Today was a mix of chores and chores, and … oh, chores. I did get a lovely break in the middle of the day. Kelly brought Chase and Logan up as they had an appointment with a certification ‘officer’ to review their school year’s classes, results, and grades. The ‘officer’ will approve the portfolio and record it with the state. So now, Logan is an official graduate and Chase is officially a junior. Can you even BELIEVE that?? Once they finished their certification, we met at Chick Fil-A and had a celebratory lunch. So it was fun to visit and celebrate. Don’t they look thrilled?
Logan and Chase
The bulk of my morning and early afternoon I spent cleaning. This time of year my floors get really cruddy, as I’m in and out all day long and drag grass clippings and law debris inside every single time – door mat or no door mat!
I DO have door mats!
Once I finished cleaning and doing laundry (towels), I went outside. My first chore was to trim two big dead branches out of the lilac bush by the fences on the hill. I saw them yesterday but it got too late to tackle them. They were about 9 feet long and an inch or two thick. Luckily I have this handy hand saw that I can cut with. It’s easy to use, but truthfully I’m not good with tools. I finally got the limbs cut down and dragged them up to the driveway, but trimming them down to acceptable size for the trash was another matter. I got them cut and stuffed in a paper lawn bag, but I ended up bruising my arm (poking it with the dead branches) in the meantime.
I’m always poking or jabbing myself somehow!
Next I dead-headed the iris beds – and there are about 6 of them throughout the yard. That didn’t take long. In the meantime I realized that my recycle can was FILTHY – so I squirted Dawn in it and hosed it out. It’s clean now, too.
Clean Recycle Can
My new neighbor doesn’t keep their front flower beds very neat, and that’s fine, but there is a little mini rose bush that is getting buried under taller plants. So while I was outside I snipped a little piece off and put it in a glass jar. I’m hoping I can root it, stick it in the soil with the jar overtop, and start a new plant. We’ll see how that goes. A lot of those plants in the front bed came from my gardens!
Hoping this works….
I only saw Ed out early this morning, stretched out on his belly in the grass nibbling breakfast. Fred wasn’t out at all that I saw.
Ed – or is that Fred??
I forgot to post yesterday that my boss, Sir Rege, has a new grandson! His youngest child – Kelly – and her husband had a baby boy yesterday early morning. His name is Justin John Premich Jr. Congrats to the family!
SCRIPTURE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW June 5th is:
Hot Air Balloon Day; National Gingerbread Day; National Moonshine Day; National Sorry I Was on a Boat Day; National Veggie Burger Day; Sausage Roll Day; Thank You Day; National Ketchup Day; National Start Over Day.
No ketchup but Heinz. So there. Thank you! Kathy makes a really good gingerbread cookie – it’s Mom’s recipe. And Hot Air Balloon! When the kids were little, there was an empty field behind our plan. There were dozens and dozens of balloons that went over the house. We would hear them, jump in the car (PJ’s and all) and chase them down! The kids loved them! So, let’s start over… God bless.
Stock image.
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