It rained and then hailed four separate times on Saturday. I was worried for our garden but not willing to get pelted by hail to bust out the stakes and sheet and cover them up. Everything looks fine and the cilantro is still plentiful. I have yet to use the cilantro but there seems to be enough to spare so something with cilantro will be on the menu soon. We’ve had two six-packs of alyssum sitting in their original containers since early April and I transplanted them this weekend too but it’s too early to tell whether they’ll keep thriving or not. The lady at Lowes so they were very hardy and required little attention. I can’t seem to find my seed packets anywhere so the rest of the herbs we were going to grow are on permanent hold for now.
I guess with all of the rain it’s making the bugs come out because there are a ton of them (mostly gnats) flying around and getting stuck in our screens. We haven’t had to turn on the AC yet and have only had to turn on the fan once so as long as no bugs permeate the screens we should be good for awhile longer. The rain is also making the weeds grow like crazy. I’ve had to weed several times this summer already because they are popping up everywhere. I’ve made it about halfway around the yard pulling the ones that have migrated under the landscaping border and growing in the mulch. There are just so many I’m thinking the previous owners may have just covered them up with more mulch taking the easy way out.
I’ve been fighting a weight gain that appeared suddenly last month and I can’t seem to shake it. Casey and I are now back to calorie counting again in preparation of the weddings we’ll be attending. We’re kind of doing a modified South Beach Diet so I don’t imagine anything miraculous. I even weighed Stoli and she’s up to 57 pounds! The vet said in April that she needed to get down to 52 pounds and now she’s gained. We moved her food into the living room because she really hates eating in the bathroom where she can’t see us even though it’s right around the corner. I’m thinking I’m going to have to move it back and that’ll be her diet – walking to get her food. That’s all for now, time for a movie and some sugar free puddin’.