So, I know I haven't posted in a long time. Uh... more than a month actually. I've frankly just not felt the need or desire to post. I'm not sure I feel any real inclination to now, but I'd rather not drop LJ entirely, so here you are.
It was a truly spring day today on the 2nd day of the season. I spent most of it either helping Kate with the Minor, sitting on the steps at front, or working in the wildflower-patch-to-be at the back. I've now got the soil raked decently well, have sowed the seeds, and covered the whole plot with green plastic netting. I feel rather iffy about using fine plastic netting that will eventually have to be thrown away as I know how easily wildlife can get caught in it. If I find a source of more biodegradable netting or netting you can easily dismantle, then I will use that in the future. For now, I'll just have to use this as long as possible and then cut it up really well when we're done with it.
The garden in general is looking quite fine. Kate pointed out all sorts of new shoots and buds to me yesterday and today we discovered that the onions had started coming up. Growing things are always rather miraculous in a completely un-religious way. We can see beans, peas, and either chives or carrots popping up. The daffodils are looking close to putting out flowers and nearly everything is getting tenuous green bits. That's the life part. The death part was me hacking the buddleia from about five or six feet back to about one. Apparently that's what it needs: tough love.
If you had caught me as a adolescent and told me I'd be doing this much gardening, I'm not sure I would have believed you. Back then, I wasn't keen on gardening, cooking... anything housewifey at all actually (other than maybe crafts). Strangely, as I've gotten older, I've started to enjoy these things more and more. Maybe because I'm feeling pride in helping to make a home for Kate and I.
Speaking of which, I truly despise the housing market crash. We are completely unsure if the house is going to sell at a price that will make good financial sense. It's really annoying waiting in limbo to know, but until the damn place is done and valued, there's not much information we can collect. Kate and I have talked and we basically see three possibilities in the future:
1. House isn't worth enough, so we stay and wait this recession out (I'm not fond of this option).
2. House isn't worth enough, so we sell and buy an equally cheap house somewhere else in the U.K. (preferably Bristol to be near friends) and wait the recession out. This option is okay except for the current uncertainty of jobs.
3. House is worth enough, so we move to Vancouver or surrounding environs as planned. Again with the jobs, but Vancouver is pretty huge and they NEED nurses. As for me, I can be flexible when it comes to work.
The house is so close to done, it's actually a little annoying. We have the following still to do:
( under cut )Actually, I suppose it looks like we're nowhere near done. Living in the house, though, it feels nearly done. It's mildly irritating, like a loose tooth.
Anyway, perhaps more later on work or something if I feel like it. Oh, and for the record, I've given up on 52 weeks and the ABC world thing. Just can't seem to get motivated lately...