Just So’s You Know

Just so's you know I am not in the habit of murdering Christmas cacti, my other three are doing very well.   Here is the proof of life:  

That's partly why I don't understand why this one is struggling so much. 

I think one thing I'm going to try is to move it back into a smaller pot.  Most of the websites I've researched say they like to be just a bit root restricted, though not completely root bound.  It may be that her pot is too big.  I'm going to go look here in a little bit to see if I have a pot.  If not, I'll get one next time I go into town.  I may have to go to Lowe's, as Walmart probably won't have any this time of year.  

Ideally, I would wait until late spring early summer to move her, but given how much she is struggling, I want to give her the best possible shot at surviving, so I'm going to go ahead and re-pot as soon as I can. 

Speaking of, do you remember the bit I pulled up that looked like it was dying?  I had put it into a vase with water, but it didn't look like it was improving any.  I know people who can root Christmas cactus cuttings in water, but I've never been successful at doing that, so I took it out and put it into a pot.   

I've rooted multiple cuttings this way, so I'm a bit more hopeful that this will work.  If not, it will end up in the compost  -- which is where it would have gone anyway.   

While we're on the subject of plants, look at this!  Do you see?  The little green bits are my garlic coming up. 

I didn't expect them to grow so quickly.  I've got three, even though you only see two in the photo.  Full disclosure, these are the ones which had the most growth even before I planted them, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. 

And it looks like my celery is taking off, too.  It's definitely improved since I cut the wilted parts off.  

In other news, my big project for the day was to move all of my old firewood up closer to the house.  

There wasn't as much left as I thought there would be, but I also moved some of it over to this side.   

Most of this is smaller pieces, which I want to save for the fire pit, but that's neither here nor there.  The point is, I finally had the right side of this shed cleaned out

 and ready for my new firewood rack.   

Even though I took a couple of breaks to watch Special Forces: 

The World's Toughest Test, it didn't take long at all to put the rack together, and here it is:  

I even started putting a little firewood into it. 

That was all I did, because by that time my legs were aching from squatting down to put the thing together, and of course, this thing didn't even offer to help. She just sat there and looked disapprovingly at me.    Kind of like Inspector Gadget does.  

Once I get the dirt emptied out of my wheelbarrow, I'll start moving wood in earnest.  

Well, the rain they promised us didn't arrive, though it's looked all day like the bottom could drop out at any point.  They're still saying we have a chance of scattered showers, but most of it has gone to the south of us.  We have a much better chance of rain on Tuesday, then it's going to get cold again.  If I had known we wouldn't get any rain, I'd have put a little fire in the fire pit and sat outside for a bit.  

As it is, I sat inside and finished this hat.  

Yarn:  Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn

Colorway:  Plums

Pattern:  Basic Beanie

Needles:  US 8

And finally, the lady who wanted the glasses hasn't showed up yet, either.  I'm not too worried about it just yet, because if she planned to come by after work, it's still too early for that.  I'll give her until Monday, and if she hasn't come by then, I'll post them into the group again.  

Keep your fingers crossed.  

Oh, I almost forgot.  Spoiler alert, Jusse Smollett was one of the first people to get DQed from the Special Forces show.  Not surprising, all he did while he was there was moan about how nobody believed him when he faked that hate crime against himself. 

"I got attacked, and they all said I was lying!"  

Yeah, because the two guys you paid with a check to attack you said you paid them to attack you.  And the hardware store where you bought the rope and bleach -- which you paid for with a check -- said you bought the rope and bleach yourself.  Not only that, do you really expect anyone in deep blue Chicago would be claiming that it was MAGA country?  

Son, your story has more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese and if you hadn't been pardoned by the Autopen, you'd still be in prison.  

I'm also getting tickled at Kody Brown getting a reality check.  He's running up against people he can't push around, and it's hilarious to me to watch those DIs stand up to him while he pees his pants.  

In fact, I think I'll go watch the last episode and see if he survives.  

Laters.