Gardens and Flowers

Things are going good at the house. I haven't seen as many spiders, so that's nice. The air conditioner works, so that's good - it dosen't work too well for my bedroom however, I just dragged my double mattress down stairs to get out of the heat, I'd say it's about 20 degrees hotter up their & I value my sleep A LOT. I should probably get a window air conditioner up their, or I could just move a bed down to the computer room for the summer. I'm wondering what my electric bill will be with the air on - i'm guessing it will be similar to the gas bill during the winter.

I planted a garden - twice actually, but the second time did the truck and beans and peas are growing now -- nothing from the spinach or lettuce so far but it's only been 9 days, they may take longer. I also bought pepper plants and tomatoes, and they are doing well. I'm pretty exited about fresh veggies this summer.
I also got a hanging flower pot for my front porch & also found a rocking chair in the garbage on the porch - it looks very homey now :) I like it.
Another thing I really like about my house is all the great running routs I have. I have a nice 6.5 mile loop, a 7.5 mile loop, a 8 mile loop, a 9 mile loop a 10.3 mile loop, a 6 mile loop a 4 and a 5. pretty much anything I would want to do - most of them have hills or creek crossings to make things interesting.
I guess nothing else is really new with the house, I like the yard work, I want to get river rock for around the house and plant some bushes. I have killed the trees that were starting to grow again around my house, I think a few lived though and I will need to put the acid on those again. My basement is still leaking, I used the de humidifier down their to help dry everything up, but I didn't realize that once the tank filled up it kept going and over flowed -- so then re flooded my basement, that was nice. I still need to put my pannels up on the side of the house with the problems -- also still need gutters.... Always somethign to do! but it will be fun learning - I get great satisfaction from doing house hold chores and tasks although sometimes it is slightly over whelming - I did get my first hose, hose sprayer and hose holder that I attached to my house - I think they look nicer than the plastic roller things and it also only cost $5 which of course was a big selling point.