Sunday night, catching up...

Actually, it's technically Monday morning...

Anyway, It was about 10:00 AM when Jake called, asking if I'd seen his email (I hadn't - I finished eating a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast and was just starting to sweep the floors, do another load of laundry, etc.) His idea was that it would help immensely to get more light in the back yard if I rented a brush trimmer and he would come over and clean up the lot next to me (The guy is a frustrated homeowner who lives in an apartment, I'm thinking).

But, okay, its not how I planned Sunday, but what the hell...

So, I went to Home Depot and rented a trimmer for the day ($44.00) that had (basically) a saw blade on the end of it. The people there said it would cut through a 1 1/2 inch tree (and I believed it!) While I was there, I picked up some pansies (purple and yellow). Got back home, got the trimmer out of the car (did I mention I almost cut the hell out of my leather seats with that bad boy?) and then went and got a can of gas.

Got home and planted the two chair containers (no pictures, yet) and then Jake and Carla showed up. Explained how the trimmer worked (they showed me at Home Depot) and turned him loose. I finished planting the rest of the pansies in the mail box garden (again, no pictures).

So, while he was whacking his way through the raspberries, trees, grapevines (the worst) and so on, I decided to cut down some branches on the maples. Got a couple of long branches and started a wood pile for the chiminea for next year. Used the extension ladder and the sawzall to let even more light into the back yard.

Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, Carla decided to make lunch/dinner. She went out for ingredients and prepared a delicious pot of mussels, andoui sausage and kale.

We finally broke for dinner (which was great! I especially like the individual loaves of bread to mop up the sauce). I announced I was done for the day (and I was... the trips up and down the ladder really did my legs in) and was going to take a nap. So, they left (and left me with the leftovers!)

Just as I was heading for bed, Melissa called (third time today, she said). So, I talked with her a while (maybe an hour or so) ad then had a nice two hour nap.

Woke up feeling good! Watched TV and generally putzed around, Then I decided to write this down...

And, that's me, up to date!