Oh yeah, welcome back Les! Do you have one of those grabber thingies? They sure can come in handy. Pick up stuff without leaning over, get stuff down from top shelf without climbing a ladder. Recommend you get one.

Reading your post brought me back to a difficult several years in my life. Everything took a back seat while family illness and death took over. I needed to reshuffle everything I considered important in my life, and gardening just didn't seem that important anymore. I, like you, felt that I was FAILING! What I am trying to say is that it may be your time to reshuffle your priorities. If you have gone back to work and will not have summers off, then maybe you want to give some thought as to how much time you can realistically spend on your garden. That way you can perhaps not feel so overwhelmed. Decide what brings you the greatest joy---having a well tended garden; acquiring new hostas, etc? Also, do you have a young person who can do some weeding for you for a few bucks? That way you could get your weeding done faster and be happier with your garden. I think you are just in the "readjustment" period when you need to prioritize and reshuffle your time due to your going back to work. I believe that you will find and do what is right for you. Good luck.

You're so nice! Thanks for the warm welcome. The first rule of Marcolo's kitchen renovation is, nobody talks about Marcolo's kitchen renovation.

hi everyone! i almost scrolled right by this warm welcome back! thanks lydia for seeing me and to everyone else for the kind posts. things are about the same with me and my condition. no chance of getting out of my "chariot" so i just deal with it......life could be worse. my rearend still rebels from sitting all day so only get spurts of computer time. my move back to my home was the best decision i could have made although i employ two very lazy caregivers and need to make some serious changes! i could write a book...... july has been crazy with my kids and grandkids coming and going. anywhere from 2 to 12 extra every day except for a week. loved every minute..well, almost every minute except for the ones when i'm glad i didn't have to be the patient parent.lol. thanks again for finding me and bringing back good memories of good cyber friends. i'll try to be here more often. julie