The good news is it stopped raining and I finally went outside to get my gardening done.
The bad news is after getting a solid month of rain it looked more like a jungle.
The good news is all the rain has made everything grow like crazy.
The bad news is so did all the weeds.
The good news is it has been a year since I had to prune, weed, and deadhead.
The bad news is it feels like yesterday.
The good news is now that I pruned my roses I can get a ladder close to the windows so I can wash them.
The bad news is now I can wash the windows.
The good news is I am still limber enough to climb into the top of the garbage can and stomp down the rose branches with my rubber boots.
The bad news is they’re not hip waders so I still get gouged by diabolical thorns from the knees up.
The good news is this year I wore leather gloves while I pruned the roses.
The bad news is the leather is only on the palm of my hands.
The good news is I am done with shredding the moguls in the mountain for the year and for that my body is grateful.
The bad news is my body is now being shredded by rose bushes.
The good news is I have made the decision to finally rip out the honeysuckle which the Colorado high winds have demolished.
The bad news is I am replacing them with more climbing roses.
The good news is with every branch I cut, I bit down hard making a grimace Jennifer Anniston calls “facial yoga” which can ultimately prevent wrinkles.
The bad news is with the profuse amount of branches pruned, I pulled a muscle in my jaw.
The good news is all the annuals I had to buy were cheaper this year.
The bad news is I splurged with the savings and I bought twice as many, doubling the amount of work I have to do.
The good news is I took a day off from blogging.
The bad news is I caught the neighbors gawking as they drove by, since I thought I was writing this in my head, but was really muttering to myself the whole time; apparently not taking a day off at all.
The good news is my kids are home to help this summer.
The bad news is, well, I can’t think of any bad news with that one!
The good news is Courtney doesn't have to mow again for a week!
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The bad news is I looked at all those flowers and I wanted to plant too.
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The bad news is the black flies and mosquitoes are on a rampage. (Don't you have them animals where you are?)
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Thanks Trilogy! You are so right!!
:-) / R
Thanks Indelible! It just came to me as I started clipping. Then I giggled and I clipped some more!!!
easy on the eyes, makes great coffee and sandwiches.
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Hey! So THAT'S why you took on the good and the bad!
The good news is everything that can grow has
The bad news is that this does not apply to my hair.
R
This post has inspired some of the best comments!!
in the Northeast.
"The good news is
my kids are home to help this summer...."
Good kids, good mom...
naughty weeds...
I love apolitical.
Great to no blog.
No whine outside.
Gardens heal hicks.
Nature cheers us up.
The bad news is marriages can fail, based on humanities acute smelling nose senses.
It's always Sorta good news since my 'baby left me (mutual agreement - we no argue)
We get along great great if we remain 60- yards apart. She lives in the Guest House.
We agree to no speak.
Both parents worked.
Manhattan Law Firm.
Be careful with lawyer.
No debate in "paradise"
It's too long a sad story.
Bad news is I have a head cold, spring fever, allergy, dirty socks, and I am out of bathroom tissue.
Frugality means more beers.
Sip Belgium 'Leffe Good Ale.
In Colorado is the Meadery.
Red Stone Mountain Mead.
It's mild Honey Mead Brew.
It's simply honey and water.
Use dry French brewer yeast.
Gads.
Ay Susie Lindau, Thanks.
Nature is wild and fierce.
She can seem so vengeful.
Kale is great green tissue.
Harvest kale to blow nose.
Bad news on daily basis is:
Old codger gets left to wash:
clothes, dishes, spoons, beets,
harvested lettuce, green kale,
dirty socks (procrastinates),
and ...
over caste sky give headache.
kale is a great green tissue.
so blow nose in 'D' - minor.
what a cranky wild era/day.
smile... no smirk ... Oh, my.
I love apolitical.
Great to no blog.
No whine outside.
Gardens heal hicks.
Nature cheers us up.
The bad news is marriages can fail, based on humanities acute smelling nose senses.
It's always Sorta good news since my 'baby left me (mutual agreement - we no argue)
We get along great great if we remain 60- yards apart. She lives in the Guest House.
We agree to no speak.
Both parents worked.
Manhattan Law Firm.
Be careful with lawyer.
No debate in "paradise"
It's too long a sad story.
Bad news is I have a head cold, spring fever, allergy, dirty socks, and I am out of bathroom tissue.
Frugality means more beers.
Sip Belgium 'Leffe Good Ale.
In Colorado is the Meadery.
Red Stone Mountain Mead.
It's mild Honey Mead Brew.
It's simply honey and water.
Use dry French brewer yeast.
Gads.
Ay Susie Lindau, Thanks.
Nature is wild and fierce.
She can seem so vengeful.
Kale is great green tissue.
Harvest kale to blow nose.
Bad news on daily basis is:
Old codger gets left to wash:
clothes, dishes, spoons, beets,
harvested lettuce, green kale,
dirty socks (procrastinates),
and ...
over caste sky give headache.
kale is a great green tissue.
so blow nose in 'D' - minor.
what a cranky wild era/day.
smile... no smirk ... Oh, my.
&
&
No comment want to go nowhere.
I love apolitical.
Great to no blog.
No whine outside.
Gardens heal hicks.
Nature cheers us up.
The bad news is marriages can fail, based on humanities acute smelling nose senses.
It's always Sorta good news since my 'baby left me (mutual agreement - we no argue)
We get along great great if we remain 60- yards apart. She lives in the Guest House.
We agree to no speak.
Both parents worked.
Manhattan Law Firm.
Be careful with lawyer.
No debate in "paradise"
It's too long a sad story.
Bad news is I have a head cold, spring fever, allergy, dirty socks, and I am out of bathroom tissue.
Frugality means more beers.
Sip Belgium 'Leffe Good Ale.
In Colorado is the Meadery.
Red Stone Mountain Mead.
It's mild Honey Mead Brew.
It's simply honey and water.
Use dry French brewer yeast.
Gads.
Ay Susie Lindau, Thanks.
Nature is wild and fierce.
She can seem so vengeful.
Kale is great green tissue.
Harvest kale to blow nose.
Bad news on daily basis is:
Old codger gets left to wash:
clothes, dishes, spoons, beets,
harvested lettuce, green kale,
dirty socks (procrastinates),
and ...
over caste sky give headache.
kale is a great green tissue.
so blow nose in 'D' - minor.
what a cranky wild era/day.
smile... no smirk ... Oh, my.
&
&
No comment want to go nowhere.
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Try`gin? Kerry? You counsel?
Try 3 X's?
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RATED!
good news is your kids can do some chores over summer.. ha