You know, @TheLimited, it defeats the purpose of a mobile retail site if the checkout page is “not supported.” So much for that purchase.
Twitter Update: I can’t believe I got everything done today that I…
I can’t believe I got everything done today that I needed to get done. Tomorrow will be another under-the-gun sort of day, but I can do it.
Twitter Update: Down 0.6 at #weightwatchers this week! Tracking ev…
Down 0.6 at #weightwatchers this week! Tracking every day was a win this week, even though I went WAY over my weekly Points allowance.
Twitter Update: The Charlie Brown Rosebush: http://t.co/cjLXhEl8pD…
The Charlie Brown Rosebush: blog.dianaschnuth.com/?p=18284 In which I detail the total denuding of one of my rosebushes in an attempt to prune it.
The Charlie Brown Rosebush
The rosebush right in front of my living room window bloomed this great peachish-coral color back in early June. The flowers were gorgeous, if a bit bespeckled with purple weirdness… and many of the leaves looked sickly and spotted.
A week later, the rose bloomed again, this time in yellow. The canes were so thin and spindly that the blooms were drooping pitifully, so I deadheaded most of them and brought the most beautiful inside (on a very short stem).
It was then that I decided I needed to do something about this rosebush. The other bushes on my property seemed to be surviving the neglect of the past few years — their former caretaker having passed away — but this one caught my attention as needing some TLC.
I did some online research about rose pruning during the growing season, and found Paul Zimmerman’s YouTube channel. From his videos, I learned what tools I would need, and I purchased them on Amazon.
The day they arrived, I set to work.
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