M.A. Kropp: Writer, Blogger, GeekGirl. My Life. My Words. My Way.
On the landscaping, that is. It's taking longer than expected, but that's okay. The company doing the work is very good. They take the time to do the job right, even if it takes longer than originally stated. They got the downspouts buried and spilling out on the front hill. The front garden bed is … Continue reading The Work Continues
Last week was mostly quiet. Did a bit of work outside with more to come due to the landscape work likely getting done this week, had a few other things to do, and took an overnight trip to Philadelphia. We found out that the landscapers are probably coming to do the work we wanted this … Continue reading Road Trip, It Was a Road Trip
The rain finally went away this week, so I was able to finish up some of the outside work. I hauled the rest of the bags of soil to the raised bed garden and got it filled. I emptied the tomato and cucumber boxes to find that one of them is cracked across the bottom. … Continue reading I Couldn’t Think of Anything Snappy for a Title, So This is What You Get
Is how long it's going to rain. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration and it's only going to rain all week, but it feels like it's going to be forever. It will likely not rain all day every day, but there is rain forecast for most of the week, along with some possible thundershowers. At least … Continue reading Forty Days and Forty Nights
It seems like overnight, all the trees have filled out with leaves. It's good to see all the green out there. Even if something that is growing right now is wreaking havoc with my allergies. It looks like most of what we planted last year is coming back nicely. A couple things I am not … Continue reading Leaves, Everywhere!
I have been slacking again, I know. But, really, there isn't much new going on and I have felt kind of stressy lately. I don't know why that is, either. On most fronts, things are at a holding point. The BaldMan's chemo is ongoing. He just finished the third of six treatments last week. He's … Continue reading Catching Up
Because I could sure use some of that energy that "keeps going and going and going." Mine lately has been gone and gone and gone. I am just tired all the time, and nothing sounds better than a nap- or six. Being tired all the time is tiring! Still managing to get to the gym … Continue reading Does the Energizer Bunny Do Transfusions?
And one that I would care not to repeat, if possible. Not the BaldMan being in hospital as such. Been there, done that a few (too many) times. But the whole time he was in the ED was like being in a mini-hellhole. We got there on Saturday, and, as is usual in most EDs … Continue reading Well, That Was An Experience
Things are a bit topsy-turvy here at the moment. The BaldMan spiked a fever on Saturday, so with his history of infections that can get serious, the nurse practitioner he talked to from the oncology department thought it best to get him to the hospital. He's still there, but things are going well and I … Continue reading Quick Update
This is going to be a bit of a rant. Sorry, not sorry. Because this is something that just gets under my skin. We were watching our set of TV shows last week, and on two- yeah, TWO- of them, they leaned on the "mean, aggressive pit bull" trope. On one, the Good Guys were … Continue reading Why Is It Always “Pit Bulls”?
And So On... 