Got to play washboard with the Rolling Roots Revue of Wepecket Island Records last night at the Wamsutta Club in New Bedford! Complete surprise to be asked.

Cleaned out leaves and composted the peony (also fertilized with 5-10-5), blueberries and backyard Montauks yesterday.

We bought the last six bags of Rooster compost from Valley Farm in Pocasset; doughnuts from the Beach Plum Bakery; and a vegetable slicer on one-day sale from Williams Sonoma.

On Friday, Ron sawed broken tree limbs and cut them up for a transfer station run yesterday. Took him most of the afternoon.

Had a stress test on Friday, did “good enough” to be cleared for surgery, but the doc wanted me to come back for another test later this month.

Ron’s been helping me with eye drops. Yesterday, we brought a box of my LPs downstairs.

I made macaroons and Bistek Tagalog yesterday, oatmeal and chicken pot pie today.

Ron did laundry.

We did the transfer station run and more yardwork: watering, composting. Cleaned up the “stuff” that has been behind and next to the shed for months. Tossed some, cleaned some, recycled some.

Ron may have seen a hummer today.

NYT published my question for the workplace ethicist today. His answer was both helpful and kind.

Ron put up four feeders this past weekend.

I started spreading mulch.

Finally got SQL Server installed on the Windows 8 laptop.  Download was a nuisance.  Got the two laptops networked as well.

Thursday night, Ron, Emme and I were the pizza procurers (but not the pizza hosts) for the South Shore .NET User Group’s meeting/discussion on LINQ.

Friday, Ron and I hauled our weary selves to New Bedford for a dazzling, revelatory performance by the San Francisco-based Alonzo King Lines Ballet company.

Yesterday, I hauled myself to the Cape Cod Maker Mini Faire. It was very well done and very well attended.

Working on “Preowned”. Ron got his table saw set up.

Intense rain storm with hail.

Started downloading files to the new laptop.

Thought we might be taking it easy this weekend, but we managed to be productive and entertained as well.

We saw Igudesman & Joo last night, first-rate musicians with a great sense of fun. One doesn’t see a 1717 violin played with an electric toothbrush every day.

I gave Ron a major tongue-lashing for polluting the immediate environment: had to hold my coat to my nose for most of the performance. Sometimes I wonder.

I’ve been finishing up some work for Jim that has taken a very, very long time. Challenging implementation for a lot of reasons, mostly HTML and CSS, sad to say.

Yesterday, our new dehumidifier arrived. Ron set it up and it seems to be working very well.

Today, Ron finally bought his new bench with a 25% off coupon and got a raincheck for a stand. We went to Lowe’s in Wareham for the portable table saw he’s been pining for. This afternoon, he took the old bench apart to make room.

I started a new garden plot yesterday using the layered technique and rakings from the veggie garden. It was sunny but a little on the cool side; would have been a good day to work outside but ended up doing web stuff, laundry and changing sheets, plus the trip to Lowe’s and reading the Sunday Times.

The bathroom vanity is installed completely, went like clockwork, and I made progress coding-wise yesterday. Figured out how to consume the FRED web service and reformatted the preowned detail page to look pretty close to John’s design.

We haven’t heard from Pat the carpenter; hope he’s okay.

Truck is at the shop, possibly a fuel system problem. AAA tested the battery and ended up towing it to Midas. Ron and I got there just before closing, which was fortunate since I was able to talk with Jeff. Portside driver could not have been nicer or more careful with my pal. The dispatcher told us traffic was a mess over the Sagamore due to a lane closure.

Kevin the plumber cut out a section of drywall in the bathroom closet to give us access to the bathtub plumbing. Ron is going to make a panel to cover it, so we haven’t put the closet back together yet.

Ron got us set up for movie tix at the base yesterday.

Ron returned the chipper to Home Depot on Thursday and picked up a bunch of new tools at Harbor Freight. I was at the Commission for most of the morning working on FRED with Jay. Got all my eye meds from the pharmacy at Stop & Shop. Finances were complicated, but Arthur and Pat figured it out.

Closet was installed today at Edgewater.

Weedman was here for the first application/treatment.

I ordered a 70-pint dehumidifier from eBay.

Ron picked up some nice clips for my hammock.

Ron fixed the lawn mower!

I screwed up, ordered the wrong machine from Home Depot – it chops up branches, not leaves. Need to return it.

Supposed to freeze tonight. We covered flowers, put a big tarp on the daffs.

The counter top arrived this morning, but it was marred with oil stains. The owner promised to make it up to us this week. We picked out another remnant in case he’s not able to remove the stains. Too bad, it looked great otherwise.

We picked up a whimsical piece at Marshall’s for the bathroom, a double holder for the toilet brush and the plunger. It suits us. I think we’ll paint it, not sure what color yet, maybe same as the walls.

I made an attempt to tie up the hammocks, which are getting hammered by wind. We’re supposed to get a frost tonight, so I put covers on the purple flowers in the veggie garden.

Finally dumped the barrel that was about half full with really nice soil. Made a berm halfway round the small rhodie near the bench.

It rained last night; glad I fed yesterday.

Feeding has started; yesterday, Holly Tone, today, iron for plants that need “greening up”.

We did the transfer station and laundry. Still haven’t found the hummer feeders, so Ron put up a new one from last year and bought two more.

Weather was nice today, but we may get ice pellets and snow on Wednesday morning.

Ron saw the new countertop today. We’ve coordinated the install with the plumber and carpenter. Empire people are expected at Edgewater tomorrow to fix the transition.

Hoping to line up the closet installation at Edgewater as well. That would leave the electrician for all the Edgewater projects and later this month, removal of the whole house water filter.

I was happy listening to Bach this morning, but so tired that I lost it this afternoon and smashed a TV table. Ron thinks he can fix it.

Leaf shredder should be arriving soon. Can’t wait.