rainy saturday
Apr. 4th, 2026 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
evileI finally got some good sleep last night. mmmm. so good. Husband made coffee and pigs in a blanket. also so good!
We took the opportunity to walk dogs a while ago, between rain showers. I took along some 'volunteer' trees that the squirrels had planted in my keyhole garden (an oak and a pecan) and planted them in the park. I also took some wildflower and clover mix seeds to sprinkle here and there. I hope they sprout and grow. We had scattered bluebonnet seeds on the walk to the park in previous years and we had at least one or maybe two gorgeous wildflower years, but I think last year or year before, the city mowed before they could go to seed so that's not happening this spring. It's not a great year for bluebonnets this year, anyway. I guess the winter was too dry, and maybe not enough freezes to really make the bluebonnets decide to rock n roll (I don't know if they need a freeze or not, some plants and seeds do. bulbs, for sure. ) Anyway....not a great year for wildflowers in our yard or on the greenbelt sort of area between our house and the park. pretty sparse. We have some pink primroses/buttercups in the front yard. will wait to mow until they go to seed.
Um...I got another rejection from the company where i had my last good contract over a yr ago. But I have a phone interview Monday for a part time position that sounds OK, at a different insurance broker type company. It's part time to start and may or will go full time after a year, and the pay isn't what I want but it's not as bad as what I made at the state of TX, either. I don't really care anymore. I just need some kind of regular schedule and some money coming in.
Here's some additions to my wishlist. I look at stuff a lot while I'm depressed and feeling 'poor'. We are OK. Husband is working, housemate paid a year's rent in advance, I got some $ from the social security administration as one of my mom's heirs, we are getting a tax refund from the IRS. We are OK.
anyhoo....'windows shopping' is a thing I do when I am depressed/stressed/blabla, so here's the latest:
https://byza.com/products/runes
https://heathealer.com/products/sauna-dome
https://polardiveusa.com/products/the-polar-dive
https://podcompany.com/products/the-sauna-pod-free-ice-pod
https://ambreblends.com/products/sample-pack-of-all-five-essences
https://oldsoulartisan.com/products/tealightsampler
https://meltdownstherapy.com/products/fall-nights-maximum-scented-wax-melt-bonfire
& a vacation
https://www.1ofakindbeachhouses.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQEjUZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBieDB0YW1zTUJ1eTZReEZsc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHg0U_zsR-z33te47NbG1rEIH_gYlsBKmkO139CLfEQBgh7vvF6hrTolHCjZv_aem_2xJBQDU9CRdV7VWlOSKIkQ
as one may surmise, I like perfumes and nice smelling things.
I'm also constantly trying to improve the odor of this house. we have dogs, which make things musty, but the main thing that bothers me is housemate's catboxes. There are no electric outlets in the entry or hallway of the house, and no air vents, so the air in those areas stays rancid at all times. And the hallway leads to the bathroom, which is also not vented to the central air system so things get musty and mildewy smelling in there too...so there is one point in the hallway between the front door and the bathroom where Eau de Catbox and Stench du Mildew combine for a truly horrific nasal journey. I have a wax melter in my workroom/craftroom which opens to the hallway and that can sometimes help but often just contributes to the funk in its own awful way. Le sigh.
I did find this thing on amzon and I bought it (shame shame) and put it on the shelf in the entryway. It is usb battery powered. the battery lasts for a couple of days before it needs a charge. It actually scents the air pretty well and is fighting the catbox stench that punches you in the face when you walk in the front door. It's also possible that housemate is taking better care of the catbox. She's been pretty energized the last few days. She even wen tto look at apartments yesterday! woot! I know she's depressed and in mourning for her husband...I feel bad for her, but doing things even when sh e doesn't want to is definitely better for her than what she's been doing. So I hope she continues forward momentum. And I hope she eventually reconnects with more of her local freinds than she has in the last year she's been with us.
she also asked if we'd be willing to adopt her dog. I said sure, I was going to offer to keep him anyway because I know apartments are often strict about pets, number of pets, expensive pet deposits, etc. two cats are going to be plenty for her to move with. Plus she doesn't feed him or walk him, because she doesn't feed or walk herself or keep a regular schedule for herself. Which is fine for her and her cats, I guess, but dogs need a routine, and he's done well since he's been here. Likes running in the backyard with the other pups, likes to walk, has lost a little weight, seems to be bonded really well with my husband especially (he was her husband's dog more than hers, so that tracks)
anyhoo....life is good. rain is good. sleep is good.
everything will be Ok, one way or another. either the world gets better, ends, or I will die soon enough. Nothing is worth fussing over that much, in the larger picture of everything.
sigh.
We took the opportunity to walk dogs a while ago, between rain showers. I took along some 'volunteer' trees that the squirrels had planted in my keyhole garden (an oak and a pecan) and planted them in the park. I also took some wildflower and clover mix seeds to sprinkle here and there. I hope they sprout and grow. We had scattered bluebonnet seeds on the walk to the park in previous years and we had at least one or maybe two gorgeous wildflower years, but I think last year or year before, the city mowed before they could go to seed so that's not happening this spring. It's not a great year for bluebonnets this year, anyway. I guess the winter was too dry, and maybe not enough freezes to really make the bluebonnets decide to rock n roll (I don't know if they need a freeze or not, some plants and seeds do. bulbs, for sure. ) Anyway....not a great year for wildflowers in our yard or on the greenbelt sort of area between our house and the park. pretty sparse. We have some pink primroses/buttercups in the front yard. will wait to mow until they go to seed.
Um...I got another rejection from the company where i had my last good contract over a yr ago. But I have a phone interview Monday for a part time position that sounds OK, at a different insurance broker type company. It's part time to start and may or will go full time after a year, and the pay isn't what I want but it's not as bad as what I made at the state of TX, either. I don't really care anymore. I just need some kind of regular schedule and some money coming in.
Here's some additions to my wishlist. I look at stuff a lot while I'm depressed and feeling 'poor'. We are OK. Husband is working, housemate paid a year's rent in advance, I got some $ from the social security administration as one of my mom's heirs, we are getting a tax refund from the IRS. We are OK.
anyhoo....'windows shopping' is a thing I do when I am depressed/stressed/blabla, so here's the latest:
https://byza.com/products/runes
https://heathealer.com/products/sauna-dome
https://polardiveusa.com/products/the-polar-dive
https://podcompany.com/products/the-sauna-pod-free-ice-pod
https://ambreblends.com/products/sample-pack-of-all-five-essences
https://oldsoulartisan.com/products/tealightsampler
https://meltdownstherapy.com/products/fall-nights-maximum-scented-wax-melt-bonfire
& a vacation
https://www.1ofakindbeachhouses.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQEjUZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBieDB0YW1zTUJ1eTZReEZsc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHg0U_zsR-z33te47NbG1rEIH_gYlsBKmkO139CLfEQBgh7vvF6hrTolHCjZv_aem_2xJBQDU9CRdV7VWlOSKIkQ
as one may surmise, I like perfumes and nice smelling things.
I'm also constantly trying to improve the odor of this house. we have dogs, which make things musty, but the main thing that bothers me is housemate's catboxes. There are no electric outlets in the entry or hallway of the house, and no air vents, so the air in those areas stays rancid at all times. And the hallway leads to the bathroom, which is also not vented to the central air system so things get musty and mildewy smelling in there too...so there is one point in the hallway between the front door and the bathroom where Eau de Catbox and Stench du Mildew combine for a truly horrific nasal journey. I have a wax melter in my workroom/craftroom which opens to the hallway and that can sometimes help but often just contributes to the funk in its own awful way. Le sigh.
I did find this thing on amzon and I bought it (shame shame) and put it on the shelf in the entryway. It is usb battery powered. the battery lasts for a couple of days before it needs a charge. It actually scents the air pretty well and is fighting the catbox stench that punches you in the face when you walk in the front door. It's also possible that housemate is taking better care of the catbox. She's been pretty energized the last few days. She even wen tto look at apartments yesterday! woot! I know she's depressed and in mourning for her husband...I feel bad for her, but doing things even when sh e doesn't want to is definitely better for her than what she's been doing. So I hope she continues forward momentum. And I hope she eventually reconnects with more of her local freinds than she has in the last year she's been with us.
she also asked if we'd be willing to adopt her dog. I said sure, I was going to offer to keep him anyway because I know apartments are often strict about pets, number of pets, expensive pet deposits, etc. two cats are going to be plenty for her to move with. Plus she doesn't feed him or walk him, because she doesn't feed or walk herself or keep a regular schedule for herself. Which is fine for her and her cats, I guess, but dogs need a routine, and he's done well since he's been here. Likes running in the backyard with the other pups, likes to walk, has lost a little weight, seems to be bonded really well with my husband especially (he was her husband's dog more than hers, so that tracks)
anyhoo....life is good. rain is good. sleep is good.
everything will be Ok, one way or another. either the world gets better, ends, or I will die soon enough. Nothing is worth fussing over that much, in the larger picture of everything.
sigh.
