Saturday's Story

I woke up at 6:30 AM on Saturday. It was still rainy and dreary looking, so I despaired of doing anything outside early. I made a pot of coffee from the last remaining coffee in my can and then drank a cup.

I watched the Saturday morning cooking shows live (instead of watched the taped ones later as usual) and had another cup off coffee, instead of breakfast.

Around noon, I was decidedly hungry, so I made my favorite weekend dish: a can of roast beef hash topped with two over easy eggs.

It was now sunny and quite windy, so I gathered all my extension cords, put on my boots and went out back. There was enough standing water here and there on the lawn (the rain gauge showed just under an inch) that I was a little nervous about using electricity.

But, I hooked it all up and started with the hedge trimmer. I got all the bushes that had already flowered trimmed up. Then I took that trimmer back and got out the line trimmer. I cut down anything that I didn't plant back there. It took quite a while, but I eventually got it done and it looks much, much better.

I was sad to see that two hydrangeas and one rose didn't survive over the winter.

I took the line trimmer back and then started winding up extension cords. In walking over the lawn, I decided it was much too soft and wet to roll a loaded wheelbarrow over repeatedly. Better safe than sorry. So, I'll give it another day to dry out before I start moving the wood chips.

Back inside, I made up the bed (I'd washed the bedding this morning) and decided to finish watching the taped fights. I wandered into the kitchen around 7:30 PM to make a quick supper: Two warmed up hot dogs and boxed mac & cheese.

I watched a dumb movie and then switched to my book until bedtime.