Tagged Again
It's All About Meeeeeeee!
Mac over at Mulier Fortis tagged me days and days ago. I just managed to get our paperwork to our tax guru so I’ve reclaimed what little life I have.
The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
Each player answers the questions about themselves.
I get to tag 5 peeps and let them know via their combox.
The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
Each player answers the questions about themselves.
I get to tag 5 peeps and let them know via their combox.
What I was doing 10 years ago:
I have no earthly (or heavenly) clue. I can barely remember what I was doing yesterday. Since I have lived in this house about 11 years, one thing I know for sure I was probably doing was working my rear patootie off in the “yard.” We bought a house on 5 acres that looked like it had been nuked (the property - not the house, although the house was only marginally better.) There was not one tree, bush, or blade of grass. What we did buy, in abundance, was knapweed. The hugest knapweed I have ever seen. Knapweed for those who may not know is the most hated and virulent noxious weed God ever allowed on this earth. He put it here to keep us humble. I am very, very humble.
The first few years we planted over 150 trees and over 50 shrubs. We also planted 50 or 75 lilacs that we acquired by digging up starts from a vacant lot. We designed and planted a circular herb garden, a cutting garden, a veggie garden, a meditation garden and a wildflower area. We fenced in a “yard” area and planted beds there. We put in a circular drive and several acres of grass. After that I said, darn, why don’t I start a daylily nursery. So we plowed up a bunch of the grass and planted daylilies – hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of daylilies.
All this was done without benefit of big equipment. Can you say garden fork, shovel, and rake? I am truly nuts. Truly!
And guess what's sitting in my barn? You bethca! Six trees, 30 shrubs, and bags of bulbs.
5 Snacks I enjoy:
Nachos with real cheddar cheese and buried in jalapenos
Anything with lots of carbs.
Anything with lots of carbs.
Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
I would build us a new church but would insist on being in complete control of the design. I would buy a tractor and hire someone to pull weeds.
Five jobs that I have had:
Five jobs that I have had:
Ballroom dance instructor.
Hairdresser
Cocktail waitress while in college
Teacher
Car salesman
Three of my bad habits:
Hairdresser
Cocktail waitress while in college
Teacher
Car salesman
Three of my bad habits:
Being controlling, being controlling, and being controlling.
Five places I have lived:
St. Paul, Minnesota
Houston, Texas
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sedona, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Post Falls, Idaho
I know that’s six but I figured I’d just include them all and in their proper order.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Houston, Texas
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sedona, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Post Falls, Idaho
I know that’s six but I figured I’d just include them all and in their proper order.
I tag anyone who hasn't been tagged yet. Let us know in the combox if you are playing.
14 comments:
I'm tired.
What beautiful area you must have! For me (and I'm sure for you, too) there is a harmonious marriage between nature and contemplation, and in your meditative garden you experience this beautiful quality. I don't think it was by accident that so many monasteries were erected within bucolic surroundings.
You really did bust your hide building your home. Just thinking about all the hard work makes me want to fill up on machos! LOL!
I just KNEW you'd have been a ballroom dancing instructor.
Adrienne, do you think you could post pics of your lillies in bloom? I'm sure it's stunning.
We have put a lot of work into our yard as well, though, not nearly as much as you.
I'll play, check my blog.
MOTL - Now why would you just "know" I was a ballroom dancer?
PaulaB52 - I am working on my new website and will post a link when it is ready to go. In the interim I will post some pictures I have taken of individual daylilies from my garden. I really don't have many pictures of the fields in bloom because I am usually too busy digging and shipping to do such things. I pinky promise to take lots of pictures this year just for you~
Tom - you are so right (again). Nature and God just seem to go together. The difference is the monks loved all of Gods creatures and every year I ask God why he made earwigs. Why!!!???
irene - better to be tired than crazy like me.
Oh CRAP!! I menat NACHOS!!! NACHOS!!
That's it. I'm walking away from blogging.
See what I did in my last comments? I was so flustered I couldn't even write. I am SOOOO embarrassed. This is the worst type of misquote a guy can suffer.
I think you know what I meant.
Again I say, NACHOS!! With an "N."
No, Auntie A, it was NOT a Freudian slip.
Tom - you are starting to sound sooooooooooo much like your Auntie A - be afraid, be very afraid.
I refrained from saying anything about your "machos" - I knew just what you meant.
Adrienne-
It has been a long week and I am just now catching up. But I will play. Posting it now.
I wish I had your yard, minus the knapgrass! It sounds completely lovely. Is your soil there really sandy? I have some family in Spokane and spent some time in ID and what I remember is lots of sand.
I love lilacs. I've always had a lilac bush. They remind me of my grandparent's farm in Wisconsin.
And, I still think it is cool you taught ballroom dance. My husband and I took lessons when we worked at Boeing (through their rec center). Hubby can't dance. No way, no how. I would love to have a dance partner, but it's my cross to bear ;}
Your surroundings sound gorgeous; I am so impressed with the amount of work you must have put in on it!
Especially since I am green-thumb-challenged (and a bit lazy). I am anxious to see your pictures, and your web site when you get it up; I love flowers, even though I'm not good at growing them!
My dad (who was big on gardening) always said that there was no such thing as a green thumb and that it should be called "dirt under your fingernails." Sounds like you know the meaning of hard work. I would love to see pics of your yard!! Oh, and if you don't mind, I would like to play tag. I really enjoy reading those things!! Peace and Blessings.
I look forward to the pictures! I don't know what knapweed is, we have dollar weed and alligator grass, which is a living nightmare. I've given up and learned to live with it somewhat.
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