August 24, 2014

It would seem there was an earthquake somewhere in the vicinity, but of course my bed wasn't rocking... This is ME were talking about. <grin>   Many thanks to the 2 guys who checked in on me.

Up and outside within a decent amount of time.  I got a bit done before I woke the children, who soon joined me, though without as much excitement as I possessed.   I was smarter this time, however, and brought my jawbone speaker so we could rock ‘n roll as we dug ‘n moved.  Maggie and I performed frequently, using the shovels as microphone stands, but the highlight was during Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” as we all danced in the yard.

Neighbor Steve brought over some homemade kefir water which was such a refreshing treat.  We loved it and are excited to learn how to make it ourselves.  We kept working, dancing & singing.  It was a hot day, but we kept at it.  Finally, at three, we were as done as we were going to be, so we headed <very slowly for me as my muscles were ignoring me again> to Tom’s Burger and Frosty.  We sat outdoors and ate gratefully.  

Off to Front Yard Nursery!!!  The kids grabbed a cart and we (I, because they were preoccupied with the cart) selected 12 plants which were bee-butterfly friendly and used little water.  The gentleman working at Front Yard complimented me on how well behaved my kids were; he said he saw a lot of kids there and  it was obvious they were kind, listened well and respected other people.  I’m not sure how he got all this from seeing my kids for 45 minutes, but it was a joy to hear.  We headed home and got out the spray paint to mark the path.  I’ll order (free) mulch from the city soon, and see about borrowing a truck to get some pebbles/dg/and sand from the landscaping store.  After we planted (Ethan and I went to HD to get 2 bags of compost..I couldn’t lift the bags of small river rocks I wanted for the labyrinth ), we set our the owl, the hedgehogs, the crystal heart and other things which we have collected.  It will take some time before it is completed, but we did most of the work.  Ethan will come over next weekend and we’ll do more.

Showers and more warmed baguettes and European cheeses as we watched two episodes of Doctor. Who.  Ethan has three more until he is caught up, so we decided to watch the rest of them before watching what the new episode Sean sent us.  He wants to get caught up on the mysterious Clara Oswald. <smile>  What a glorious weekend with my kids.  They worked very hard and are able to see a beautiful result.  Wish this work had been in a house we owned.  All in good time.

Pictures: The before shot..and the after shot.  As usual, I had a fancy little Pic Stitch composition ready to load,with both shots combined, but I can't seem to get it uploaded into Blogger.  Of course I can't.