A very sad and dejected marabelle.

The boxes are done. The log books are labeled, stamps stamped in my carving book, bags are sealed, first finder "awards" placed, boxes locked and.....I have no where to put them.

No where.


I thought I knew, I had a great idea. Given that they are Halloween themed, I was going to place them around local apple orchards. It was brilliant! It was thoughtful! It was....a no go. Katee was going to help me plant them Friday because we were both off but they weren't quite done yet and it was a day of torrential downpours. As mentioned before, I don't DO rain. Ever. So we decided that we would place them after we got out of work yesterday. I was really excited about this because it was a gorgeous day, perfect to run around some orchards placing boxes. I get home an hour before Katee does so I ate some lunch, took a 30 minute nap (because I fell a few days ago and am more and more convinced that when I hit my head, I have myself a slight concussion...it really is a great story though) and then got up a little after 4. To no Katee. I called, she was at Michaels and said she would be back soon. At 6:10 I was freaking out because she still wasn't back. I was convinced that it would be dark by the time we finally got out to planting and I was correct.

Here is a problem you may come across if YOU ever have the brilliant plan of trying to plant boxes in the dark near an orchard: people think you are going to steal apples. And by think, I mean they will stand in their doorways with all the lights on staring you down so you couldn't even dream of getting out of your car, let alone turning on a flashlight to find a suitable planting area.

So here I am, with 3 shiny new boxes just begging to be stamped and logged in to and nowhere to put them. I so wanted them up for the weekend so people could find them before the new week started but it just isn't meant to be. And I'm so sad about it. I have a few areas I am thinking of placing them but it's not as good as the apple orchard idea. And I have so much that I want to get done today that I really wanted them placed last night so I didn't even have to deal with it.

Oh well. Back to the drawing board, I guess. The next time I post, I hope it's to tell you that they're planted. I hope.