Monday, October 21, 2024

I checked the temperature of the greenhouse...

I checked the temperature of the greenhouse on my phone and it said 101°F. It's 60°F outside right now.

Shaun said there's no way it's that warm in there today.

He took a thermometer out there and guess what. It was.

We opened the end windows. I guess we need to put the auto-opening ones on pretty soon. Just in case. 😂

Sunday, October 20, 2024

We made it to Lowe's, but came home empty-handed.

We made it to Lowe's, but came home empty-handed. They only had decorative gravel.

It's whatever. It's raining and I feel like garbage, anyway. I've been fighting off a migraine since I woke up. It's all I can do to stay awake.

Thank goodness the cold snap won't last long. And the plants are safe and dry, even if the greenhouse isn't perfect yet.

We're trying to go to Lowe's...

We're trying to go to Lowe's so we can finish the greenhouse floor, but look at this sweet boy. He's sleeping against Shaun and we don't want to disturb him.

He's so precious. I just want to eat him up.

I love how much he loves his Papa. ❤️


Look at this gorgeous photo of my Gramson, Leon.

Look at this gorgeous photo of my Gramson, Leon. Shadow took it.

He looks like a model.


Saturday, October 19, 2024

Shaun and I worked super hard today.

Shaun and I worked super hard today. The greenhouse is strapped down and tied down and the bottom is attached to the ground. Everything is tightened. We didn't get to the floor, but hopefully tomorrow. I have shelves coming on Monday so I would really like for it to be ready to move into by then.

The only thing that's not complete besides the floor is the two windows (the OTHER two windows), but we don't need them right now so that can wait. We have two windows that will auto-open if it gets too hot. We'll have to cut the space for them out of the sides and it might not be hard to do, but we're TIRED. Other than that, we'll probably run water to it, but that's also not urgent.

Here is a picture of it completed. Also, some of my plants are blushing beautifully, so I got a few photos. They are not edited at all besides cropping. Oh, and I found a little lizard sleeping in one of my empty pots. He was definitely sleeping and not dead because he'd moved later. ❤️ I also got a few more blooms from two of my cacti. I just love them all so much! ❤️❤️❤️ I hope they like their new home!




I love his hair! 😂😁

I really don't know what's growing under this cactus. I'm gonna wait and see what it is. It doesn't look like the same thing as the cactus, but I could be wrong.

The colors!

Sleeping friend. ❤️

Blooms! ❤️

I don't think last night was what any of us were expecting. 😂

I don't think last night was what any of us were expecting. 😂

When we were eating dinner, the wind kicked up pretty hard (not unusual for here), but it also started raining hard.

I ran outside and started moving my plants into the greenhouse because I really hate for them to be watered from the top. If water remains on them, it can cause rot and the leaves can also get burn spots if the water is still there when the sun comes back out.

The roof and walls of the greenhouse are up, but the floor isn't done, my shelves aren't in, and in general, moving plants quickly in the dark and the rain is not ideal. Not to mention that I really, really wanted to clean the dust, bird poop, and any possible pests off of them before putting them in there, but at this point I'm just glad I had somewhere dry to put them.

Shaun came out to help me and about the same time we were done moving them, the rain had passed. Of course. 😒 What I didn't know was that there was more on the way. By the time I went to bed, it was raining again. It rained for a long time. I fell asleep listening to it.

I woke up this morning to two funny messages from Shadow. One:  We have a little roof leak in the stairwell. He put a cup underneath to catch it. (This one's only funny because it won't rot my house like it would've in Alabama. It'll dry fast here. We'll get it checked out/repaired and it'll be fine.)

The second message, well, see the image. 😂

This is funny because we ordered a microwave from Best Buy several weeks ago, but it never came, so Shaun called customer service and they sent out another one. We got the second one according to the tracking numbers. But just the other day, the one we ordered first showed up after being lost in the mail for weeks. We assumed it had been stolen. But anyway, it's been sitting in the living room, new in the box, because we didn't know what to do with it. I guess that sorted itself out. 😂

I haven't been awake for long. It's cool and cloudy, so very tempting to stay in bed with my weighted blanket and the cats. But I guess I need to get up, see if we can finish the greenhouse, and check on my plants.

Happy Saturday, y'all. ❤️