nothing

NOTHING

this morning i sat to write this blog and i looked at my
weekly planner that i usually do every weekend to plan
what ill do my blog on that week
sometimes i will change the topic on a whelm based on some
facebook posting that catches my eye or a twitter twit or a
newspaper report or sometimes just something some one says

but today
its all about nothing
as this weekend i was totally wiped out by the gis
i mean down for the count
like when i was totally stoned by the drugs vicodin and valium
when i first ruptured my disk
of course i didnt really remember those days but
i sure remember this weekend whenever i was awake
cause when i was awake i had to be really awake or i would
be in trouble as i made my dashes to the bathroom

because of this 3 day wipe out from the gis i didnt do the planner
so i havent really caught up with everything yet
so here i am looking at a blank planner
nothing
so its about nothing today
like seinfelds show its all about nothing

this time has made me think about a lot this week

race
we still have a long way to go in america
we havent came a long way baby

politics
we need immigration reform
womens health care and child heath care improvements
(the south has a hiv problem thats maybe worst than the rest of
the world     now thats sad real sad and its tied to womens
health care)
we have an educational debt problem in the us and a college
system thats gotten out of control
we are ruining a generation of kids with this debt
and they cant get jobs with their degrees
weve lost ourselves in two wars that may be one of the big reasons
besides wall street corruption that we are in such debt
dont blame bush or obama
we should blame ourselves
we vote the decision makers in office

alzheimers
we are on the cusp of treatments and cures
im on the cusp of these treatments and cures
im early enough if i do have alzheimers diesease that these treatments
may work on me but if it takes longer there is really not much i can
do to slow things down significantly
it just doesnt make sense that they are doing all these studies on people
who are more advanced since it appears that nothing will really work
when the stages get more advanced
think cancer in the later stages
treatment needs to be started in the middle age years
please start more studies in that age group
i know that thats starting to happen since new tests can identify
people at risk and people probably who have asymptomatic
disease
please speed things up ok

football
we need football all year round
maybe the pros could play from february until august
and the colleges from august to february

the country n
weve lived here now for 12 years
and have loved every day weve lived here
it fits our life style and i think it says who we are
green laid back couple who doesnt really care about a lot of
the other things people think are important
we are quite satisfied with our organic garden organic xeriscape
rainwater harvesting solar power native landscape with all its
native birds insects yes even grasshoppers
since they are part of the cycle of life
we love it all

but

this recent 3 day episode of the gis coupled with the 2 months of
the sciatica pain has made at least me realize that the day will come
when we wont be able to live here even though we love it here
there is a  lot of maintenance on the property

the rainwater system has to be maintained on a regular basis to
keep it working properly
filters changed ultraviolet lights changed the system flushed and
sterilized on a regular basis
gutters kept cleaned out
lines drained
sock filters changed frequently as the water goes into the storage tanks
water moved around to keep the water levels even
of course none of this is written down anywhere at least not yet
but i plan to cause no one will ever find all the valves and  tricks to
maintaining this system

but
its really all worth living her for now














then i realize that my wife she
shes a special person
especially these last 2 months
i guess im going to owe her one huh
thanks

nothing all about nothing

the organicgreen doctor

the rain was good but...

THE RAIN WAS GOOD BUT...
who would have thought  in the heat of july in central texas
heck on saturday it was 103 degrees here and it was
miserable
then in the last 36 hours its all changed
we have had our house opened up like we do in the spring
and the fall every year
then we got this nice slow rain for hours that where we lived
came to 3.25 inches with more possibly on the way
my rainwater tanks are almost full
had i cleaned one of my gutters correctly
i would have filled all my tanks up
this never ever happens in july

heck one year i was buying water like everyone else was
when i ran out of water
ok that one was my fault too as i left a valve on and lost
2 big water tanks full
equal to how much i ended up buying from the water tank
delivery company

i know have enough water to last me until through next summer

im happy about all of this rain and nice temperatures
so dont get me wrong
but its also sad too

sad too
why
see the fig tree above its about 10 ft tall and a few weeks ago
it was loaded with leaves and figs
within days the grasshoppers devoured all the leave on this one
and now they are working on the peach trees and pecan trees
why wont they eat weeds and cedar trees
and of course they have really chomped on my garden

had this grasshopper infestation not happened i probably would
still have a garden that was booming and blooming
especially with all this rain

i do get some revenge every morning as i go into my garden and
shoo all the grasshoppers into the beaks of my awaiting chickens
who surround my garden space
i love to watch the chickens attack and devour those hoppers
justice is served as the hoppers devoured my garden plants and
my fig tree

sad too since all this rain we got is apparently not going to make a
difference in the lake levels that are the major water source for
the cities around here

so this am im recovered enough from the gis and since my sciatica
is better with the bed rest i plan to reassess my garden and make
a definite decision on what to salvage

i have my summer garden under row cover
ill see how well thats working
i plan to replace the old row cover with new pieces that will
be cut to fit each bed better

then tomorrow i plan on getting my fall tomatoes from the natural
gardener in austin and plant them this week as soon as the soil dries
out
ill cover them well with the thin row cover so the hoppers wont
get to them

yes nows the time to plant fall tomatoes and its the best time
the fall to have a garden in central texas as the season sometimes
extends well into december

try the fall garden this year if you live here
heck you can even bid on the 4 ft square garden im building for
a fundraiser for our walk to end alzheimers team
more on that in the future

another sad thing is that i know that with the next rain that comes
my tanks all 30,000 gallons will start overflowing
if you are a rainwater connoisseur you know thats something that
is hard to tolerate

yes rain is good but it can be a sad thing too sometimes

my motherinlaw was here for 2 weeks
although i hardly saw her or my wife she as they disappeared all
day every day
i always wanted to follow them around like a detective to see what
they did all day
but i didnt
and its best i probably dont know everything

one thing she does along with my wife she is they string up my onions
that i grow
by putting them in panty hose tying a knot then putting in aganother onion
then tying a knot etc until that leg of the hose is full
last year it was easy as the harvest was small but
this year the harvest was bountiful and many of the onions were huge

here are some of these onion chimes
the large ones will fit in my hand like a softball

so i would say the spring garden was successful
just wish it would last longer

the organicgreen doctor

viral treatment, the trial

VIRAL TREATMENT
this sciatica has been a real pain in the buttocks down the leg
to my big toe and foot
the meds i take help but if i max them out i feel like im stoned

this weekend i may have found a treatment
it was 100% effective

on sat am i went to the habitat for humanity house on which i will
help do the landscaping
its a repossessed house which actually was well cared for
i discussed the landscape plans with the future owner
then i helped cleans the walls and doors to get ready for
repainting next week

the standing and getting up on a stool seemed to really flair
up my sciatica
so i went home early got in the hot tub
took a hydrocodone for pain
and i didnt really get up sat evening all day sunday and this am
except for rapid trips to the bathroom
fever chills and no appetite
you know its bad when i dont want a cup of coffee

its interesting though that my sicatica  has not hurt me since sat
morning until this morning when ive been up more than the last
two days

maybe bed rest is better for sciatica than previously known
or
maybe its the virus thats causing the gi upset thats making it
better

ive enjoyed the pain free two days but sure dont like the nausea
body aches fever the lack of appetite and the frequent trips
to the john

i hope this viral treatment works as i about to enter phase 2 of
my treatment regiment
an epidural injection which i dont mind doing if it helps
i realize the chances are about 50+% chance it will work

well see

THE TRIAL

ive thought about the zimmerman trial a lot
and not sure how i would have voted if i was on the jury

the jury is isolated from the social media and new media so
they arent influenced by any of that

the question was was zimmerman defending himself

we only wish that zimmerman wouldnt have got out of that car
and that trayvon would have hauled it home then this fight that
resulted in his death would not have happened

so the question is was zimmerman defending himself

the jurors thought he was

that is the end of the criminal legal side of this story
there is a social side of this story though that appears not covered
by the legal system very well
i dont think it will ever go away
maybe it shouldnt

im just glad i wasnt on the jury

the organicgreen doctor