Friday, March 20, 2009

Not a Green Thumb in Sight

I left the garden looking like this with all the tools scattered and the work incomplete. We began working on the deck and garden at 8:00 this morning and quit at 5:30. There was still enough light but.... 
This is what made me finally stop. A blister turned into a wound. OWIE.
 This is a better looking view. Ignore the weeds. They are a figment of your imagination. There are no weeds here.
 
I bet my back is going to be killing me in the morning. Maybe I need some of that muscle lineament stuff. I am so tired that I have lost the will to change the channel. Stuck watching a stupid infomercial.
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13 comments:

  1. Yeah, time to quit when you start hurting yourself. I only worked outside for a couple hours today but it was sooooooooo nice!

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  2. What weeds? I don't see any weeds. :) Sorry about your thumb, that looks painful. Get some rest Deb.

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  3. Sister, I can relate! I took muscle relaxers and acetaminophen before bed last night; by this morning, I could barely crawl out of bed. But, of course, when I did crawl, I crawled right back into the yard! Gotta love this time of year!

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  4. I'll write it on a piece of paper and hang on my computer: "Weeds are a figment of my imagination!"
    Genious!

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  5. I like to sleep on a heating pad set to low after I've done a lot of work that i think my back is going to be mad at me about! Hope yours is OK and looking forward to seeing deck photos! And, really, we can't see weeds.

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  6. Owy owy ow! I haven't worked outside at all yet, Debbi (hard to do so in the snow) so I expect to hurt in places I didn't know I had when I finally get started.

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  7. I just wish I knew when to quit. Hurts and I head out there anyway. My doctor told me to keep moving. Well, no one has to tell me twice. But a word of caution: don't keep going until your body is falling apart. I learned the hard way that they do not hand out new body parts.
    Brenda

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  8. Ahhhhhh, just finished working in my sisters garden today & my back needs a rest. I'm sure I'm getting oto old for all this malarky!!

    Hope the thumb gets better soon, use some surgical spirit & dab it on with some cotton wool. It will harden the skin up on your digits :0)

    Only put it on AFTER it heals though or it will hurt... alot!

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  9. Ouchie! Yeah time to take a break! I see no weeds anywhere they are invisible!(-:

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  10. I'm not sure what "finish" means in the context of gardening. But your plot is sure looking good.

    (Uh--by the way--there are these things called "gloves" that can be very useful to gardeners. Ask around.) (And now I'm going to high-tail it down the highway before you can be after me. Good thing you're too sore to move!)
    --Kate

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  11. Kim and Victoria, It was gorgeous. I even got a little sun burn.

    Racquel, I slept like a log.

    Nola, Thankfully, I had to work today, so it kept me out of the garden for the most part. But I will be right back at it tomorrow.

    Tatyana, use it as a mantra.

    Monica, that is a great idea.

    Jodi, I guess it is a spring tradition for gardeners to get extremely sore on the first pretty day.

    Brenda, I read your comment at work first thing this morning and distracted some patrons laughing.

    GFS, That sounds like it would hurt. Until it is well, I will just keep a bandaid and neosporin on it. Now I need to go find out what surgical spirits are:)

    Cindee, I know they just are not there.

    Kate, I have a disorder that causes me to take my gloves off without realizing it. Seems like I just have to touch dirt.

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  12. Ouch! Weren't you wearing gardening gloves?

    But glad you're all enjoying getting outdoors after your looooong Winter.

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  13. Foxy, Well no, that would be smart. Gloves are for whimps and gardeners with foresight.

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