wee hours of the morning

and i'm awake... i was in bed... for a few hours now... watching some tevoed shows and getting myself sleepy so that i could get some rest... but what happens... hubby calls me to leave a message not to worry if he's not home on time in the morning cause one of his drivers got his truck stuck in sand... hmmm sand... florida... what an idiot... lol not my hubby but the other driver... tried to bang a u turn in the sand on the side of the road with a huge tractor... yup what an idiot.. and what does this intelligent driver say to my hubby??? "it's okay, i know what i'm doing." lol he sure does... he's staying stuck until they get a tow truck out to him... in the mean time my dh is going to run out of hours according to d.o.t. regulations and that's not a good thing, not to mention that the trailers of food are probably going to be late to their day delivery drivers which is going to make customers ticked... you know... the trickle down effect... lol
so here i am, writing in my blog instead of sleeping because i heard the machine, not the phone ringing, someone talking in my living room... on the machine... so i just had to get up to see what and who it was... and now i'm awake... argh... tomorrow is going to be a very lonnnnng day for me and my hubby... i guarantee it... lol

i may never work outside again... argh...

The largest orb weaver in our gardens is the black and yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia). Actually, only the female is large, the males being much smaller by comparison. Although big enough to deliver a bite, these spiders are not poisonous or aggressive. The black and yellow argiope is also called banana spider, yellow garden spider, zipper spider, golden orb weaver and writing spider. There are a number of other species in the genus Argiope, but most that occur in the U.S. are restricted to tropical climates. A related species inhabits gardens in Europe. Because they make such big webs and are brightly colored, it is impossible for a resident argiope to remain unnoticed in the garden or, as they sometimes look for sheltered areas, on the side of a house. (unnoticed my butt...)

okay so my gardens are being invaded by these huge yet really beautiful yet really icky spiders... they are everywhere... first two of them decided to build their webs and lay their eggs in one of my gardens out back beside my patio...

being the weird nature lover at first i just watched them and kept an eye on them from the safety of my screened patio... then my dh saw them and soaked them with the closest bug spray he could find. wasp spray... good choice since he could spray from a distance of 25 feet... he also shot down a huge and i mean huge egg sac...

now i have done extensive research on these rather large creatures and even though it says they are not aggressive and not poisonous to humans i still get the creeps just seeing them in areas around my house... and this morning as i was sending my dh off to his weekly golf game there was yet another... or was it one of the ones he thought he sprayed the other day... either way... there she was... hanging from the eaves in front of the garage door... the very same garage door that we use to leave and return to our home... the same garage door that i'm expected to use while going out grocery shopping this morning... ewwww ...

i don't think i will ever garden again... maybe not even leave my house again... maybe i'm not as much of a nature lover as i once thought i was... lmao

internet friends

who says you can't make friends all over the world and not leave the comfort of your house...? well actually pretty much no one anymore... thanks to the internet...
i just spent a great evening with a bunch of very creative, friendly women sharing crafting ideas and tips and links to sites to spend money that shouldn't be spent but hey it makes us happy to spend it...
thanks to the internet i've got some friends now that i would have never met in my lifetime and hopefully they will be my friends for the rest of my lifetime.
it's great to open up a conference room and just share... encourage, laugh, just sit and either listen or watch the type fly by in the chat...
my life is much more rounded with these new friends in it and i wouldn't have it any other way.
at least there is one more thing in technology that i'm happy for...

marathon calls

ever have one of those marathon calls with a really close friend? you know... the ones that you are still in the middle of the conversation that started hours ago and the battery on your cordless phone just dies on you and you have to race to the other phone to pick it up before you get disconnected? well i had one of those calls tonight.
she and i usually talk once a week. almost like clockwork and for the most part we always find something to talk about. conversation just comes so easy to the both of us with each other. as of yet never an angry word. always just good conversation. either of current events, our lives, our loves, our health or what ever... even conversations about our pets. for us it just doesn't really matter what we talk about as long as we talk to each other.
we just went about 3 weeks not talking for one reason or another. missed calls because of my paranoia with electrical storms and phones. her daring to take a vacation and not be around to talk to me. me being too sick to just lay on the couch and talk cause the room spins too much... but really her daring to take a vacation... that was a big one... lol just kidding mare...
i do love those phone calls, but i must admit, i would much rather live close enough to her to be able to play together. i mean craft, visit, have coffee, keep each other company. spend time together just being us.
her hubby works out of town during the week and mine works nights. we find ourselves in similar situations. we are with the men we love with all our hearts but without them more than we would like.
we are so much alike yet so different that we compliment each other without even saying a word. we think alike yet can advise or question at the drop of a hat and come up with things that the other just wouldn't have even thought of and then after it's said... say "oh yeah... that's right."
we lovingly call each other sis even though we used to be sis in laws and now aren't... it's not that kind of sis... i feel like if i could pick a sister she would be the one i would pick. she accepts me for who i am and what i am and what i believe in... she doesn't judge me just loves me for who i am... and in return i do all that for her.
you know the type of friend you have that when you are out and a little thing makes you think of someone in your life... you know what i mean... you see something and say oh she would like that or oh that reminds me of when she and i... that type of friend... that's her. she's in every corner of my life without actually being right there.
for me her friendship feels unconditional... no score keeping, no tallies, just there, when ever needed and more so when not needed. there to just be there...
that's who mare is to me..
so have you ever had that type of friend... if so, when was the last time you told them they WERE that type of friend? when was the last time you just chit chatted with them and felt the love? when is the last time you told them you loved them? for me it was today. now it's your turn...