Cycle of Shame: Patches' Private Journey

Last night DH and I came home from dinner out, flicked on the kitchen light, and discovered Patches in the act of shredding some toilet paper. It'd been weeks, nay, months since her last attack. Why the relapse Patches? Why?

To better understand her desparate situation, I've outlined the five steps of toilet paper addiction.

Step 1: Rebellion.
Step 2: Wallowing.

Step 3: Codependence.

Step 4: Aggression.

Step 5: Shame.

First day

Survived my first day at my new job! My new coworkers are really nice, and it was a pretty easy day over all. I'm enjoying it, because I'm sure I'll have a ton of work by the week's end!

I'm almost done with Ice Queen, and also getting back to work on Sweater Number Two

I'll try to post some pics later this week!

2008 New England Flower Show

I thought you might be needing a dose of flowers and spring. Here are some photos from the Flower Show I went to on Saturday. Enjoy!

How'd you like to have this in your backyard?

Another view

Frilly daffodils

Foxglove

Moss

Bonsai

Tropical houseplants

Dog of Ivy

Birds of Ivy

Orchids under water, arrangement

Deleting comments

Friendly public service announcement... You may notice some weirdness in the comments section of my posts... I've been getting hit with some weird "spam" comments the past week or so, and have been deleting them.

JUMP!

OMG. When I came home tonite, from my last day at MIT, DH had a funny surprise waiting for moi. He's been taking classes on video editing at the local access TV station. He made a short video of Patches calle "JUMP!", and it was so funny. I'm hoping we can get it up on google video or YouTube.

It really made me laugh, and I was feeling sad about leaving my buddies at MIT.

Spring has sprung....

The tomatoes are riz....


Umm... I better call Mom and tell her we're canning tomatoes this summer!


I finally put new batteries in the digital camera. It's been BUSY lately. Winding things down at work, getting ready to gear up for the new job, DH's 40th b-day... Whew!

I did find time to order some seeds. I signed up for a space in the local community garden, but I'm on the waiting list. My neighbors ok'd the idea of putting some plants in our yard though, so these will have a home one way or another. I also broke down and bought a few plants by mail order. Would you like to see...?


Dwarf Banana Tree. Grows to about 3 ft tall, and produces regular sized edible bananas, like you'd find in the grocery store!



Blood Orange Tree. Tastes like a regular orange (the really good ones are more tart)but the flesh is dark purple-red.



Northern Patches. Needs full sun, often grows wild. Difficult to cultivate.