I hear you about things costing and the money not covering everything. Hope that your pending move goes smoothly-if at D's dad's home, there space for everyone and a way to ensure all get their turns at kitchen/livingroom/laundry room? Won't say much about tv-at our house it's most Dad or brother who have the remote. Mom sometimes does. I've 99% given up on tv except if I can watch a few minutes in am to see weather/some headlines. Will be accessing Internet from library probably as of Sat when it's disconnected at home.

ATT probably won't give a discount on a service that is bare minum as it is ~ now if it was cable phone it would only be $19.99 a month and no taxes ~ we are going to disconnect it soon anyways because it is no longer needed for it's intended purpose and with my job loss and no income coming in, I can't afford $925/month in rent plus utilities may be moving in with Donald's dad ~ I have hinted a few times but he just had his big toe taken (diabetes) a couple of days ago

Padre (Dpn's Dad) has huge Moon Flowers all around his house ~ he has White ones but we got some blue ones from a friend of ours last year They are so thick that they are coming up through the cracks of the cement steps in the back of the house. I do the garden, padre did it for years and now I get to take it over ~ this year I don't intend to take an unexpected departure for 5 weeks, so the plants will be safe. Don never knew that I was also watering them because he would just use a spray bottle and they didn't get enough moisture but he got mad when I tried to "water them" one time so then I did it when he wasn't around

See if you can do some simple seeds at that property so BF's father can see some flowers in bloom or even salad greens-mixed or green leaf lettuce (easy to plant but get bitter by Aug. after some harvests. Someone told me that means putting in new lettuce seeds, not amending the container soil). It's nice knowing the weather is warming up when you see sprouts or leaf tips poking up! You'd both have a common topic of conversation.

My boyfriend's dad lives 2 doors down and he is getting too old to do a garden, so he said I could use it, unfortunately I was gone for a few weeks and boyfriend killed all my seedlings~ I use to have a big garden when i lived on the lake and grew a few houndred tomato plants, green peppers, corn, beans, okra, etc ~ I miss that garden

Container gardening has its merits. Yes, I agree with the fantasy aspect of enjoying garden seed catalogues and "what if I could" scenarios. I had a stacking plastic (3 tier type of thing like oversize strawberry pots) planter that I had flowers (nasturium, alyssum) growing in but they can only get so big. Herbs are easy for containers with right soil. Last summer, found out dirt I dug up when relevelling a walkway paver is more like clay than dirt! My three herb seeds failed to thrive except one tiny half-inch one that got up through a rupture in the soil. I dumped all of the container soil and seeds into a flower bed and planted something (tarragon?). Not sure if that is what grew later.

Thanks for the rep- I must admit seed catalogs are great for not only taking your mind off of taxes and winter but It is like a fantasy magazine and dreaming of all the stuff you want only to realize your garden isn't big enough

Letters are so wonderful, portable and worth reading again if from a person you care about. I used to like visiting the paper store and buy a box of nice stationery-usually 1/3 of the sheets were ripped up and binned because of errors.
Fortunate you have a childhood friend to this day! My bestie is from high school.

I kinda fallen behind on writing as well and sending cards. I use to be more religious about it when my grandma Fuchs and Grandpa Brown were alive ~ now I jsut write to a couple of people when I can ~ Lorraine is my "crazy friend" we have been friends since childhood, she is not all upstairs and major depression (long story but she is getting better)

I kinda fallen behind on writing as well and sending cards. I use to be more religeous about it when my grandma Fuchs and Grandpa Brown were alive ~ now I jsut write to a couple of people when I can ~ Lorraine is my "crazy friend" we have been friends since childhood, she is not all upstairs and major depression (long story but she is getting better)

I have not been good with it this year. I occasionally send a card or short letter to my best friend. Mom has not been keeping with letters to her sibling because they talk on phone (aunt is overseas). But I love looking at the stamps on envelopes too. Picking out special ones to go with an occasion is also a fading skill.

Thanks for the Rep! Letter writing seems to be a lost art