When LJ is down, I don't know what to do with myself. It occurs so infrequently. Sigh.
I am a terrible custodian of my own blood sugar these days. Did I really go out today to haul things around the yard in winter clean-up mode without eating breakfast? Yes. Yes I did. What a maroon. No wonder I curse myself for being sch an out-of-shape weakling. Add sugar fatigue and I'm a total whus.
Thinking about it as I type I realize its probably because of the increased dose of my meds - winter makes me SAD - and the meds suppress appetite. So now, the food is in front of me, and all I have to do is wait a bit until my brain realizes that food is available. Some days I never get hungry, and I have to eat when I don't feel like eating. This is a bad habit to get into. But that's another issue.
Been carb loading like crazy lately. Winter much? Blah.
Somebody around here is feeding corn, or perhaps *had* a decorative corn cob display. I've got a little hoard of kernals in one of my borders, an interupted meal perhaps, and more disturbing - a kernel outside the door of the pump house. I don't want critters overwintering in the shed. Bad idea, guys, GO AWAY! (I suspect the tree rats, which I really don't want in my yard. GO AWAY, SQUIRRELS!)
I also found that we have some issues to deal with in the shed before winter really settles on the land - the lamps we use for heating this space need some maintanance work. I think the shed needs re-shingling, too... there is evidence of water damage all over the ceiling insulation. Yuck. Next year, maybe. I'll put it on the 'list.'
Did get the hoses put up, and the feed line to the exterior hose cock drained. We've been replacing this piece on a regular basis - I really dislike the one we have now, it has two settings - off and full on. This makes adjusting the sprinkler dispersal a bit of a nightmare. Stupid idea. But it was the only one that Lowes was carrying at the time we needed it, so there it is. Much as I don't like it, I don't want to replace it AGAIN. So there we are. Hopefully it won't go 'splody sometime over the next few months. You get weary doing the same things over and over - especially when your experience with the same items in the past tells you you don't need to. Stupid cheapass manufacturers. Or maybe, stupid cheapass homeowner. *shrugs* When and if we get a 'real' house, I'll be sure we get solid hose hookups. Until then, I bitch. sigh.
Sometimes I go and wander through my referrer lists. It was very cool to see one of my pictures come up for the search <a href="http://www.excite.de/search/image/results?hits=16&q=November&qid=351effae0e99690dc2a5c9ebb0a14429&qs=&o=&format=&imtype=&offset=16">'November'</a>. Interesting search results!