Bought a thatching rake at Eastman’s and stumbled onto the 300 Committee’s celebration of their new property across the street.  Rumor has it that it will be the site of the Carousel of Light.

Made an appointment to bring the truck in for repairs.

Weed Man was by to fertilize.

Ron’s feeling better.  He was able to set up his GoFundMe account to pay out donations.

Meanwhile, more struggling for me with the new layout for vehicle detail pages.

Baking a carrot cake to celebrate the end of Laura’s chemo!

Another day of misery for Ron.

I did some web work and more deep raking.  Picked up lunch at Cooke’s.

Power washer arrived yesterday, and we are coming up with many uses for it: grill, Ron’s pond, vehicles, siding, driveways.

Federal tax refund check arrived today.

Just watched/listened to the Joey Alexander Trio on Livestream/JALC.  Eleven years old.  His talent is miraculous.

Turns out, Ron had a dry socket.  The doc repacked it on Monday.  He was still in a lot of discomfort yesterday, spent the afternoon on the couch watching a cheesy James Bond movie.

I can’t stand Sean Connery in those early films: want to slap that smirk off his foppish face.  Grow a beard and put on 30 years, then you’ll be entitled to strut.

I did some more shredding and drove Robert home from work.  He’s got ambition, wants to do his prereqs at 4Cs and go on for a degree in biotech.  He’s enjoying his work at iCape, and his manager thinks very highly of both Robert and Peter.  How good to hear!

Ron has been in a lot of pain from last Thursday’s extraction.  It looks like part of a tooth is still embedded in his jaw.  He’s to see the dentist this morning.

Met Cindy and Cathy for brunch at Crabapple’s yesterday.  It was crowded and the service wasn’t that good.  I stupidly ordered a mimosa, forgetting how sick I get with champagne.  Drinks were $9 EACH.  Ridiculous.

Cindy is getting second opinions from the local orthos before she schedules knee replacement surgery.  Cathy is a fan of the rehab group at Falmouth Hospital.

Ron did the transfer station run so that I could give my legs a break.

Ed installed the new ceiling fan this morning with no problems.

I made cod kabobs for lunch (too bland) and a coffee cake (light and fluffy but not sweet enough) out of a used box of pancake mix.

I turned and vacuumed the mattresses and washed the mattress covers.  We put the beds back together.

Signed up to host an after-party for the Women Who Tech tele-conference next Wednesday.

The wheelbarrow hanger arrived today.

I did a couple hours of yardwork, including weeding and shredding sea grass from about half of the new garden.

Ron cleaned out Ron’s pond.  Laura spotted a female goldfinch at the “pond”.  They are having carpentry and deck work done.

Ron thinks we need to take it easy for the rest of the weekend.  Since we finished two heavy Sunday chores – laundry, changing sheets – a day early, that should be doable.

Ron picked up his van yesterday.  Problem – a bad coil – seems to be solved.

We also had my truck inspected by the Arbella adjuster in Hyannis.

Dental appointments for both of us yesterday.  Ron had an extraction, but mercifully, it went a lot better for him than mine did.  Either that or he’s a lot tougher!

Went to Bridgewater today to pick up the leaf shredder.  It’s the Sears-branded Flowtron.

We also stopped at a junkyard to look for a rear bumper assembly for the truck.

Ron put up his GoFundMe request for help with his dental work.

Ron and I cleared space in the attic for Ed.

Ed didn’t think the ceiling fan that I won years ago in a raffle would do.  Ron and I picked up a different one at Botello, but he didn’t think that would work, either.  So he stopped until we get a flush mount model, which I found and ordered online at Lowe’s in Wareham.

Meanwhile, we’d separated the beds to make room for Ed to work.  We put them back together again, only to have to repeat the process when Ed comes back.  In the meantime, Ron taped the full frame together to make it more stable.

Cleaned up the veg garden and pruned the rose bushes.  Hurt a toe on my right foot.

Daffs have started and looks like we might have a tulip blossom by the end of the week.  Hyacinths are blooming.

Ron’s van died on the way to get pizza at Zoe’s.  Peter rescued him.  The van is being towed to GMC in Hyannis.  The pizza got delivered.  Peter’s Jeep is fixed, we’ll pick it up tomorrow.

Peter backed my truck into a tree this evening and crunched the rear bumper.

Could be a blessing in disguise.  The thing was so rusted it probably should have been replaced anyway.

We had a nice visit with him, though, on his way home from Midas.