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What is "squeak squeak squeak"?
Nov. 18th, 2009 06:14 pmThe sound of a beagle eating a natural rubber baby pacifier. Bad beagle.
In other news the beagles have not yet consumed the bottle brushes. They took a few goes at them while they were still in the pots, but since I actually plopped them in the ground (and that is all I did, just re-used the holes from the ixora that they dug up, no new peat moss or shovels or adding back extra dirt, just worked with what I had) they haven't touched them. I hope that this is a good sign for my future plans of a bottle brush hedge and not just them luring me into spending a bunch of money on a dozen plants for them to eat.
It's officially "winter" here in Texas; there was frost this morning. Two nights ago I dragged the citrus trees inside. I think I'm going to swap the dumpster plant outside since it keeps shedding this sap that is making everything in the kitchen sticky. If it survives the winter, good for it. If not, well it got an extra year of life anyway. The citruses will then get that corner. Also need to repot the hibiscus tree and bring it inside. I could just clean up the current pot, but it is really small and the plant ended up with a lean due to the wind, so a larger pot is really in order to correct that so it's not tipping over every 5 minutes. I also bought myself a new orchid that needs to be potted (it came in a mesh bag with no pot and instructions for potting), so lots of plant work to be done this week.
This weekend the roller girls are meeting here to do a skate maintenance workshop. The weather is looking like it will improve by then, so hopefully we'll be out in the back yard, not inside putting my new carpets at risk. I do kinda want to tidy the place up before everyone gets here though, just so if people do slip inside I'm not completely embarrassed.
Knitting project #1 is coming along nicely. Still a bit left to do on it, but it is getting to be a recognizable object. Today I purchased wool and needles for projects 2 and 3. I'm liking this knitting thing, though it means I am getting little else done.
Also, today Georgia confirmed that she has indeed "found her hands". I held out the handle of her favourite toy and her little hand very slowly and purposefully reached out and grasped it. Not the usual "flail and find" grasping, so that's a good sign. Also she seems to be starting to hold her head straight when being lifted, so we should be able to put her in the bike trailer I picked up yesterday very soon. More fantastic Craigslist finds :) The next craigslist hunting project... a Bumbo. I refuse to pay $40 for a piece of shaped foam.
In other news the beagles have not yet consumed the bottle brushes. They took a few goes at them while they were still in the pots, but since I actually plopped them in the ground (and that is all I did, just re-used the holes from the ixora that they dug up, no new peat moss or shovels or adding back extra dirt, just worked with what I had) they haven't touched them. I hope that this is a good sign for my future plans of a bottle brush hedge and not just them luring me into spending a bunch of money on a dozen plants for them to eat.
It's officially "winter" here in Texas; there was frost this morning. Two nights ago I dragged the citrus trees inside. I think I'm going to swap the dumpster plant outside since it keeps shedding this sap that is making everything in the kitchen sticky. If it survives the winter, good for it. If not, well it got an extra year of life anyway. The citruses will then get that corner. Also need to repot the hibiscus tree and bring it inside. I could just clean up the current pot, but it is really small and the plant ended up with a lean due to the wind, so a larger pot is really in order to correct that so it's not tipping over every 5 minutes. I also bought myself a new orchid that needs to be potted (it came in a mesh bag with no pot and instructions for potting), so lots of plant work to be done this week.
This weekend the roller girls are meeting here to do a skate maintenance workshop. The weather is looking like it will improve by then, so hopefully we'll be out in the back yard, not inside putting my new carpets at risk. I do kinda want to tidy the place up before everyone gets here though, just so if people do slip inside I'm not completely embarrassed.
Knitting project #1 is coming along nicely. Still a bit left to do on it, but it is getting to be a recognizable object. Today I purchased wool and needles for projects 2 and 3. I'm liking this knitting thing, though it means I am getting little else done.
Also, today Georgia confirmed that she has indeed "found her hands". I held out the handle of her favourite toy and her little hand very slowly and purposefully reached out and grasped it. Not the usual "flail and find" grasping, so that's a good sign. Also she seems to be starting to hold her head straight when being lifted, so we should be able to put her in the bike trailer I picked up yesterday very soon. More fantastic Craigslist finds :) The next craigslist hunting project... a Bumbo. I refuse to pay $40 for a piece of shaped foam.
