My Left Foot

My Left Foot is the inspiring story of a man who could only move his left foot. And I think to myself, "Ah, if I could only move my left foot!!!!!" About 3 weeks ago, my stupid left foot seemingly permanently cramped up. And while I love my doctor, she a) couldn't figure it out, b) didn't really listen to my explanation of the problem and c) was keen to put me on ibuprofen. I had an X-ray -- nothing there. I had gallons of blood extracted -- no gout, no Lyme's disease, no nothing. She wants me to go to a podiatrist, but I'm going to hit up the acupuncturist. A muscle cramp this bad can only be stress-related.

And speaking of stress, the man who lives with Joelle Harrell owner of Cottage Industries saw that Shanti had put a padlock on the hood of Fred the Thrash Truck. Last night, he tells Shanti, "You don't need to lock up the truck. I wouldn't do anything to it." So Shanti reminded him of the screaming threats from the porch that videotaped night, and Jerry denied doing anything wrong. I let him know we had it all recorded, and he was a bit flabbergasted. He said, "Maybe I had a bit too much to drink." Like that is a good excuse, especially for a recovering alcoholic. Anyway, that was Jerry's way of "apologizing" which doesn't matter, as he's not the problem (nor really do I forgive him, although I do feel sorry for him). But this means we won. I'm sorry, not enough fanfare: WE WON!!!!!!! Joelle Harrell owner of Cottage Industries and her idiot family are no longer any concern, because WE WON!!!! Fred has been parked on the street again lately, and he will stay there. Party moment:

Rasta Dog

This past weekend, Tom, Ryan Conrad, Ryan B., and Scott (for moral support) came over for VW Day. Conrad's Vanagon's clutch (or brake line or whatever the new theory is) went out, and there was a flurry of wrenching and jacking cars up and feet sticking out from underneath vehicles. At the same time, Shanti put up the delicious new "fence":

This is the handiwork of Joelle Harrell owner of Cottage Industries
Note the way she just stacked the fence planks against the property line.

This is my sexy-ass husband and his **ahem** 8-foot poles. LOL.

And this is the completed "fence." Thank God for white-trash people and their tarp.
Although, this Craftsman-green tarp matches our house and the ugly dog-eared fence next to it.

So, now the garden has some privacy. And so yesterday I began the weeding process. Corn salad, garlic and two small sad shallots grew through the winter, so I will organize our planting around them. I bought too many seeds to plant them all, but I can promise you we'll have tomatoes, peas, beans (green and purple), edamame, cucumber, honeydew, lettuce, artichokes, broccoli and cauliflower. The myriad of other things will remain to be seen.

I have finished designing the 5th anniversary Save The Dates. Now I just have to email them out. I'm slow on the draw these days!!!!!!