Holly Toned the rhodies yesterday.

Put in a new perennial garden at Edgewater, too. Picked up some nice plants at Soares. Emme kept me company and helped with the soil prep. We went to Sea Mist later; Ron took the boys swimming.

Emme stayed for supper. We made swordfish kebabs from one of the Fisherman’s Market purchases. Emme helped skewer them with tomatoes, onions and oranges. Delicious. I ended up getting “emergency” rice from the Chinese restaurant since it didn’t occur to make some earlier. I grilled yellowtail tuna the night before, but without marinade, it was not all that great. Good cold with Trader Joe soy sauce, though.

Raked the back yard here today while Ron mowed. Got rid of a lot of leaves, thatch and pine needles. Exhausting work, though. We did the transfer station as well. Grilled burgers for supper.

I planted asparagus and tomatoes. Supposed to be very warm this week. Peter graciously offered to do the screen door repair, thank goodness.

Found the hose nozzle. Did some forsythia pruning and raked out maybe 1/3 of the area on the right side of the yard. Am encouraged by new growth on the forsythia.

Set up the earth box for tomatoes, but it’s too early to plant outside.

Was reminded earlier this week that the new grass seed won’t germinate because I (duuuhhh) put fertilizer/weed inhibitor on the soil.

Ron and I had to deal with sour stomachs this week. We’ve had tuna casserole and home made chicken soup for supper. Could be worse things on the menu, for sure.

James and I arranged the granite blocks in front of the house today while Ron attached a couple of hose holders and fixed the lattice under the porch.

I did some watering earlier and managed to misplace the brass hose nozzle. Damn.

Ron and I finished the closet today, painted the inside white and left the outer wall for the Cohens.

We saved a lot of money doing the mudding, sanding, priming and painting ourselves, but oh, our aching arms, legs and backs!

Planted the potatoes in a 12 inch tall “found” container. Added some soil acidifier and put it in the cold frame.

Ron suggested we go to the grocery store this morning for closet hangers and on impulse, I picked up a ham for Easter dinner. Good thing, too, the store closed early today. Transfer station was open, though.

Yesterday, I finished spreading the Step 1 Jonathan Brown at Edgewater. Even after doing both the front and back yard a second time, I still had about a quarter cup left.

We tested the compost pH: between 6 and 7, perfect for planting. Temperature in the potato bin is also warm enough for planting the seed potatoes.

Worked on the yard and the closet at Edgewater. We sanded and applied the second coat of drywall mud. Planning to do the last sanding and apply primer tomorrow.

We mowed the patch of tall grass in the back yard. I started digging in the front to place the granite blocks.

Ron went to bed very early tonight. He was pretty whupped after some hewing and hacking at Edgewater and then later on at Dixon.

We dropped by to check out the making of the new closet. The same carpenter who installed Emme’s door built the closet today. We need to do some finish work, and he helped us by putting on the first coat of drywall mud.

We did some brush clearing on the right side of the front yard, enough so that we may actually tackle the leaves.

I watered the grass seed there and the peas and lettuce seeds here. Did a couple of loads of laundry and grilled some burgers for supper.

Beautiful day to be outside.

Planted a row of lettuce and two rows of peas.

Did the Transfer Station run and pruned the forsythia at Edgewater.

Emme and I washed and polished the floors on Saturday. Big job, took us a full three hours, but the floors look great. She earned enough to buy herself a beautiful gown for Anime at a fundraiser for post-prom yesterday!

Brought Emme and Robert to the potluck Saturday evening. I think they were the only people there under the age of 50. Ron stayed and helped clean up while I drove them home.

Yesterday, we brought James, Robert, Shane and Ethan to Sea Mist. Nice to see the van put to proper use with all our young passengers. The kids really enjoyed their swim. We lucked out, they had the pool to themselves.

I put more Jonathan Green step 1 on the lawn. Can’t understand why I couldn’t use it all up; need to measure the yards.

Dropped in to admire the paint job in the great room across the street.

Did some more pruning in the front and like a jerk, cut my hand on a saw.

Tried to shave Fluffles; no luck. The razor doesn’t seem to work on his thick fur.

Unloaded the rest of the compost. Ron patiently cleared the rest of the stone and washed out the truck bed.

Selected and paid for the closet materials at Home Depot. Glad to have that done and grateful they were open late on Sunday! The carpenter will be working on it today at Edgewater.

We treated ourselves to pizza and ice cream last evening; too tired to cook, too tired to clean up.

Want to trim the forsythia at Edgewater, go to the Senior Center and do the transfer station run today. Ron has an appointment at his surgeon’s office this afternoon. I’m starting at Tidal Creek tomorrow.

Ron and I got a hose hooked up to the spigot in the back of the Edgewater house today.

This is huge in my world.

Ten or so years ago, I made the incredibly stupid mistake of disconnecting a hose. This caused a big problem because the hose had to run UNDER the deck. It’s taken me this long to figure out a workaround (duuuhhhh).

There is an old flagpole in the back yard, and it is about the only tool we have that was at least 10 feet long – long enough, that is, to reach across the deck.

We attached the hose to the flagpole and Ron pushed it through, within about an inch of the spigot. I couldn’t attach it, but he was able to, lefty being tighty for hoses.

This will make irrigation in the back yard infinitely easier.

We also picked up some compost at the transfer station and filled in holes in the front yard, one from where the big oak used to be and a couple of much smaller ones from the installation of the asphalt walkway.

We brought Emme back with us for tea and fish. She made a nice topping for the hake we bought yesterday at Kyler’s and I steamed the asparagus. Good dinner!