The 5 a.m. mouse'!,,,,,,
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Bob woke me up at 5 A.M. to vote !!
Comments (5)I went at 1pm during my lunch hour and there was no line at all. Went right in, voted, plenty of time for lunch. Then I stayed up late last night watching results. I was hoping Al Franken would win too but it was too close and now they're doing a recount so I won't know who won until December. I'm very happy for Obama. I realized while watching his speech last night that I never really believed he could win until he did it. I guess I've gotten too used to backing the loser. Oh, and the weather here was perfect, we even hit a record high. So no one had any excuse for not voting....See MoreNew PIX A-M
Comments (1)Wow! Talk about burning the midnight oil! Jon, we all owe you thanks for the info you provide!!!...See More5-year old Blue Mouse Ears....can I split it now?
Comments (20)Point taken, Idiothe. Did more research after your last comments...info in your learned head for how many years now?? I found out that... Class 4 (Small) 6-25" Blue Mouse Ears is a small as you pointed out, as is my Holy Mouse Ears.....although yours and Bapka's (BME) easily surpass quoted dimensions of only 11" ...Grenfell & Shadrack Pocket Guide ...which is why I was so surprised by the size of both yours. Class 5 (Miniature) 2-6" Cameo, Cherish, Cracker Crumbs, Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Limey Lisa, Kifukurin Otome Ki are my true minis. (According to the AHS Cracker Crumbs is not listed under either Small or Mini, but I bought it as a mini from the 800+ owner so to me it shall remain a mini.) Idiothe, you are one of the experts here so I rely more on your information and others within the realm of your experience, than a book alone for getting up to speed on my hosta. Clearly one has to keep in mind that dimensions quoted seem, more often than not, a guideline and not a rigid set of numbers....as MOST hosta exceed their quoted size given optimum growing conditions...is that a fair statement to make? My mistake was referring to BME as a Mini, as clearly it is not. Had I not posted this thread, who knows how long I would have been in the dark about this particular one....and I hate offering incorrect information to others who happen to ask me about my "cuties". SOOOOOOO.....After weighing the information provided, it may interest everyone responding/adding to this thread that I have decided: 1. NOT to split my Blue Mouse Ears.....clearly it is still 'small', I counted 9 flower scrapes few hours ago....my three year old granddaughter almost nipped one of the buds because it was "gramma, look I want this pretty baby one". 2. POT up the BME maybe after the flowers are all done.....I just HAVE to try it to see if it grows better for me...or do it today even! Who knows? It just might take off for me and grow to a more decent size to consider splitting. THEN I will refer to my "idiothe manual" supplied in this thread and make my divisions. :) 3. HONE up on my education regarding smalls and minis. THANK YOU, one and all for taking the time away from your own gardens to assist me with this. Jo P.S. If you don't mind, I would like my BME to take a last curtain call when the flowers open/partially open....it is sooooo cute and I just have to show it to you. In a few sunny days, it'll be ready....See MoreDog wakes to go out at 4:30 a.m.
Comments (9)We had a similar thing happen when we adopted a dog. The foster used to get up at 5 every morning and walk/feed her dogs. Well we don't get up THAT early! So you have to do it slowly. It won't happen overnight! First thing we would do is not just let our new boy out but walk him around at the desired night pee time and make sure everything happens. He wasn't going poo at night so we would wake up and find poo on the rug. His body was used to doing this early in the morning and when you have to go you have to go! So, I would walk him at 10 pm every night and make sure he did everything. In your case, you would do this at 11. Then for the first week or so we woke up when he wanted, then after that we figured he was fine and was just hungry and complaining, so we would ignore him for like 20 min. he would roam around and come up to the bed and complain and we would "pretend" to be sleeping. We could tell he didn't have to go outside, but was just hungry. If he really had to go outside then we would get up. Eventually he got bored of bothering us and would go back to his bed. So we kept sleeping in a little longer each week and eventually he got used to the schedule. Now he could sleep till 9 if we didn't wake him up to go out and eat! Just think of jet lag or when you go on vacation and come home. Your body takes a little while to adjust (when you need to go and when you are hungry and tired) so they are the same way! It takes a little time to get your body to realize "hey, I need to go at this time now!" I am sure other people have suggestions also. This is just how we did it. -renee...See Morekathyg_in_mi
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