them where I can cover them with plastic. I think I will get a cup of tea and watch some of the lord of the rings. Tomorrow will be another long day. Actually they are all going to be long now till next winter. Having fun just the same.

Davit.

Getting by doesn't have to be a drag or a chore, mostly it is attitude.

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