Most people are familiar with what a blooming Orchid looks like, but have you ever seen one with only flower buds?
This is a photo of orchid flower buds about a week before my purple orchid started blooming. This is the first time this particular orchid has bloomed for me in at least three years. I’m so happy that it’s blooming as it has the prettiest flowers.
Here’s what the orchid looks like when it’s blooming:
Well, I guess I can’t complain all that much that it’s snowing yet again. We’ve had a fairly nice week with temperatures either well above freezing or only just a little below freezing. All the snow that we had melted away. Nice for February … but the nice weather is over for a while.
Chris and I were trying to beat the storm this afternoon. We figured tomorrow would pretty much be a right off for going out and getting the groceries and other shopping done due to the storm, so we headed out late this afternoon before the snow started.
We had planned to go to Andy’s meat terminal off of Warden avenue to get two bags of boneless skinless chicken breasts. Man it’s a deal – 12 to 14 huge chicken breasts for about $35 bucks! The breasts are so big that we only eat one between us so each bag is 12 to 14 meals. Since we’ve been eating so much chicken lately we thought we’d get two bags. That’s a lot of chicken!
Well after we left the meat place we saw a Sportschek store and since Chris has come home complaining of sore feet and sore knees after every work shift for oh the last two or three months we decided to stop in and see if we could find him some good running shoes – well walking shoes since that’s what he does all day. Not only did Chris get a new pair of running shoes but I did too. The ones I’ve been wearing were at least two or three years old and they make my feet sore when I wear them while walking around a lot too. So … over $200 bucks later and we were out of the store and on to Costco to fill my prescriptions and pick up a few other items we needed.
By the time we left Costco at just after 6 pm the snow was falling hard. The city snow plows and sand/salters hadn’t been on any of the major roads were driving on yet either so it was a slippery drive home. It’s times like these that I wish we were on one of those Vegas vacations so we could escape the snow. Now that would be nice.
I think sometime in the middle of next week it’s supposed to warm up again so maybe this snow dump will all melt away again.
Ah … I can’t wait for spring!
When my husband was in the hospital two weeks ago the nurses caring for him decided to get him a gift. They presented him with some lovely African Violets – in bloom. Now nurses don’t usually buy gifts for their patients, but considering that Chris works in the hospital and knows just about all the employees it was a different situation.
Here’s what the flowers look like two weeks after they were given to Chris:
They’re quite pretty, but the flowers are starting to die down a bit now I think.
Now I can grow just about any kind of plant, but the one that I’ve had the most failures with – believe it or not – is the African Violet. Yeah … I know. They’re easy to care for, but for some reason mine always die.
I think I over care for them or over-water them. These African violets came in a container that doesn’t have a drain hole so I’m either going to replant them into a new pot or get Chris to try to poke a small hole in the bottom of the current container. I figure that they don’t have a chance without drainage … but if I can get them in the right kind of pot it might work.
Do you have any trouble growing certain kinds of plants?
I’m dreading going over the bills that are due. With Chris having been sick and off work for a week we’re going to have less money this month. You see Chris is only Part time at the hospital – oh he works full time hours and gets a percentage added on top in lieu of benefits, but because he’s part time he didn’t get any sick pay for his time off.
So … in a little while I’ll be pulling out the gas, telephone, cable, electricity, house and car insurance bills and be going over them. Some are due now and others are due near the end of the month.
I do like to stay on top of our bills. Back when we lived in an apartment I was horrible about paying bills. We were always behind. It wasn’t like we didn’t have the money – I just hated paying the bills. Dumb eh? Now that we have our house I always pay the bills on time … unless we’re in a financial crunch. We’ve only been a little behind of bills once or twice. Hopefully this isn’t going to be one of those times.
Do you pay all of your bills on time? Do you dread bills when you’ve had a set back like a spouse being sick and having less income for a short while?
Wordless Wednesday
Want to keep your cats from getting bored while you’re away at work? Get some pet mice or hamsters and set up a viewing area ….
These cats look thoroughly entertained don’t they? Now that’s what I call Catertainment!
For the mice or hamsters sake I certainly hope that those cages have secure lids! Otherwise the entertainment might become dinner!