Just a Bit of Monday Miscellany

I ate some really crappy food for the last two days - Taco Bell, a chicken salad sandwich on a croissant and some gelato to be exact.

Interestingly enough, my esophagus was filled with phlegm after I ate it.

Why did I do it?

I don't know.

Busy.

Tired.

Sometimes I like to just switch my brain off and eat what I think I want to eat, not what I should eat.

I always pay for it though.

And today - I'm paying.

I'm scattered. 

I'm tired.

I'm nauseated.

This post shall reflect that.

Random thoughts, in a random order, with random photos - and nothing will make sense.

You were warned.

Let's see...where should I begin?

I did something last week that I said that I'd never do - I bought me some fingernails.

My hands were looking so bad, so work worn, I just didn't feel much like a lady - so I bought these.

I'm embarrassed to tell you how much I'm loving them.

I hope they can hold up to the garden.

I just had this weird day last week where I felt completely sad.  Aaron had been here for three days, then he up and left - went back to Chicago - and last Wednesday the house just felt so quiet.  I'm sure some or most of my mood was hormonal, but I just thought 'screw it all'.  I couldn't pull one more weed.  I felt lonely and sad - and even though I had at least a half a dozen friends that I could have popped over and visited to soothe my loneliness, I just didn't want to.  I guess I just wanted to feel the loneliness.

I hopped in the Bug and went to town.  Treated myself to a Wendy's Summer Berry salad and some fingernails.  Visited the library.  Came home and laid low the rest of the day.

It passed.

Pulled about six gallons of honey off of the hives - with nary a sting.

Glenco has been busy bottling it up, and now the sign is back on the road and I need to remember to keep m'self dressed.

The honey is beautiful.

phot from last year

Went to Gurnee, IL this weekend for a Leanness Lifestyle picnic, seeing my Coach, David Greenwalt and many of the members of the club that I had the privilege of co-coaching.  AMAZING people.  Glen finally met the Coach - do I have one photo to share?  Nope.  Not yet.  I hope some of my friends will email me a few....

My thoughts on Pinterest lately.

Too much pressure - especially for the engaged, pregnant or new moms.

Seriously?  

All of these 'gender reveal' photos - engagement photos, new baby photos.

Entirely too much pressure to be clever, creative and unique.

I was the fourth child.

I think I have two baby photos.

Enough said.

Yesterday I went to the Lowell Garden Walk.

I really didn't take many pictures - just a couple of things I wanted to remember.

A cool variegated plant with yellow flowers - I'm a sucker for anything variegated...or purple and spiky.

A rose bush that I simply must have one day.

Please note how lovely my nails look in the photo.

Thank you.

There were a few things that impressed me - I was hard to impress yesterday.

Believe it or not - big bark chunks impressed me.  I've never liked the big bark chunks, but totally loved it in this application.

I was really impressed with Wayne Gruber's garden - the owner of Gardens on the Prairie.  He makes me swoon anyhow - there's just something about a man gardening.  It works for me.  : -)

And then.....there was this tree.

I'm sorry.

It's funny.

The end.