Finally it's Spring!

Well, it's finally Spring! The flowering trees are starting to bloom.......Daffodils are in full show, and yesterday I heard the first of the Spring Peepers! It was quite the symphony, that's for sure! I literally pulled my car off the road, and parked next to a swamp, just to listen to them! That, and a low-on-the-horizon full moon was just too much for me to bear!! I love Spring!!!

Today, I'll continue my spring cleaning in our gardens. There's much to do now, that's for sure! I'm always anxious to get the maintenance jobs done, so I can get to the really fun parts.......like planting new perennials, and dividing the old ones! That's when you see the most progress in the garden. I've a few new tricks up my sleeve this year....things I planned up during the winter months. I hope they work, as funds are not as big as they have been in past years. Most springs, I've spent way more than my allotted allowance for flowers. I just can't seem to help myself. They little buggers call to me, as I walk about garden centers! "Choose me! Choose me!!!"

It takes a couple of years, to really get to know a garden. I still have some problem areas out front, where it's mostly dry, sandy, shady soil. That's a bad, and difficult area to plant. My plan this year, was to leave the leaves on the ground to help add organic matter, and some moisture retention. It looks kinda crappy, as though I forgot to clean it up.......but we'll see how that works! I'd love to plant some Hosta in there, but I'm not sure they would like all that dry soil. We'll see.

O.K. I guess I have work to do!

I hate to whine......

I really do hate to whine, so if whining isn't your thing.....look away! I'm bored, bored, bored. My days are so boring I can't stand it! For some reason it's been much worse in the past week! I hate routine. Routine is boring! Everything about living in this house is a routine....meals....TV......everything! When my "tour of duty" is completed (that sounds cold-hearted, I'm sorry, but I don't know what else to call this) I'm going to be a drooling, babbling idiot, for sure! I desperately need to get out of this rut for a while......somehow.

I was a relatively happy person when I started on this mission. Granted, I take anti-depressants, but those just get me back to my normal self! However, living with someone who always sees the glass as half empty........always points out the negative in everything.......always complains how the world is run.....what's wrong with the world....(without giving any suggestions as to what SHOULD be done)....and never, ever points out something good.....IS KILLING ME!!! I want to SMACK him on the side of the head and scream ''SNAP OUT OF IT!!!" but I can't. So, I will continue to take lots of deep breaths, whine once in a while to release some pressure.......and eat ice cream!

O.K. well, that didn't make me feel any better, so I guess I'll go get some ice cream! That only makes me feel better for about 10 minutes, and then I feel guilty. I want to run away and be a Gypsy!!! Maureen, can I come and sleep on your living room floor again??