Found it: Ima's bathscapade From Spike days
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Nigella, of old (Spike Garcia days)
Comments (9)Mentha!! You probably don't remember me from the Cacti and Succulent days, but I remember you lol. I ran across your blog actually a few months ago for a totally different reason-- seems we share the same religious beliefs more or less. Anyway, it is good to see you! Julianna...See MoreRemember back to the days Spike started pay to play?
Comments (29)sometimes, it's good, to relive old memories... I found GJ in about '04 or so. I had a different user name then....desiderata.... and I had the pictures of Little and Lewis' yard. they don't even live there, any longer. they sold the property and got very busy, with a new venture, in another country. I surely do remember that photo of the DH, for the ceremony, for junk...lol I've had neighbors turn me in, for all the junk in my yard...different location then... went to court and lost. now, I'm in my own yard, own the house and don't like to be told what I should or shouldn't have in my yard. I defend it to the max! got a visitor from the county, this week, in fact. he loved my small 'nursery' area...hundreds of plants.. but said there's a lot of junk, otherwise. I said 'point to one thing at a time" he did...and I had an idea for each... he shook his head...sorta laughed and said to have a good day.... no citation, no reprimand and it this time, no problem. till my 'pristine' neighbor gets a hair up his arse, again. I should dance nekkid, with a plucked chicken, in the driveway... bet there would be a 'For Sale' sign on his property, in short order! hmmmmmmmmmm (givin' that some serious thought) ;(*_*);...See MoreHelp ima newb
Comments (8)Welcome to the club Leggomyeggo, Sorry, I don't have any Sarracenia seeds. Keep working on your Sarracenia purpurea. Use fungicide like Neem oil or sulfur based brands and avoid soap based products. Adapt the plants to open pots in full sun if you have not already. Fungus typically attacks plants grown inside in terrariums and low light levels. Dionaea muscipula(Venus Flytraps) and Sarracenias can adapt to low humidity if it is done slowly over two weeks by opening humidity domes a little (like a fraction of an inch) every three days and leaving it open. Once the cover or dome is open several inches, it will no longer hold humidity and the plant can live open pot. Adapt them to full sun by placing them in morning sun windows while they are adapting to low humidity, then in all day sun windows for a week, then outside in full sun on a patio. Expect leaf burn at first, but the plants will grow stronger leaves and resist fungus more easily... not to mention fungus hates light and low humidity. Avoid hard water, try to water with distilled, reverse osmosis, or rain water only. Avoid fertilizers in the soil and their is no need to fertilize the leaves with foliar feeds. Use sphagnum peat moss in large bales and silica sand or perlite in 50/50 mix to pot them, repot every year in early spring and use larger pots as needed. I will give you a couple of good nurseries, it is up to you to decide which one to use. Mainly, avoid the ones that try to sell expensive under powered lights and terrarium kits, carnivorous plants do not need all those bells and whistles to grow well. Cobraplant.com and californiacarnivores.com both look like good places to me. Cobraplant.com is where I buy from and the plants always arrive in great shape in very short time, sometimes with extra plants or seeds as gifts. I hear good things about californiacarnivores.com too and their site looks promising. Go with whichever has what you are looking for at the price you want it for and the quality you need. So long as the Sarracenia has some white, healthy rhizome left it might pull through... they are often tougher than given credit for. Just take care of the fungus and the plant will take care of the rest....See Moreima??
Comments (5)It has been a progression since she began living with us full time. She has no reason to give DH for why she does it, he's asked her but then after he talks to her about it, she then has more attitude.. like I told on her to get her in trouble so she's mad at me. I don't have an answer either & it's frustrating. She tells her mom & her grandma's that she isn't allowed to come out. At this point (with her) I think she wants to play victim no matter what I do. She gets lots of attention when everyone thinks I am the mean wicked stepmom.. yet none of them suggests she move to live elsewhere (like with mom or even grandma). Apparently, nobody feels the need to RESCUE her from "evil Ima", they all just want to complain and SD gets the sympathy and attention. It hasn't always been this bad but when she came to live with us, she was 8. She would go straight to her room & cry until she fell asleep. She was devastated that her mom moved away to be with a new boyfriend & didn't take her. I tried to talk to her, comfort her and give her her space to be alone. At first, we were happy to have custody of her & tried to make it "happy" but everything we did, she'd start crying & talk about how it reminded her of her mom... her mom used to do this, or that. etc. I had her in counseling but she would lie to the counselor & we got nowhere. During the week, she would spend a lot of time in her room when she wasn't going with me to run errands, counseling, etc. I used to take her to activities (swimming, dance, scouts, karate, school sports, etc) and she would talk with me but when we were home, she just go to her room. then we'd get calls from her mom that she didn't want me involved in her activities because I'm not her mom & she doesn't want me doing "mom" things. At first, we ignored it because BM lived so far away, it didn't seem she should have a say. Well, SD began having an attitude with me, I assume it was because her mom was mad that we weren't doing what she wanted. I had assumed SD wanted to participate (no, she TOLD me she wanted to participate) so I felt I was "standing up" for her and that her mom was wrong for not wanting her to be involved in anything) but it backfired because while I believe SD wanted to participate, she wanted her mom to approve and even get involved... which was never going to happen. So, she must have decided that she would participate but then tell her mom that she doesn't really want to so her mom would call us up and act like we are forcing her poor daughter to participate, like I'm some sort of stage mom. At the same time, SD was letting her grades slip to D's & F's so it just seemed it was not worth it for me to leave work, pay the participation fees, drive her around to activities, etc. if she was going to fail in school & tell her mom she didn't want to do the things I was "making" her do. (yet, she would not say that to us... she still maintains she WANTS to do activities). So, over the last five years, the potential for a relationship has withered and died. She has spent the majority of her time, manipulating everyone around her and everyone (except me) seems to be okay with it. I have to believe that if they all truly loved her and thought she was in harms way with me (because she tells them that I mistreat her), that any ONE of them would do something for her... like get her as far away from me as possible. It has definitely taken it's toll on me and my marriage. My DH says he loves me and appreciates me but he won't "parent" her and I have refused to. I'm at the point that if he left me, I will miss him but I think I will enjoy the peace. I'm just not willing to be the one to end it at this time. If you are not yet married and think that he should break it off with you... maybe you should break it off with him? It's hard to say if his son will ever be comfortable with anyone... I don't take it personally that SD hates me. She does not want daddy with anyone. When he's single, she can get him to give her whatever she wants. Actually, she is pretty much doing that now that I am not voicing my opinion or getting involved in "parenting". Unless your BF agrees there is a problem and wants to address it, it will be a no win situation. Even if your BF wants to address it, he cannot MAKE a child like his partner or accept his father having a partner. (or his mother). And I do agree with the counselor to a point. Let him stay in his room... but you might want to ask the counselor what to do if he chooses to spend most of his time for several years, in his room refusing to be part of the family? That is where I am now. It's been over 5 years and SD has spent more time in her room avoiding the "family" and treats our house like she is just visiting and when she goes to visit her mom on the weekend, she is "going home". I have lots of concerns for the future... problems SD will have that might affect me, but one of the big ones is that she will have NO IDEA how to interact with family. Also, you STBSS may be feeling jealous that his dad has a closer relationship with your daughters. That doesn't mean he wants that with you but he may resent sharing his dad. The part that stands out to me is that you say he complains to his mom instead of telling dad how he feels. My SD has also told her mom things like she has nightmares and is afraid to knock on our door to get her daddy... or she is afraid to tell her dad how she feels so she tells her mom, etc. I don't know why she would say she's afraid of DH when she seems to have him wrapped around her finger... my guess is that she is afraid to be called out that most of what she cries to her mom/grandma's about is total BS... so of course she's afraid to tell daddy... he knows it's BS because he lives here & knows what goes on....See MoreYayagal
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