JudiB's Journal

Just a quick update for all to let you know how much your support means to me.  After all of the kind comments yesterday and especially what Gayle told me about having the same situation to deal with herself.  I was fired up to get back out there again today and make a difference!  I went back outside today and I looked at the mess and went back to the garden I started on the other day.  Today is my 3rd on it and while I was chipping away at it I told myself I am not stopping today until I see a significant difference, something encouraging that I can take inside with me at the end of the day.  Well, guess what?  That significant difference is that you can now stand on one side of that garden and actually see through it now - not just a little spot but I got all the tall stuff out, I pulled out all the blackberry briars (and they were so huge!) and you can actually walk through it now!  To me, this was like - YES, YOU DID IT!  It's not finished, of course but it's way better than it was 3 days ago.  And this is one of the gardens that two very tall trees used to be in but Katrina blew them down and we had someone grind the stumps but never got around to spreading the remnants of the stumps so there are a couple of big holes and two large mounds of dirt to deal with that was under all of that mess.  There is a vine (I have no idea what kind) that over the past four years has run rampant in that area.  It is everywhere!  And there is some small tree next to this garden that this vine has wrapped itself around what looks like a million times.  Under the live growth of this vine is what looks like a mile of dead vine wrapped around this little tree so much so that that I still can't figure out what kind of tree it is yet until I unwrap that vine from it.  The good news is that I found my azaleas under the mess and they are still green and still alive!  Go figure...

I got stung by something and had a weird encounter with this strange looking bug that I think sprayed me with something, yuck, yuck, yucky!!!  I got stung on the back of my arm and couldn't see what did it.  I assume it was a yellow jacket but I didn't stop I just kept on going and eventually it stopped hurting. 

Laura, my sweetheart you are welcome anytime but I hate for you to come and spend your vacation working.  I live in southeast Louisiana about 40-50 miles north of New Orleans.  You can't come without Pam though.  She's been wanting to come and can't.  Her vacation is next month.  You'll have to get with her and ask her exactly when.  I love that you are sweet enough to want to help though!

It sure helps when you have friends like all of you that when you think there is no more hope all of a sudden there's the light again!  Thanks, you're all the best!