The ol' switcheroo

I just want to give a shout out to my sweet hubby tonight, because he has to put up with his sometimes.... insistent... wife. Yeah, I know it's hard to believe but sometimes... just sometimes... I'm not the meek and mild mannered maiden that we all know I truly am. HA! Sometimes... I can be a little... hmmmm... demanding... there... I said it... I can be demanding.

Case in point... I do laundry on Monday... every Monday... I do laundry. I am fortunate enough to have a really nice washer and dryer that we purchased when we moved in to this house. They are Frigidaire front loading machines... the HE kind... and I love them. I really do... with one exception... and this is not their fault... the doors open the wrong way... like... the washer door opens on the right and dryer on the left and when you open the doors they meet in the middle... meaning I have to lift heavy wet clothes out of the washer, over both doors and in to the dryer. I have wanted this changed since... hmmmm... the first day I used them and realized this slight pain in the buttocks... That was 2 1/2 years ago. Then, about a year ago... I was moving the house all around and let's just say I tried to move something that I knew I shouldn't have been moving by myself and it sort of fell on my shoulder and ever since... well... my shoulder aches at times... especially when I use it a lot or sleep on it or work in the yard too much or... well you get the point. It is getting better... or maybe I'm just getting lazier about using it... either way... when I lift this heavy, wet laundry over the doors and then carry the dry clothes up stairs and put them away... my shoulder will ache the next day... I can actually feel the pain with transferring loads, but I'd rather deal with that than wear dirty clothes and the option of just streaking 24/7 is out of the question... no one wants to see that... anyway... this week... when doing laundry and lifting the aforementioned heavy wet clothing I ripped two fingernails and it really hurt... I almost cried... and I was upset.. see note about about the very rare case of being slightly demanding... yeah... C was home when this happened, so he was reminded of the issue at hand... in not a very nice way... I regret the "not nice" part, but I do have to say I have requested this multiple times.... moving on... this evening my WONDERFUL husband and GRACIOUS father in law switched the machines for me. Now, next Monday when I try to put laundry detergent in the dryer and can't figure out why the clothes never get dry in the washer... I'll at least not have to lift the clothes over the doors. It almost makes me want to try it out tomorrow... almost... but the old saying goes "The best things come to those who wait." So... I'll wait for the best.

I will also mention my mother in law has the same issue... but hers requires something with drywall removal and a big ordeal... at least that is what the men are telling her... HA! Either way... mine are switched and I'm very happy about it....

so... C... I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND I LOVE YOU!!! VERY MUCH!!! FOREVER!!! or 47 years and 4 months... that was our deal, you know... and I'm sorry I was so... ummmmmm... insistent... but just think... now you don't have to hear about it again. Don't worry about the honey do list getting shorter, though.. I'll think of something. ;) hee hee... you know I'm teasing... I'm way too organized to have forgotten something for that list...

Rain Rain... how nice of you!

PERFECT!! And that is said without the normal sarcasm that is associated with it. HA!

I transplanted hostas Saturday... remember that post? and I planted new flowers... same post... Sunday we got a nice little shower and the new flowers perked up and said "HELLO new home!" We had a nice moderately cool day yesterday (85) and now today... it's raining again. I was planning on having to water the little buggars every day this week and next to get them rooted... but Mother Nature loves me.

Now... the garden on the other hand... well... it needs tilled pretty bad, but that can't happen because it's muddy... Last night I picked 1 jalapeno, 2 peppers, 1 tomato, and 2 zucchini. Yummmo! I made bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers for an appetizer. You want that recipe? Ok... fine... this is for 4 poppers... adjust as necessary...

Bacon Wrapped Poppers

2 tbls cream cheese

2 tbls shredded cheddar

1 tbls shredded Parmesan

Mix this together real well..

4 jalapenos

2 slices bacon, cut in half

Cut slit in jalapenos lengthwise just to open one side. Do not cut through the other side. Scrape out the contents carefully not to break the pepper.

Fill with cream cheese mixture and pinch closed. Wrap bacon slice around to hold it together and secure with a toothpick. (Sometimes I use a whole piece of bacon, if the pepper is real long)

You can either broil in the oven until the bacon is crispy or you can grill these on the BBQ grill.

Pretty easy and very yummmy!!!! Note: the more seeds you get out of the pepper, the milder it will be. Leave those seeds in there and you are asking for a mouth burning! HA!

I must be a glutton for punishment... Instead of scrapping this morning, I mulched... and transplanted hostas...filled in holes with topsoil, and planted new flowers... and watered... and I'm exhausted... 18 bags of mulch, 6 transplanted hostas, and 24 new flowers later... I'm tired... but I hope it will look good in a couple weeks... I plan on watering the new flowers daily to help them take root and then next weekend I'll put some miracle grow on them... I don't want to shock them too much... from plastic to dirt is enough for one day for the little fellas.

did I mention I was tired... I reminded myself that I'm not the 22 year old I used to be when I was landscaping like crazy, building rock walls, and mulching wheelbarrow loads at a time... I'm 32 now... and I think I need Tylenol. HA!

Oh.. and my work is not complete... I need to pick veggies from the garden, water the garden, refill the hummingbird feeder, and make some sauce for dinner... most likely reverse order except I'll pick before I water the garden...

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hiccups...

I don't know why... I don't know if I care why... but today... I have had the hiccups 3 times... so I finally relented and did my Mom's old "standby cure"... a tablespoon of brown sugar... just eat it and they will be gone... btw... I usually do 2 tablespoons... just to make sure... yeah... that's the reason. HA!

is lumber delicious??

I was listening to a radio commercial on the way home from my McDonald's run. It was for a local lumber yard.... at the end of the commercial they said they had "delicious" service or something like that... Delicious... really?? kind of weird...

You know what I just decided... I'm glad I'm not the Sr. Programmer.... because I can just be an awesome IT person and pass off whatever I don't feel like dealing with. HA HA!!!