Sharing

Really excited about sharing my plants.  A co-worker came over today to get some.  I will be giving some to my sister and gave some to my parents too.  I have stuff that spreads and I hate to thin them out and just toss them into the compost.

I also found out that my asthma medication probably gave me a bone problem - osteopenia.  It is a pre-cursor to osteoporosis and usually doesn't come about until after menopause.  I am nowhere near menopause.  I use an inhaler that has a steroid.  I rarely use it at this point, but I don't ever plan on using it again.  I grow mullein in my yard (yeah, that tall grey-green fuzzy leaf thing you see on the roadside) and would rather use something that doesn't hurt me and costs nothing.  I pick the flowers and either put them fresh in my water or dry them and use them later in the year.  Screw the drugs that made me get this condition...

Oh, and it is REALLY hot here and Millie, hubby and I are getting by with one wall unit air conditioner and the rest of the house with fans (ceiling and floor).  Hell yeah!

Summer update

So let's see...

I went to Italy with a bunch of students.  Had a grand time.  Swam in the Mediterranean, had some gelato, introduced a couple of them to real espresso and cappuccino....

I built a railing for the basement steps.  And it doesn't wobble!

I fixed a crappy patch job on the baseboard trim in our living room.

I have been gardening like hell.  Being away from home in the beginning of summer when things are in full force means a great deal of clean up and catch up.  I am finally getting it under control.  But the damn mosquitoes slow me down.  I tried lavender, mint, natural repellent products and even resorted to lethal Woods Off!.  Nothing works.  They love my blood.  I might resort to eating garlic cloves on a daily basis.