If I'm lying I'm dying...

Some days. I had two "firsts" today. I got to go to court. I then was sentenced to jail. For no specific time. Until I could pay of my debt. I actually never made it past the holding cell, as my debt was payed for me by my parents. I don't know why or even if I should be writing this, but I have to get it off my chest. I was appalled many times today, and disgusted by how the whole human drama unfolds. I had very little respect for the court, or faith I should say. My concerns we not unfounded. I heard that all the convicted people say "I'm Innocent", and I will say it too. However, that is here nor there. The point of the matter is that I was taught my lesson.....Or someones lesson. I am not bitter at the way things turned out, I am however more than a wee bit upset about why I was in that courtroom. Anyone who knows me will probably already know the situation, so I will not go into the details. It just feels therapeutic to write something about it. I have seen some pretty awful thing done by some definitely awful people, but I believe what I saw today will take the cake. Lie after lie, after lie. All for that money. I saw evil in its purest form today. Power hungry, self-centered, foolish evil. The money is very important but it will be replaced somehow. I will work harder. The fact of the matter is that I was put in jail by someones willingness to lie. Eager willingness. Everything went pretty much as planed. I had expected the worst and was dealt an even worse hand. So is life round here. I am, however not looking for pity. I will be alright. I think. Thank God for family who are there to support. It is something I don't take for granted, and something I am very thankful for.

Damned if I do

That is it, I am giving up. I will stop the landscape project indefinitely until we get some rain. No more plants are going in the ground, and I am considering ripping some of them up. What a stink year here in Georgia. No rain, well a tiny bit, and ridiculously hot. The temperatures are in the 90's consistently. I am a trained professional, but even I know when to stop before I am in over my head. It is almost impossible to get a small shrub to establish itself in ideal situations in a Georgia summer. I don't want to fight it and I damn sure don't want to water every day. So the plan is to work on someone else's yard for the moment;). It is time to put in a couple of irrigation systems, ours included. I am ready for it. I should have already done it. After that I could ideally put my sod in, but I think I will wait until late August. I don't want to water it and pay the water bill for watering it. Besides if we don't get a substantial amount of rain there will be complete outdoor watering bans soon. It has already happened in two metro countys............Oh yeah I will be shutting the greenhouse down also...soon

Before and after.....no.......during.

There is a lot going on around here, as usual. I put up some pictures of the work we are doing. I opened a big can of worms with this yard. Next up the irrigation system, then the turf. I am having to do this on a minimal budget, and it will take some time. I think it will turn out pretty nice......It hasn't rained in about thirty days here. We were in a drought, now it is just ridiculous. I have never seen it this dry. Well except for those times I went to Arizona. Things don't look to be getting any better. This week will be in the nineties and dry, dry, dry. It is making me grumpy. I would love to have those plants I have put in watered at least once a month. Not to mention the water restrictions that are in place. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday between midnight and ten A.M.. What the hell........Oh well, I'm not bitchin'. Everything else is pretty normal. Lots of work going on. Anna had her tonsils removed on Thursday, and she is doing well. Hopefully it will make a huge difference in her appetite, and give her immune system a break. She had strep throat three times this winter. Hopefully that is over..........

Is it summer already?

It has been hot. It got up to 92 here yesterday. Hot for May. It wouldn't be so bad if we weren't in a drought. I think we are about 10 inches behind for the year,and considering our area receives only about 55 inches a year that is a lot. We did however receive some much needed rain Friday night. I guess about an inch and a half. Five minutes down the road, nothing. We were lucky I suppose.....Not much new, we have been working in the yard, working in the house, and working on the house for the last couple weeks. Anna is done with Pre-K in two weeks, and she is going to have her tonsils removed. Cat is good, she starts pre-K in August. Valerie is good.. so I heard.........Oh yeah, almost forgot. We have two white kittens now. Lucky us. I also put up a picture of a columbine flower. Its a neat flower, and a hard to kill plant. Trust me I haven't payed attention to them all winter at the greenhouse. I have had the chance to plant many of the perennials we have been growing at the house. I am glad, and I know the plants are..............Happy mothers day.

I knew I was forgetting something

I haven't wrote a post in a long time, not because there has been nothing going on. I just forgot. I have been really busy as of late. 'Tis the season. I have been working a lot, mostly around the house. I have been doing some 'poor man's landscaping', prepping some beds and laying out the front yard design. It is frustrating, how much I want to plant, but I must wait until I have the grading and cleanup done. Needless to say the yard looks pretty ratty as of now. Oh well, one step at a time. We took out a good sized oak tree and a dogwood that were in the front yard. They were nice trees, but they were growing it the wrong place. I have lots of ideas for the plantings and I keep going round and round about plant selection...... I am not attending school this quarter, and I am glad to have a break. I was becoming overwhelmed with the hectic schedule I keep. I had planed on going, and had even registered, but things came up...I am entering into what will ultimately be a fight for custody of Cathrine, and I knew I could not handle school at the same time. I won't say to much more about that, other than I want it over with. It disgusts me to know what some people think of as acceptable behavior for a parent. I think the whole thing is disgusting......Things in all other aspects are o.k. Valerie had a yard sale today that turned out pretty good. I even scored a nice dart board out of the deal(it was a multi-family deal).....Lots of other things but I am not in the mood to write about them. There has been tons of drama in my life lately, and I just don't feel like talking about it.......