Grande Galerie des Glaces

Yesterday, I potted my veggies -- since I am limited to container gardening -- and thought I did quite well getting tomatoes, squash, melons and an assortment of herbs and onions planted. I'd rather plant them in the ground but no-one around seems to have a tiller or anything like that, which is odd.

And then, last night, it rained. And rained, and rained... we must have gotten over a solid inch of rain. Yikes!

So today, I checked on the plants and discovered that they were just standing in water! All of my good dirt I had used was just a slurry of mud. Ugh! :( Apparently, the drain holes were clogged or something so I spent *today* re-potting them in older pots and trying to drill slightly larger holes in the containers.

I also indulged in eating at the new bar for lunch because I was just too tired, dirty and icky to deal with cooking a meal over the hottest part of the day. Besides, they have central air! Yay! (I just have a little window a/c.)
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Today it was very cool, unusually so. There is talk of frost! Frost! in the middle of September? WTF?? So I covered up my few veggie plants and flowers just in case. Next week it should be nice again though. [And to think that there are people who don't believe in climate change? ::shakes head::]

Running errands was a great plan but ultimately not too good. First, I overslept so the morning got off to a very late start. Then, as I was going to CC to get a duplicate title for the Blazer and register the Camry, I started feeling sick because I forgot to eat on time. So instead of going to the courthouse right away, I went to the local drive-in and ate, which helped a lot. (Note: sweet potato wedges are an *excellent* substitute for fries! Om nom nom!) Though I did stay there over an hour until I could hold my hand steady again. *Then* I went to the courthouse, got all the titles and stuff done... only to realize that I left my checkbook at the accountant's office in Hastings on Monday, so tomorrow I must get up *very early*, get the checkbook, pay for the new plates (which is *expensive*! -- omg!!) and put the plates on, then back to Hastings to pick up Summer and go to GI and get a new "smart" key for the Toyota and have the Toyota dealer program it. *Then* I will be pretty well caught up with everything (except for cleaning out the garage, which is "in progress", lol.)

Oh, and I have a buyer for the Blazer -- they will be here this weekend to get it, and then I will be done. Except to cancel the insurance on it and get a refund on those plates, which I will do first thing next Monday.

And last but hardly least, I have a possible new storage place for the stuff that is in the garage to go so I can get the Camry inside. (Yes, I know most of the stuff needs to be ditched but there is a lot of good stuff mixed in as well, and I do not want people digging through things that are left outside.) So after months(?) of in activity, everything seems to be happening at once -- as always, lol.

TTYL!