Bummed

Some of you may recall from previous posts that the local Walmart has stopped carrying small animal bedding.  This presents me with difficulties because I have four small animals that need said bedding.  Naturally, I did what any red blooded American would do.

I hopped on to Amazon and ordered some. 

While I was there, I went ahead and tossed my first fairy house into my cart and bought it, too.  

Alas, when it arrived and I opened it, they'd sent the wrong item.  Instead of my adorable little house, they sent an ugly gnome flipping the bird. 

Ugh.

Good thing Amazon makes returning things so easy.  I hopped back online and started one, and that means I'll have to run into town after work tomorrow to drop off the aforementioned ugly gnome at the UPS store, so I might as well get my shopping done while I'm there, even though it's only Wednesday.   

Or it will be.  Tomorrow, I mean.  Not today...

OK, moving right along...look at this!  My sunflower is starting to open up. 

This is the one I think came out of the bird feeder, that a squirrel or some such planted in my planter.  I'd moved it a couple of weeks ago so I could empty and move that planter, and well, it looks like I didn't kill it after all.   At least I have something growing...

Supervisor Green Jeans came over yesterday and asked my how my garden was going, and I replied, "It isn't!"  I told him my yard hadn't dried out enough for me to even get my raised beds out.  With today's rain, we are now 9.5" above normal for the year, and I never ever thought I'd be glad to hear the words heat dome, but I am.  They're saying there is one out west that is inching our way, and should be here by the end of next week.  Maybe it will finally dry out a bit.  At least enough for me to mow. 

On a similar note, the landscaper sent me a message saying his truck ought to be out of the shop by next week, so as soon as it's dry enough, he'll come out and finish up my yard.  I'll be glad when he's done, because I'm tired of having this hanging over my head.  

I keep trying to look on the bright side.  This way, I'll have all winter to get my beds out and prepped -- except for that one week it gets really cold, I mean -- and will be all ready to plant come spring.  

In other news, there has been knitting as well.  Somehow, this blob is going to end up being a baby sweater. 

I'm not quite sure how, but it will.  Let me go look at YouTube...OK, I'm back.  There are lots of videos, which I'll have to peruse later.  

For now, let me tell you the latest about how my place of employment wants to make their employees hate working there.  Do you know what we have to do now?  We're going to have to let the security guard rifle through our bags before we can go into work.  It was supposed to start today, but apparently they're still training the guards on what to look for, because heaven forbid someone try to sneak -- oh the horror-- an insulated mug into the plant.  

And they can't figure out why nobody wants to work there.  Go figure...

Look, even the clouds are angry about it! 

 Well, Ryan Hall is live streaming again, so I'm going to go watch and knit.  Good thing, I was going through withdrawals. 

Later, peeps.