The electrician finally called yesterday. I had already gotten a second estimate (without him doing all the finishing stuff), and it was MUCH cheaper. I called to arrange an appointment right away, but didn’t hear back from him for four days. Yesterday he called to say he’d be here on the 7th. I will finally be able to start putting the walls back up! Yay! I’ll be so glad to eat regular (sort of) food again.
Last night for dinner I had cereal, which isn’t all that irregular. But it got me thinking about cereals and I went searching for my all-time favorite cereal ever: Quisp. They actually have a website! They actually sell the cereal there. I didn’t even know they were still making it. And yes, if you were wondering, Sweet Crunch cereal in the bag is the same cereal. Many sources confirm it. They are both made by Quaker. But both of them are in VERY limited distribution. I’m considering ordering some good ol’ Quisp over the internet…
Last night I got an email from Brecks. It’s a flower bulb company I’ve ordered from more than once. They were selling perennial tulips. Perennial! I had tried growing some darwin hybrid tulips before because they were supposed to come back. I think I planted about 300 bulbs. The second spring I got only about four flowers. So I’m gonna roll the dice again.
These are supposed to be big tulips. There are five varieties. The special offer is ten bulbs of each variety, plus one bulb of a gigantic, three foot tulip. (I’m very curious about that one). I don’t really know where I’ll plant them, but I have to try these. One of the nurseries I order from quotes it’s owner in all their emails. He says, “I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself…at least three times.” Well, I’m going to try at least that many times to get perennial tulips growing in my garden. Here’s try number two!
From their website:
The tulips in the Deluxe Perennial Tulip Collection are unique in two ways:
>>> First of all, these are Perennial Tulips. Unlike most tulips, which grow and bloom with vigour for only a few years, Holland’s Deluxe Perennial Tulips have many of the characteristics of fine daffodils. They will bloom in your garden with increased vigour and beauty year after year.
>>> But that’s not all! There are a limited number of Deluxe Perennial Tulip bulbs which are unusually large – 14 cm. or larger. These big, plump, healthy bulbs produce vastly superior blooms. Fewer than one in a thousand Perennial Tulips grow to this huge size…and it’s these rare giants which we have set aside for our Deluxe Perennial Tulip Collection.
Dang it! I overslept. I’ve been trying to get up a little earlier each day, and had planned to wake up at 4:30 today, but I went back to sleep after my alarm went off. I wanted to get to school early and write chapel. It happens tomorrow, but I wanted to get it done early. If I rush, I’ll still have a good hour and a half before school.
I can’t believe I forgot to post this earlier. Here’s a big shout out to my sister Beth on her birthday! (Does anyone say “shout out” anymore?). I’m at school, so I don’t have any pictures on my hard drive. I still have some pictures in my email inbox from our family Christmas portraits though. Tara looks a little different now because she’s 112% older than she was then, but Beth and Harold look pretty much the same. Beth is only 3% older now than she was then. That makes it sound nice, doesn’t it Beth?
Nothing really happened last night after I posted yesterday. My TV show on Sunday during the summer is “The 4400″. It’s sort of X-Men like, with powers and stuff. The last episode of the season was last night.
Since I don’t have anything new to report, here’s a picture of Ned with his chicken feet on his back legs.
