This and that

The weather has been uncooperative so I have had to start my hydroponic plants even though they don’t like the idea. I think they’re tougher than I thought as most are doing well. I do have the odd plant that’s a bit of a weakling and decided that the effort was too much and gave up the ghost. Oh well, they make good compost.

What’s with this weather anyway? We expected some rain but it’s been downright cold. I know, next week we’ll be complaining that it’s too hot. (I hope)

I had two loads of logs delivered by the resort and when I stacked them I thought the load was a bit short so I whined and complained. They were very good about it and made the difference up with all the nasty, gnarled, dirty, wet and huge logs that they could find. What a fool I am, now I have to stack and split even more wood. Jeese!

Rosalie has been enjoying one more of several new hobbies. This time it’s painting rocks. I’m not saying she has a lot of rocks but the trailer now has a distinct lean to the left. I’m not complaining as it gives my stomach a rest from all the innovative cooking ideas that she has. I had better watch what I say as she does have all those rocks easily at hand.

Because Rosalie likes to spend hundreds of dollars on painting her fingernails I volunteered to do it for her. I just hoped I could do a better job than she does cutting my hair.

We were both a bit nervous but plowed on regardless. I ordered a kit from Ali Express but it wasn’t quite up to expectations. It was fine if you only wanted to dry one finger at a time but Rosalie isn’t that patient. I whined and complained (I’m getting good at that) and they refunded half of our money.

We ordered another kit from Amazon and after several tequilas to steady our nerves we set to it.

First, we had to put on the gel remover which is probably very toxic but what the heck, my stomach is probably immune to all that toxicity. (see above)

Then layer after layer of primer and paint until we ended up with not too bad a job. It would have been better if Rosalie hadn’t kept swatting me saying I was doing it wrong. Next time I need the car painted I’ll do it myself as it can’t be any more difficult than doing nails.

I wanted this design, but Rosalie wasn’t impressed!