S is for sleeping...

Ah, such bliss, I am at one with the Universe, zzz...

zzz-Snrt... What's with the light?

Lady, this ain't a photo shoot, I am TRYING to nap... 

Now then, ignore the light and doze... zzzzzz. Silly human.

S is for...

Seeds.

I look at seed catalogs in February, and I get all itchy to start planting.  Now that it is actually warm(er), I finally have some seeds sprouting... I had some trouble starting them, the heating unit wouldn't work, we think it is because the outlet is bad... Maybe???

Then I was told this season, oh, you shouldn't water your plants heavily, just mist them a bit in the morning.  Yeah...
And then it would dry out in 10 minutes, leaving me with dry soil and a seed, which doesn't do much.
I decided to go back to my tried and true...

And now I have some seeds starts.  I guess I should just do what I know, it works.  I don't put down anyone else's methods, but I know what works for me.

When I was little, Grandpa bought me a "jumble" pack of seeds.  I think they still sell them, you get all sorts of seeds, in one packet, and when you plant them, you end up with a mini garden.  I knew what some of the seeds were, (sunflower seeds aren't exactly hard to recognize), but the tiny ones, wow, what are these little ones?  Turned out to be a carrot seed.  I think I learned my love of gardening from him...

And I am so glad that he taught me how to how weed!  Why?  I found out I have some Japanese Knot Weed in one of my small gardens, I have been digging and weeding that nasty thing out... I will win! Hmphf...

But I guess I also get philosophical about seeds.  You try your best and it doesn't work.  So you keep trying, and working, and finally you find what works, for you.  You put a lot of things together, and most of the time, it comes up with something amazing!  Sometimes, you find something you don't know what is, but you try it, and see that it's something great.  Then again, you might find something you don't like, but by then you know how to get rid of it, even if it takes a while.

Hey, it's Gardenism!  Coming now, to a dirt patch near you!

Shiny new doctor gets to keep his shine!

Had my appointment today.  Actually, both Husband and I. 

Doctor was pleased with my weight loss, (I showed him the blog info where I was recording it weekly).  He said no, that you really can't convert fat to muscle that fast, the weight gain was most likely salt... (In short, I need to lay off the soy sauce.  *sigh*)  He also recommended that I eat more, as I call it, monkey food, veggies and fruit, and lay off the cookies.  (How'd he know about the cookies?)  Bless his heart, Husband was in with me, and told the doctor I was "a real trooper" about working on losing weight.  It's nice having someone watching your back... Heh.  Doctor was also impressed with my walking schedule, (GRIN!), and said that it's just a long process, (although he kept calling what I did dieting. I am trying to make sustainable changes, not just diet...)

But, hey, he isn't griping, like Dr. Horse's Ass did.  No, I didn't call him that to his face.  Yes, I wanted to. 

He then checked my ankle.  It has been sore, and in BACK, rather than on top of the foot. 

Oh, joy, I have yet something new and interesting... Bursitis where the tendon ends.  He recommended some home type remedies for my ankle, and Husband's thumb (he has the start of it, but it's what would be called 'Trigger Finger', excepting, of course, it's in his thumb.  So we will be doing icing up of joints and taking ibupropheny stuff.) 

Yay... 

(If anyone's counting, I now have arthritis in both ankles, and bursitis in the left one.  Ironically, the walking IS helping, the weight coming off, and the loosing and warming of the joints.  I would still rather it wasn't there at all, however...) 

The only bad think was that to check it, he had to poke around the ankle and see where it did, and did not hurt.  This was not fun, I thought I was going to wet the table when he pushed on it the first time, then he kept moving about, poke, poke, PAIN, poke, poke, poke, poke, PAIN.  This went on until I was going to kick him in the teeth, ask him to stop, when he said he had it narrowed down to that area.  THANK G*D!

So, I am good for another year, and we shall see what new and interesting things become of me by the time I see him again!