Weekend report
As the photos show, I had another busy weekend. Friday night I called it an early night since planned to have an early morning the next day so I really did not do much except finish reading a book (Hood – a re-telling of the Robin Hood story) and watch a movie (The Night Listener – good flick).
Saturday morning I got up around 6:30 and was on the road a little before 7:00. Over the next few hours I got two pick-up loads of topsoil/compost (80/20 blend) and piled those in the backyard. After that I got a load of compost/topsoil (50/50) which I unloaded into the garage. Except for the fact that the traffic was backed up on northbound 44 due to road construction, I would have been able to stay on schedule and would not have been running a bit late meeting a friend at the house at noon so we could spend the afternoon running around. I wasn’t horribly late but I still felt bad.
Anyway, I quickly got ready and we ran out to Macy’s so we could see Dave Lieberman from the Food Network. After that we had a late lunch at a Steak & Shake before doing some furniture shopping (no buying – just looking). Saturday night we went to a birthday party in Soulard and then some co-workers had a Halloween costume party in Kirkwood (I went as a short-order cook). Got home around midnight or so.
Sunday morning I got up a little after 7:00 and started placing the “stepping stones” which are actually pieces from the sidewalk that we removed in the spring. They were quite heavy and don’t have even bottoms which made placing them such that they do not move about a little complicated. After I got those placed I racked and leveled the soil and finished unloading the dirt out of the truck (I had only removed half of it on Saturday since I was running late). Next I went to Starbucks and then to the garden center where I bought the sod. I then came home and “installed” the sod and then had to run to Home Depot to get a sprinkler. While the sprinkler was running I took a short nap – which I think was a bad idea as my shoulders/neck started bothering me after that. After that I ran to Target for some stuff, did some laundry, bathed Jack (the dog), fixed dinner, and then settled in to watch TV.
Tonight I am being lazy, using the ice pack, taking a hot bath in the rock star tub, and generally trying to recover from the weekend…
Saturday morning I got up around 6:30 and was on the road a little before 7:00. Over the next few hours I got two pick-up loads of topsoil/compost (80/20 blend) and piled those in the backyard. After that I got a load of compost/topsoil (50/50) which I unloaded into the garage. Except for the fact that the traffic was backed up on northbound 44 due to road construction, I would have been able to stay on schedule and would not have been running a bit late meeting a friend at the house at noon so we could spend the afternoon running around. I wasn’t horribly late but I still felt bad.
Anyway, I quickly got ready and we ran out to Macy’s so we could see Dave Lieberman from the Food Network. After that we had a late lunch at a Steak & Shake before doing some furniture shopping (no buying – just looking). Saturday night we went to a birthday party in Soulard and then some co-workers had a Halloween costume party in Kirkwood (I went as a short-order cook). Got home around midnight or so.
Sunday morning I got up a little after 7:00 and started placing the “stepping stones” which are actually pieces from the sidewalk that we removed in the spring. They were quite heavy and don’t have even bottoms which made placing them such that they do not move about a little complicated. After I got those placed I racked and leveled the soil and finished unloading the dirt out of the truck (I had only removed half of it on Saturday since I was running late). Next I went to Starbucks and then to the garden center where I bought the sod. I then came home and “installed” the sod and then had to run to Home Depot to get a sprinkler. While the sprinkler was running I took a short nap – which I think was a bad idea as my shoulders/neck started bothering me after that. After that I ran to Target for some stuff, did some laundry, bathed Jack (the dog), fixed dinner, and then settled in to watch TV.
Tonight I am being lazy, using the ice pack, taking a hot bath in the rock star tub, and generally trying to recover from the weekend…
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