Have only spent $8 this month so far. However, Friday the mortgage is due, so this won't last long. I have a room off my kitchen that has a stone floor, 2 stuco walls, 2 glass walls (litterly-glass windows that run floor to ceiling) and a huge skylight in it. It has a built in flower bed along the length of the room, that has no bottom to it--just goes into the earth. I think at one time this room was actually a patio, and then closed in. It also has a water connection in it. I keep a lot of my plants in it, and today decided I am going to dig up all the ivy that is in the flower bed (has been there the 20 years I have been in this house) and put tomatoes in it. I think I can maybe get a longer growing season out of them. The bed is 2 ft wide, and 18 ft long, so I can get several plants in it. If tomatoes dont work, I will do herbs or strawberries. The room is on the south side of the house. It does freeze at night during the winter, but even when it is zero out, if the sun is out, it will reach the 70's in that room. I just hope I can get all the ivy out it is thick and I bet the roots never end on those plants. I did get all the plants I got Sunday in the ground. That gives me a total of 62 strawberry plants now. Some already have green berries coming on. I hope to get enough to freeze and maybe make some jam.
We went to scout night at the elks lodge tonight. was a free dinner for all. only 4 scouts showed up, they were expecting at least 50. so, each kid there won a door prize of a free dinner at sonic and a free cookie at mr goodcents. on saturday the elks are having another freebie--bbq at noon, followed by a kite flying contest, and an easter egg hunt. yes easter--the hunt this year was rained out, and they still had all the eggs. each egg contains at least candy, but a lot will contain prizes and gift certificates. my girls are excited about going. i may take their cousins with us too, as they are about the same age.
seems like when it rains it pours. I have 3 vacumme cleaners. one for upstairs, which broke several weeks ago-i fixed it, and it broke again. now the downstairs one quit today. so, i got out the third one-which had worked fine--(neighbor had it in the trash when they moved--i grabbed it free) and it will still work, but today it started running for about 5 minutes, then it quits. after it cools down, it will come back on. all 3 are the same make and model, so maybe out of the 3, i can rework them to get 1 or 2 of them to work, by parting one out.
went to school with dr #2 again today. she made it through the morning, so our goal for tomorrow is to try and go all day. she is still so tired from her hosptial stay and being sick.