Another busy week at work punctuated by lousy sleeping. For the last 10 days or so, I have waken up 5 or 6 times at night. Except on Tuesday night, when I woke up with a raging headache at 1AM. I go thru this pattern every couple of months, so you would think I would get used to it, but I don't seem to be able to.
Sunday I started spring cleaning by washing most of the upstairs windows and the slider. Trying to clean the outside of the windows on the side of the house is a pain since the sections aren't removable. The new bay windows were extra easy since the sashes tilt out to facilitate cleaning the other side (I really love those windows!). The only windows I didn't get to were 2 in the bird room and the one behind the kitchen table. I'll be able to get the kitchen table window this weekend, but may have to wait for warmer weather to get the bird room windows.
WS took the opportunity Sunday to go sledding for , most likely, the last time of the season. We did get a couple of inches of snow Wednesday night / Thurdsday morning, but the weather has changed enough that there has been a lot of melting and any trails that get a decent amount of sun are pretty much bare.
As of last Friday, my tomato and onion seeds had sprouted. This Wednesday, the pepper seeds started showing (they take a while to germinate). Now they are all under grow lights in the den. I set up a two-tier grow center two weeks ago in preparation for the plants. It's certainly different than having a greenhouse that I could just place them in, with heat mats and a space heater to keep them happy!
And that is the news from the not-so-frozen Northeast.
You've just reminded me that I am LATE to start my cherry and miniature pear tomatoes! Our planting date is May 15, but I'm never ready to get them into the ground that early. So, I'd say I have about 7 weeks or so. I might just make it.
I had the outside windows washed on Thursday, and then I took the car to be washed. You know what happened Thursday night, and Friday, and today, don't you? It rained and snowed and sleeted. There's no accumulation, and the windows still look reasonably good, but talk about timing!
I might as well get to work on the inside now. Good on you for being so diligent with your spring cleaning!
Posted by: Buffy | March 26, 2005 at 09:21 AM
Ah, Bogie & Buffy, you are both disgusting. Spring cleaning? What's that?
Posted by: Cop Car | March 26, 2005 at 07:07 PM
Spring cleaning = getting rid of all the yuck from a winter cooped up with a wood stove and cigarette smoke! Fortunately its not as bad as it could be as often I would heat up the house, with the woodstove, way too much and have to open windows to let in cold air - thus let a lot of nasty gunk out.
Buffy - I probably planted way too early and will be fighting to find places for too tall plants. Never a problem with a greenhouse, but a major problem when using grow lights! Perhaps I can get WS to make a cold frame so at least I can move the leeks and onions outside while we are gone in May.
Posted by: bogie | March 27, 2005 at 05:54 AM
Forced air heating does have the advantage of filtering the air as it recirculates. We use the semi-expensive (sign wave 1100-rating), replacable filters and replace them monthly. Boy are the filters scuzzy when they come out! It shows how much we were missing when we were using the more inexpensive filters. I hate to think what we'd get with the REALLY expensive ones.
Posted by: Cop Car | March 27, 2005 at 10:06 AM