a lull in the rain?

gee i hope so
or an end to the really bad endless rains
i found a leak that i know is coming from the front chimney
where it attaches to the house
i think it may be subsidence and that has me seriously worried


i do have spinach sprouted outside though.....
it's slow but it's started
the mesclun....... i can't even see the seeds!
but lettuces do that......they hide and wait......and wait
i usually think they aren't going to do anything and replant then find that EVERYTHING came up
i checked the back garden again and it looks like the chard just may have made it
so did the brussels sprouts but sadly......without sprouts

today we are going to clean the flooding up
i couldn't do it on my own as i just am in too much pain in my arms and shoulders
i think we have to find a way to regrade the front of the house
and also put in french drains or something

i told bernie we need to make the curb out front ourselves..... as the township won't ...all the water is coming down the road (on this side anyway) and draining down into our house and driveway
i think we need to curb down the driveway against the grass too!

oh man.....this is making my brain hurt

ok i have to tell you something good about amazon.com.....i had ordered two bottle brushes and a few other things, enough for the free shipping.
the package arrived wednesday.....MINUS one of the bottle brushes
which was on the packing slip
so i called amazon's customer service number (it's an open secret...it's not on their website but you can find it by googling...(866) 216-1072---that's the one i used but there are others)
i spoke to a very pleasant man......who immediately sent me another brush, and also since my book was a bit crushed..... sent me a 5$ promotional certificate off my next order
the man was as good as his word and i got my brush yesterday!
and my certificate....which i used to pre-purchase harry potters deathly hallows part 1 for bernie

now ordinarily i am not a fan of big business.....and i do tend to like to support the small independents...
however lately i can't get to town much (as most of you realize, between the ice/snow/wood heat)
so mostly this comes to the door!
or the post office which bernie goes to weekly
***jen keeps threatening to kidnap me and drag me allover the valley shopping etc...... but so far i'm safe- i am a hermit and i sorta like it ......... i talk to her on the phone all the time... but why should i leave home when i have ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME here.........plus DUCKS!

so that's my amazon story...
oh in HUGE news......i spoke to bernie's mom yesterday
what a nightmare to get through to her
the facility she's in may be good but they sure don't like to go out of their way for their clients.
we also found that the person that is saying he's her 'grandson' is really bernie's GODFATHER'S grandson
i have to speak to the girls about when should we get down there again.

bernie just left for the post office and the feed store
we are doing the basement today like i said
i am still waiting for my really old decrepit body to wake up---- i am about to get my third cup of coffee
cause my BODY is not awake....
*my mind is never really awake i think*

i've got the woodstove going to take the chill off but i'm going to let it die down.........and i intend on hanging laundry OUTSIDE today

oh as a weird aside
i found a dead brown caterpillar in the spinach planter yesterday......i didn't see it at first as it was on a leaf.. but i tossed it out over the deck rail.....
it was just......odd

in duck news......lilli was so busy being a bitch....to phoebe and squeaking at me....that PHOEBE got the VERY FIRST WORM of the season! go phoebe!!!!!
falstaff ignored his worm
so that worm lived to make wormy babies in the muck
it's official now
worms are out
it's spring