Finally Snow

Tonight we're getting snow. Not too much, but the meteorologists are predicting maybe an inch, with some ice before it switches over to rain in the morning.

My apartment building gets its snow removed, but I went ahead and threw out some salt I had sitting around. So my sidewalk is clear...no liability here, move along.

I also did some cleaning of my plants and pots. I noticed yesterday that someone had stolen two of the smaller pots, one that I'd put out as an experiment, the other had a small pomegranate tree in it. I have no idea why people steal my pots, but to protect the strawberry plant and my pot of oregano I put them in the alley behind the house.

In addition, I put new dirt on the sedum matrona from a fresh bag and the pot that formerly held my zinnia. The zinnia was wonderful last year, and I'm definitely going to buy some more seeds this year.

I also cut the stem of the main stalk for the okra plant. I haven't decided whether I'll grow it again this year, while it was really cool to have okra, I think I'm going to try for more flowers. One possibility is rudbeckia.

A new printer and my New Years Resolutions

So I got back from Georgia, and now I'm trying to address bills and paperwork from last year, and start getting ready for Tax Season.

But for me to work with paper means I need a working printer, and my cheap printer from a couple of years ago finally died. So now I have an HP D5160 I picked up for about $80 at Staples on my way in to work today.

Now as to my resolution. I bought a pedometer, and I'm going to try to use it to make sure I'm getting a good level of physical activity. For example, getting to 10000 steps a day seems pretty doable, and works out to about 5+ miles a day. And finally, I'm trying to cut down on french fries.