MOAB

Nothing new on the job front. His interview was postponed… they couldn’t get all the people together for the meeting from what I understand.

We’re on our second “nursery” of butterflies. Unfortunately Thibby (our cat) discovered them today. I ran her off. Lucky for us her attention span is short. We’ll probably release them today or tomorrow. Lord I hope I don’t cry. I get attached to the little suckers. When I give them their food (sugar water) they jump onto my hand they get so excited. *sigh* I’m an idiot. Anyway the next group will probably be the last until spring. It’s getting really hot and I’d hate to order them and have them die in transit. Then I really would cry! lol

This genealogy thing is wild. Richard made a comment last night that I need to quit adding to the tree and work on the ones I have. Hehe, I can’t help it.. he’s more interested in the closer family members. I’m a history freak so I love working on the ones from way back. As an example for the life of us we couldn’t figure out where the name Hubert came from in his family. I had a brickwall with one of his family members. I spent I don’t know how long working on her trying to figure out who her family was. Finally had a bit of a breakthrough but wasn’t sure I was right. The family “felt” right. Then I noticed that the Father’s name was Frederick H. Ding!Ding!Ding! Went the bells in my head. Could this be our Hubert? Still wasn’t sure. Made a post on a message board which has been totally ignored. (Genealogy freaks can be a bit odd. lol) Then yesterday I stumbled over another tree by a woman in the county this family is from. We had a son of the woman I was researching with a middle name of B. We didn’t know what the full middle name was. This woman’s tree had the full middle name and the middle name was the maiden name of Frederick H’s wife.

I think I’m on the right track. lol

After saying I was going to do it for awhile today I guess I’m actually going to do it. Damn. Just damn. The child has a tendency to park his ass on the carpet. Which means his eczema is in contact with the damned carpet. Have I mentioned that we’ve been going through eczema hell lately? Between the heat and everything else he’s been in a scratching fit. Which means the middle of the night. It’s been so bad he’s been sleeping with me so I can stop him… yeah right! I spent $100 at Walgreens buying crap to try and stop it. I found something they use for people with poison ivy and that ilk. Mixed it up with water and sprayed it on. Last night between benadryl (thank you Jesus for benadryl!) and the spray he slept all night long. I’m growing icicles on my nose from keeping it cooler in here… the arthritis is taking a beating too.

Today the carpet.. tomorrow tylenol for aching joints. Now I have to wait for a decent hour to do it so that my water carrier (Richard) will be awake.

Friday if she’s up to it my Aunt and Uncle will be coming down for a short visit. They have something for Joshua. Another of his television “wants”… aqua globes. lol If they make it down I’ve been told they’ll supply lunch which will be nice. The aqua globes will be cool but unfortunately the kid’s marigold “Daisy” has bought the farm. She couldn’t take the heat or sun on our balcony. I think I’m going to find him some cactus or succulents instead. Hens and chickens are cool for little kids to grow.

We do have one plant that we can use the aqua globes in. When I had Joshua the hospital was giving new Mothers a plant. I have BARELY managed to keep mine alive for almost 9 years. I’ve fought and struggled and almost lost it many times. I didn’t inherit my Grandmother’s green thumb. That woman had african violets that were 30 inches across with huge gorgeous leaves and flowers. She also had a dining room that looked like a jungle from the Pothos ivy that grew around the room. *sigh* I wish I could grow plants. Crap.