Alma's Big Trip

Yes, it was a big trip for a big dog. She had been promised a vacation and a ride in the car. She was promised visits to the wonderful rest areas of Illinois I57. And, it was all fulfilled.
Instead of 4 days in a pen at the dog hotel and spa, she got 2 days in the car and 2 days at David's apartment in Little Rock. She also got to visit McArthur Park in Little Rock and chase away some Canada Geese and some white ducks aren't native to Illinois. What a wonderful trip!

Knock-off fashion?

Today I stopped by Target to buy some exercise equipment, so on my wandering through the store--I saw a purse that surprised me. It was on clearance, it wasn't leather, but it sure looked like a Kenneth Cole bag that I saw at Nordstroms a few weeks ago--on sale for $200. The handle was a little different, but the price was $16!

Finally, something finished

The bulbs are in. Yesterday, I finally finished planting the spring bulbs. Now, I have to wait until next April to see the results.
Next on my list--enter half a semesters grades into my computer grade book.

Calming down

Last week was too busy--I planned to do a lot of heavy gardening work--and I had nothing else scheduled. I am almost done with the gardening work, but the weekend left me exhausted.
Now gardening means digging, hauling, planting and restoring the bed to some what was its previous appearance. This is real work--not just clipping dead flowers with the pruners. I have rearranged the plants in several places and planted most of the tulips I purchased at the Bulb Bazaar. I also was doing the work with a sprained ankle. Not that it slowed me down in any way.
Because of the gardening work, I let the school work go. So now, I have to grade the papers and do mid term reports next week.
Things to look forward to--next week we are going to Little Rock to help our son out a little bit. We are taking the beauteous Alma with us. Sitting in the back of a station wagon is similar to sitting in a pen at the kennel--but the breaks are more interesting. There are some very nice rest areas in southern Illinois, which I know that Alma will love. She will stay at David's apartment--his first animal visitor.

Sick of Politics

Yes, I'm so sick of negative commercials, rants at political rallies, and booing and catcalling crowds. So, I went out and got 8--yes 8, yard signs to show my support of certain candidates. I live on a corner, not a very busy corner, so I got duplicate signs so that drivers and walkers couldn't miss seeing my signs.
This weekend, I'm chilling--no botanic garden volunteering, nothing planned except working in my garden. I have 2 large bags of spring bulbs to put in, and some other bulbs that I got when the horts (horts are horticulturalists who are in charge of gardens at the Botanic Garden) were changing over a garden at the Botanic last spring. I have no idea what they will be, or even if they will come up at all.
I am also starting a few pots of house plants for my son's apartment. Hopefully he inherited my families' green thumb. I started with houseplants too.