Oh sure, what's one more thing?

[storytimewithjoe]

My Saturday plans include...

a wedding...
a funeral...
an SCA event...
and a housewarming party.

Why do I feel like I need to start drinking heavily already?

Is it that I like feeling busy?
Is it that I am incapable of saying, "NO!"?
Is it that I feel like he who checks off the most "to do's" from the list, wins?
All of the above?

Well, I enjoyed my evening yesterday. After a good workout at the House of Pain, I returned home, made a nice dinner, and got to work on projects. C&I-wise, I did the marbelizing of the columns on the scroll I'm doing. Embroidery-wise, I cut the sleeves for my new Italian farsetto, and have a plan for the embroidery which I want to have mapped out before Sunday's all-day meeting-of-doom. If I don't have a project to work on, I'm liable to go nuts.

Garden-wise, anybody got any suggestions on what to do for hard-shelled scale? My Japanese maple often succumbs to it, and it is horrible. I keep scraping those annoying suckers off, but more appear. I have read about vegetable oils that suffocate them. Any ideas? Anybody? Buehler?

Comments

[mistressrhi.livejournal.com]

Are you a Virgo, Joe? I swear you're just like Deirdre. Repeat after me: "Today, I will buck the system or break one rule." Keep saying that until you are able to wean yourself away from overcommiting. Love ya!

[joeguppy.livejournal.com]

LOL. Nope... I'm a Pisces-leaning Aries. Control-freak to the max, organized-list-maker who loves to have lots of things on the "to do" list to enjoy the satisfaction of checking them off.