Bland

Ron and I had to deal with sour stomachs this week. We’ve had tuna casserole and home made chicken soup for supper. Could be worse things on the menu, for sure.

Granite Blocks

James and I arranged the granite blocks in front of the house today while Ron attached a couple of hose holders and fixed the lattice under the porch.

I did some watering earlier and managed to misplace the brass hose nozzle. Damn.

Closet, Potatoes, Easter

Ron and I finished the closet today, painted the inside white and left the outer wall for the Cohens.

We saved a lot of money doing the mudding, sanding, priming and painting ourselves, but oh, our aching arms, legs and backs!

Planted the potatoes in a 12 inch tall “found” container. Added some soil acidifier and put it in the cold frame.

Ron suggested we go to the grocery store this morning for closet hangers and on impulse, I picked up a ham for Easter dinner. Good thing, too, the store closed early today. Transfer station was open, though.

Yesterday, I finished spreading the Step 1 Jonathan Brown at Edgewater. Even after doing both the front and back yard a second time, I still had about a quarter cup left.

Closet

We tested the compost pH: between 6 and 7, perfect for planting. Temperature in the potato bin is also warm enough for planting the seed potatoes.

Worked on the yard and the closet at Edgewater. We sanded and applied the second coat of drywall mud. Planning to do the last sanding and apply primer tomorrow.

We mowed the patch of tall grass in the back yard. I started digging in the front to place the granite blocks.

Crash and Burn

Ron went to bed very early tonight. He was pretty whupped after some hewing and hacking at Edgewater and then later on at Dixon.

We dropped by to check out the making of the new closet. The same carpenter who installed Emme’s door built the closet today. We need to do some finish work, and he helped us by putting on the first coat of drywall mud.

We did some brush clearing on the right side of the front yard, enough so that we may actually tackle the leaves.

I watered the grass seed there and the peas and lettuce seeds here. Did a couple of loads of laundry and grilled some burgers for supper.

Beautiful day to be outside.

Tired

Emme and I washed and polished the floors on Saturday. Big job, took us a full three hours, but the floors look great. She earned enough to buy herself a beautiful gown for Anime at a fundraiser for post-prom yesterday!

Brought Emme and Robert to the potluck Saturday evening. I think they were the only people there under the age of 50. Ron stayed and helped clean up while I drove them home.

Yesterday, we brought James, Robert, Shane and Ethan to Sea Mist. Nice to see the van put to proper use with all our young passengers. The kids really enjoyed their swim. We lucked out, they had the pool to themselves.

I put more Jonathan Green step 1 on the lawn. Can’t understand why I couldn’t use it all up; need to measure the yards.

Dropped in to admire the paint job in the great room across the street.

Did some more pruning in the front and like a jerk, cut my hand on a saw.

Tried to shave Fluffles; no luck. The razor doesn’t seem to work on his thick fur.

Unloaded the rest of the compost. Ron patiently cleared the rest of the stone and washed out the truck bed.

Selected and paid for the closet materials at Home Depot. Glad to have that done and grateful they were open late on Sunday! The carpenter will be working on it today at Edgewater.

We treated ourselves to pizza and ice cream last evening; too tired to cook, too tired to clean up.

Want to trim the forsythia at Edgewater, go to the Senior Center and do the transfer station run today. Ron has an appointment at his surgeon’s office this afternoon. I’m starting at Tidal Creek tomorrow.