Miscellaneous

I know - it's been a long time. I'm not a consistent blogger. I am a consistent lazy-butt, though. heehee.

I dropped out of the weight loss challenge at work. I was having bad lung issues, and had to focus on getting them working properly. This meant there was no working out for this gal, and I dropped out of the challenge. I am still desiring to lose weight, but have to motivate myself now. The lungs are back in order now, so the working out can commence.

I have an official start date with Lighthouse1. Mom and Dad - sorry that you didn't hear it from me on the phone, but read it here. Maybe I'll call dad later since he doesn't read this, and tell him the news. My official start date is June 15, and I'm happy. This means I'll finally have insurance again, and can see about getting an upper endoscopy done. Unfortunately, getting insurance with Lighthouse1 doesn't mean much - since their plan is preventative only, with a high deductible. Getting a new job may enable me to be get on Brian's insurance, but I need to speak to his HR person first. After I lost my job, we tried to get me on his, but apparently we waited too long, and they turned me down. So, I need to call her and see what's what.

We planted a garden this year, and most things are coming up nicely. I don't believe our squash worked, and our potatoes were duds. We are considering replanting, understanding that we won't have big potatoes or squash from it. We'll see. I have a double row of peas that are coming up so nicely - and I just put chicken wire between the row so it'll grow up that way. We also have cucumbers, squash (maybe), broccoli, lettuce, carrots, kohlrabi, potatoes (maybe), corn, and sunflowers. We are doing the sunflowers for the birds to feed on. It's neat to see it growing! I also bought a couple topsy turvy tomato planters. Looks so cool on the commercials, but I have already killed 2 plants (grape tomato and regular tomato) - planted those too early. We just planted a second round (cherry tomato and regular tomato). The regular tomato is looking a bit rough, but the cherry tomato plant looks pretty good. I would advise anyone who wants to try these to get plants with a thick stem, and be VERY CAREFUL when putting into the planter. It says to go up and through the hole, not inside the planter and through that way...and that's probably the best. We'll see if we get any tomatoes at all.

Other than that, not too much else is new. The hubby and I bought kayaks over the holiday weekend, and now just need nice weather and no wind to go enjoy them. What fun!

Love and peace
Denise