White Picket Fence Syndrome

This is the beginning of the week of July 17th, it is a Sunday, I always thought the week started on Monday when I was small,  well  probably up until I had
to grow up at 17.  I married for the first time at the wee age of 17 and started a family, I thought I knew everything, I wanted the whole deal, white picket  fence and all.
I believe that  White Picket Fence should be  a clinical category in the New England Journal of Medicine,  it starts when a person becomes delusional about a relationship they are in, for me I was very young and thought I wanted to emulate what I had at home.  I was raised in a great family, great parents, 5 sisters that for the most part got along  very well together, so I met someone who  I could bring into my way of thinking and  talked him into it.  We were doomed from the start, it was in 1979 and most people our age were partying and having fun,  we did the same thing as everyone else, but we had  a baby, bad combination.
Needless to say we only stayed together less than 3 years, had 2 sons who are all growed up and are awesome men.
The point of this rant is to watch your kids, be aware of their relationships, do not allow them to get too involved at an early age and talk to them about life!  My parents did the best that they knew how, with what they had, it was different for them growing up.  The world ws not so active and when they did stuff it was usually wholesome and naive.
I am remarried and just celebrated our 20th anniversary, we have  a son and a daughter,  i do things a little bit differently the second time around, but not much,  I can truly say   I think we have raised great, wonderful kids who are aware of their role on this earth.

No sleep Saturday

Well here we go again, no rest, why on earth is it I cannot sleep, or why am I such a light sleeper? My husband gets up to get a glass of water at 4 am, I sort of  wake up, 15 minutes later he still hasn't come back to sleep,  so the wack job that I am is thinking, " Where did he go?"
I get up and walk to the kitchen,  all is quiet, he is out on the back deck just looking at nothing! We both go back to bed and he starts talking, everytime I close my eyes and possibly find that  bit of sleepiness he asks me another question, not in a whisper but in a real daytime voice.
I used to worry when I was very young that when I had kids I would never wake up for them, my mother said that you will, it is just something you do.  Now it is 7 am, we both had our 2 cups of coffee and he went back to sleep.  I have 2 loads of wash in, going to make chili in the crockpot for supper, get my shower and go to work at 10 and be sweet and wonderful to all the people I have scheduled to paint pottery today!

The Menopause

Today I woke up at 4 am, laid there till almost 5, why am I awake?  I am told when you are approaching" The Menopause", you experience sleeplessness, mood swings, sporadic periods, hot flashes, and all sorts of other ridiculous body changes.
Well, I remember my mother at this time in her life, she would run outside in the middle of winter with her shirt unbuttoned, her neck was red and she was soaking wet, that was a HOT FLASH!  she would argue with my father about nothing, or maybe it was one of his  ideas about something that she was not interested in, he always was thinking about  some sort of thing like, building something that we didn't need.
I understand now!  I am experiencing all the same things as her at almost the same age, and the problem is , I have married a man like my father, always talking about building or changing, or some sort of frustrating something. I am most likely more vocal than my mom, not sure, need to ask my sisters.  My husband and I bicker  almost everyday,  its never  a marriage ending argument, he usually asks, " Are you getting your period? " Amazing how well he knows me.

Potted Plants

I finally went to the garden center and bought annuals for my pots,  I planted and planted, very huge pots, medium pots, and small pots too.
Now none of this would have been possible without the help of my husband Craig, when I told him I was taking out the pansies and replacing them  he said, " No you're not! ".  So, I just started to remove what I didn't want and replace with what I wanted  ( as usual I win! ).Craig went in the back yard and brought so many pots that I hadn't even thought about, then he brought out this small antique  wheelbarrow and made a great display with pots all around it, gotta just love him!

Sunday Morning

Now I don't want to complain, but it was 6 this morning and all I hear are the caretakers of the park next door who will remain anonymous, yelling to each other about dead plants, kids ruining, not enough water, or whatever.
Now I am usually a very early riser ready to tackle the day, well not today, went to bed late, had some Saturday night cheer, my eyes won't open and I don't want to be mad when I get up.
I get out of bed, I look like a zombie and want to try to give a peek behind the blinds so no one can see me and  the talking just stops, now I am awake, time to make the coffee.

Looking for plants

Today I went looking for plants for my giant concrete pots, I took Jack my youngest,  just to torture him. He enjoyed it I think anyway, went to 3  different places to no avail.
I want them to flow over the sides and be very colorful, I have done them every year and they are always beautiful,  it must be my PMS, best not to do anything yet.

Thank God

I finally think that I figured how to get back to the posting page, anyway summer is quickly approaching and I finally feel like being in the garden, just bought a stone owl that I love.
When I figure out how to upload pics I will post pics of the garden.