I'm working from home today.  This is the one week out of the month that I actually don't have a buttload of stuff to do.  So I'm doing some little things to make life easier, like putting all our clients' numbers in my phone, and stuff like that.  Right now I'm taking a bit of a lunch break and making some baked squash.

I have 5 pattypan squash plants this year.  Every other day or so I go out and remove all the suash bugs, squash bug eggs, and squash vine borer eggs.  It seems to be working because I've gotten 3 squashes so far.

Normally I put olive oil and salt and pepper in a pan and sautee the sliced squash but today I decided to try an experiment.  I brushed olive oil and salt and pepper on all the slices and then on each slice I tried a different flavor.  Garlic, dill, rosemary, oregano, and thyme.  Except I got a little mixed up and the garlic got on the oregano and thyme pieces too.  So we'll see.  Oh, and I'm baking them in the oven.

Life is going pretty well overall.  I had a little fender bender the other day during rush hour so the car is in the shop and we have a rental.  I also managed to spill some water on my laptop but it was fixable for $150.  I'm wearing a holter monitor for 48 hours to track my heart rate.  It's always high at the doc and I have palpitations regularly.  I feel like a suicide bomber with all these wires and electrodes on my torso.  They are very itchy so sometimes I wish it would explode.  But I get to remove it at 3:30 today and that will be sweet relief!!

Bones is having trouble with his bladder again.  He makes tiny little puddles in the litterbox (and other places because it hurts) so we gave him fluids last night and this morning.  He is doing much better.  The puddles are bigger and lighter and he's playing more.  I think I want to get him an x-ray or something to see if there's a structural issue going on.

The garden is bursting with flowers and butterflies.  I've been keeping Variegated Fritillary caterpillars and watching them grow and pupate.  Very cool.  They eat pansies and violets.  I have plenty for them to eat!

Results: all the squash pieces were yummy.  I like the rosemary best.

Hot already

We've been fortunate having a long spring.  But it is hot today.  A cool front is expected this evening and I am looking forward to it.  I don't want to mow when it's 90F.  My thyroid meds make me not able to handle the heat.

Speaking of meds, I'm on a good level with the thyroid and the depression I think.  I have a lot of energy.  Still not all that talkative.

Part of that may be that I have to see the public a lot for my job and so I need lots of alone time to recover from that.  I'm an introvert and being extroverted for my job is a suprisingly difficult thing.  It is work.  I had to be a vendor at a workshop this last week and it was exhausting.

My angel trumpet and cosmos began blooming this week.  So did the pattypan squash.  I need to wrap the stems in foil again to keep out the squash vine borers.  I wrapped them when they were smaller but it has all fallen off. I also have gotten two tomatoes from the Early Girl I bought in early March.

Lilly is weird.  She is on the counter rubbing her face on my spice rack.  She has removed it from the wall.  I have never seen her do this before.  Odd.

I figured out one of my mystery plants is a penstemon.  So that's cool.  It has reddish leaves and white tubular flowers.  I hope it attracts pollinators.

I'm now in the process of thinning the cosmos plants.  They reseed like mad.  I'm leaving the ones that are going to bloom first and pulling the others.  I hate pulling out a growing plant, especially a flower, but last year they were all crowded and unhealthy.

Ok.  that's all for now.  :-)