I'm Back...

...and almost like new---maybe. My back is on the mend ---moving better, thanks to my trusty heating pad and some restroration of common sense---maybe.

Off to Mass this AM. (Mass being said for our family this AM--thanks Vicki). Volunteering most of day at rectory/school. Add some grocery shopping, doing some house chores and just a tad more of that heating pad---should make the day/weekend perfect.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Pay Backs

Found out the weekend adventure w/the tree roots is getting back at me. Really stoved up throughout the day yesterday----all muscular. A good night's rest plus resolve to put the roots/tools to rest (as well as my back) and I am as good as new (maybe a slight exaggeration).  Feel better the more I get around this AM. It's a new day!

Off to Mass, volunteer at rectory in AM/school in PM.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Tree Roots--No!!!!!

(Kat---if you can find this guy send him down---I have some tree work for him to do)

Dug, trenched, hacked, and poisoned tree roots (all weekend) that were entering my yard (from the neighbors's yard) thanks to a tree that had been cut down over a year ago. The trunk had been grinded out but not killed and chips were never removed----therefore it lives (or hopefully, lived). Sending off live roots as big around as my thigh. Project still in the works---you can lift up the loose Bermuda and see the net work of "rootlings" attached and coming from the chips. Just want to keep my sprinkler system and house foundation intact.

Lots of laundry done following above project---Ironic, had allergy testing done yesterday and found one of the things I am allergic to is trees----among other things. Go figure! "Boys" are safe----no allergies to dogs.

Off to Mass, volunteer at rectory/school then home to do more tree/root/destruction work.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Blog Break

(2011 Lantanas, volunteer marigolds)

Planning to catch up on outdoor stuff this weekend so Fall/Winter can settle in w/Ma quietly (rare) enjoying and not planning. We'll see. If I was a gambler---I would not make book on that one---Ma and quiet do not go together.

Mass yesterday, attended a Holy Hour for a friend, and volunteered most of afternoon at rectory. Nice.

Mass this AM, run some errands, and do the the "catch up" thing. The weather is so beautiful---difficult to stay indoors. Gee, forgot-----still have that @#&(*^&(&)*^% mole to catch.

Have a great weekend, stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Moles and Birdbaths

Another cool temp day (61 degrees)---Nice! (The Sonny Day arbor---tying up some of the vines today, using the smooth side out technique so you can see the plaque.)

Worked on transplanting some flowers yesterday and trying to flood out that mole---who now----from the looks of the tunnel work in my flower beds is one energetic rodent. The "boys" show no interest in the mole pursuit until I uncoil the hose and grab the shovel. Why can't they just put their paws to work and dig on their own----why do they need use of my tools to catch moles??? Think it is a team effort??? We'll see.

Handyman showed up in new pair of Polo leather tennis shoes and dressed for supper. The bird bath is still where it was---leaning against the fence, (more lop-sided than ever). Must make a note to self---Will need to remind him that his retainer dinner was eaten and he still has a job to complete.

Off to Mass this AM, pick up some groceries, and hopefully, work in the yard the rest of the day.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Luving this Weather

Feel a song coming on----"Did nuttin' yesterday---just nuttin' yesterday... and am not ashamed to admit it." Have you ever had a whole day of putzing? Could not do it every day but yesterday it just seemed like the perfect thing to do. Felt real close to where's Waldo? Was here, there, and everywhere. Most exciting of all----went to an out of the way bookstore, chatted w/the owner and clerk, naturally, bought several books----have wanted to do that for ever (putz all day)---just did it. Plan to officially name 09/20/2011, as  "Ma's Nuttin Day."

Mass this AM, volunteer at the rectory, run some errands, then yard work the rest of the day. Got a mulched leave delivery yesterday afternoon (thanks Keith) and will begin spreading them in the flower beds. Perfect timing w/Fall on its way. Found the ground is really hard and cannot get anything past 6" down---wanting to move the birdbath, pulled it up and now cannot get it back into the ground---good move---Huh? My carpenter/handyman, who  is on a perpetual retainer----has an auger/like bit that fits onto a drill. He will be here this evening to secure the birdbath back into the ground/put my new pole chain saw together (for the price of supper/after dinner glass of wine.)

Got a couple of neat VA kid pics yesterday evening----cute kids!!! Thanks, Linda and Kurt for having those kids.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Took some pics

Woke up to 3 snuggling "boys" this AM--thundering and lightening outside. Cool weather w/rain showers continues...Took some pics throughout the day yesterday while the "boys" and I tried to get our last mole of the season. This mole has eluded us for almost a week---he is sooooo done. We are going to stay on his trail until the last leaf of Fall drops if necessary.

Until then will just take pics, read, and wait...(Featuring: volunteer MN Kale (thanks Kat), Karl Forrester native grass, 2 (dahlia) native grasses, blooming silver lace vine (on the Ray arbor) and autumn clematis vines on the east fence--note the large native grass to the right---surprise---it is in the path of the showering sprinkler head and has really grown this summer.  May need to move it back a bit in the Spring.

Mass this AM, run a couple of errands, possibly do some volunteering at the convent this afternoon, or attend a neighborhood stamping party.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom