Random thoughts on a Monday

I am all over the place today, I don't have to work because one of my little ones is very ill.  I don't want to get sick or bring an illness home for my son who is about to move into finals, so no work for me.  On a day like today, no work is a bit of a surprise, I am not quite sure what to do with myself.  So I feel like I am all over the place not really settled if you know what I mean.

So random thoughts are on my mind, a bit of this and that is swirling around my brain waiting to come out.

 Last year Max and I made a pact, we decided we were going gray together.  He has been going gray since he was 3, you know he has a terribly stressful life here taking care of all of us.  I decided to stop low lighting my hair a year ago and let it go.  No more long expensive hair appointments for me.  I have to say that we are both doing well in this pact of ours.  I now have long gray hairs all over but a very big streak of gray just over my left eye.  My Mom had a streak over her right eye, I like it.  When I pull my hair up which is how I wear it most days the whole left side of my hair is gray, while the right is not.  I look like a puzzle with pieces that don't exactly match.

 The African Flower Bag remains just like it was last time you saw it, please Patternworks, get my yarn order to me so I can finish this!

Would you like a weeding tip I read about in my paper for sidewalks and pavers?  Mix one gallon of vinegar with one cup of salt, and one tablespoon of dish detergent.  Place on your problem area and before you know it you have a bunch of dead weeds.  I should have weeded before this little trick, so now I have a bunch of dead weeds in cracks in my pavers.  It took a total of 5 gallons of vinegar to do my whole walkway, but it is still pretty inexpensive and not so harsh on the environment as store bought weed killer.

 It is soooo hot here already that some of my flowers are beginning to die.  Good bye beautiful petunias that lasted all Winter long.

 I re-potted Her Highness a few weeks ago.  Last year she did not grow very much and her flowers this past Christmas were few and far between.  Everything I read about Christmas Cactus' does not seem to work for this one.  She loves to be outside, she loves to be in the hot and humid weather, and she loves to be re-potted.  So we are going for what works for us and not what I read about.

There are little tiny leaves already growing.  I am thrilled.

I am thinking of making The Tranquil Tank Top by Lion Brand.  You can find it on Lionbrand.com but I seem to be having difficulty loading the pattern link for you.  It is currently an KAL with Lion Brand, I won't be knitting along, I just may be knitting at my own pace.  That is when I finish this.

The blue Malabrigo sweater is almost done .  I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, the finish line, the big celebration at the end.....just not yet.  Patience and perseverance are not my strong points.

My gardenia's are still in bloom.  I have to enjoy them from outside as I think the strong but lovely fragrance is stuffing up my nose.  They are so beautiful but I think I would give up a couple of my of bushes for some gorgeous lilacs.  I miss those beautiful flowers every single Spring.

And to end this post I have to tell you a little tale about my Max.  This is the door from my garage into my kitchen area.  My Max is so well behaved, he never and I mean never walks out this door unless he is told he can do so.  He might put his two front paws out, but his behind is definitely in.  I can leave the door open for a long time and my boy will not move.  Well that was until last week.  I was cleaning and pottering around my house in the late afternoon when I saw the back door open.  This is not unusual because our door often does not close tightly, but it was wide open which was a bit strange.  I closed the door and went on my way.  About 20 minutes later my husband came home and yelled my name (not an unusual occurrence) and said that Max had greeted him outside by his car when he pulled in.  He heard the thumping of Max's tail on his car before he opened the car door.  That little sneak pushed the door open and decided he could go out and have a little smell-a-thon all on his own. When he came in he looked at me and put his head down and tried to walk right past me.  The nerve of that sweet boy.  We had a serious talk and he swears he won't do it again.  Look how innocent he looks!

If you are loving the Miss Maggie Rabbit so many people have made in blog land I suggest you pop over to Alica's blog at Posie Gets Cozy and order yours before this shipment gets all bought up.  I ordered mine last week.

What random thoughts are swirling around in your head just waiting to get out?