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Category: just life | Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:23 pm

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>sigh< Im in damage repair mode. The tropical depression Claudette hit land not far from us. The rains and winds were off the charts. Want to know how strong the winds were? It moved a full gallion can of paint about 4feet across the drive way.
My Bamboo orchid is laying down, and I cant get it to stand up. I think Im going to have to support it with bamboo stacks. :( My 3 bougainvilleas got tangled up in the Gardena and fountain grass. >rolls eyes< And the wind blow all the petals off my roses that were open.

But the good news is, the water that was dropped on the yards, caused one of my clematis' to bud, the wondering jew to bloom and my American climbing rose took the hell off. I dont know where she thinks shes going but shes going some where. I swear she grew 6 inchs over night. She almost taller than the Mex Put. I planted next to her. Im going to have to support her soon.

On to not so garden news, My boyfriend Eric was here for a week on leave. We had so much fun. We chartered a fishing boat and went out deep sea fishing. A friend of mines birthday was that week so we took him. Eric was hungover from the night before (noone told him to drink that much) do he was miserable on the boat...LOL serves him right. I had no sympathy for him, the way he actted the night before. I laughed at him the whole time....esp when he was hanging over the boat. LOL But my friend and I caught 7 King Mackels and a spanish. So all in all, a good 4 hour trip.

And Eric and I got offically engaged. Ring and all.

He leaves for Korea the first week in Sept and then deploys to Iraq (again) in Nov. I may get to see him in '10 but Im not holding my breath. His deployment to Korea is a year and his deployment to Iraq is a year. I should see him in '11 or '12.

OK..Im back to pickin up wing blown petals from all over my yard.

(BTW I bought a camera on Ebay so Ill be able to take good pics soon)

Hopefully Ill be able to get some really good pics of the Monarch butterfly migration. You can go out onto the beach and just watch tons of them flying south to Mexico. Its a wonderful sight.

>Peace --Love---and Chicken grease (as my nephews say)

Pinkie


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eileen wrote on Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:15 pm:

Many congratulations on your engagement Pinkie and Eric. I hope you'll have a wonderful life together (when you ARE eventually together.)

What a pity your garden was damaged but, thankfully, I think everything should recover - which is good.

Great news that you've managed to get a camera. I hope you'll take lots of photographs to show us - maybe one of yout ring too.(Hint, hint.)

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glendann wrote on Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:56 pm:

Congratulation Pinkie and Eric.I'm happy for you two.I hope he gets back to you sooner than you think.
I was thinking about you when I heard Claudette was
headed to you.I hope you can save all of your plants.
That sounds like great fishing.I'm glad you had a great time.
Looking forward to great pictures soon.

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daisybeans wrote on Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:25 am:

Congratulations Pinkie and Eric! That is happy news. I hope if he has to be gone that long, that the time flies faster than you can imagine.

Yeah.... the hurricane season is upon us. Hopefully it will be an easy season... even a tropical storm can do so much damage, huh?

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dooley wrote on Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:49 am:

I'm glad your plants weren't totally destroyed. Wind and rain aren't friends of plants but rain by itself is good. Congratulations on your engagement. Wishing you great happiness in your future. Sorry he will be gone so long though. We'll send good and cheerful thoughts your way and his, too. dooley

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StillPinkie wrote on Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:36 am:

Aww thanks yall

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