Sneaking back into the blogosphere
I have been busy the last several weeks. Where’s the time gone? Since I last posted, spring has arrived, my forsythia has flowered, dropped its blooms and popped out foliage. The goldfinches have gone from their dull winter plumage to their brilliant gold. Lilac blooms in our neighbor’s yard scented the air then turned brown. Other lilacs are now at their peak. The dreaded thistle weeds reached about 18″ high before I yanked ‘em. National Scrapbooking Day has come and gone (and I scrapped from 8:30am-Midnight that day).
Oh, and I worked a lot of hours at the Bou. I can do everything I did before except lift the coffee urns or the 5-gallon bucket of ice or cooler mix. I’ve logged a lot of hours pounding the concrete and I am pooped. Fortunately, I am off now until next Thursday. A few weeks ago, when I saw I was only scheduled for six hours next week, I was disappointed; after the last few weeks, though, I am ready and thankful for a break. It’s prime gardening time, too, so I intend to put the time to good use.
But today was my Designated Lazy Day. It began with me sleeping in obscenely late and it felt darned good! The last few weeks, even on days off, I’ve been busy doing other things and working in the yard. Today’s day of nothing was perfect.
Let’s see, what else is new? Last Saturday, we had 6 cubic yards of mulch delivered to our house by a local greenhouse and landscape business, courtesy of my aforementioned many hours at the Bou.
This pile of mulch is the equivalent of 54 big 3-cubic-foot bags of mulch. I ordered extra since it was under the one delivery charge no matter how much they brought. We always skimp and put down the bare minimum and still never have enough for what I want to do, so I splurged and got a couple yards extra.
When first delivered and dumped from the back of the truck, the pile of triple-shredded hardwood mulch spanned the width of our driveway. My mother-in-law and I had to clear a path so she could get to her front door!
Howie’s been whittling away at it this week, placing piles of it in various parts of the flower beds so I can distribute it after I’ve planted them. Howie thought it would be harder dealing with the pile of mulch than bags, but he’s changed his tune. And I can’t imagine what it would have been like trying to unload all those bags of mulch from the van with my shoulder still not up to snuff.
I can use my arm fairly freely, but I still have pain and burning in that right shoulder if lift anything very heavy; I’m not to lift anything heavy until I am asymptomatic (or, in plain English, until it doesn’t hurt to do it). With the pile of mulch all here, we can just fork a little at a time into our garden cart and push it where we want to go. I don’t have to exert much pressure to get the cart up the hill, and if need be I can push it with my tummy. There are always ways around obstacles. Hardcore gardener here. LOL
Today, though, I enjoyed a jammie day. I went to sleep before eleven last night and didn’t crawl out of bed until almost 2pm today. That’s just crazy…But it felt so good. I worked on my design team layout for Scrappers Gallery so I can turn it in tomorrow when I go into town for medical massage. This tells you how busy I’ve been: I forgot all about it being May 15 and my layout being due. I haven’t scrapbooked since May 5, so the time has just blown by and I am late getting it turned in. I feel so bad about this, but they’re very forgiving (thanks for the understanding, guys!).
At any rate, this post marks my return to blogging after an unintentional hiatus. Booyah!
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A day of relaxation is always a good thing. Of course, you could come here and do some of my work for me, but that’s probably asking too much, right?
It’s great to hear from you and I LOVE the picture! It looks like it should be a commercial in a magazine! You should frame it! I’m glad you are doing what you enjoy the most - gardening and scrapbooking! Those are fun days
Good to have you back.
Glad the yard is going well.
you look like you are having so much fun. i love digging and rooting around the dirt!!
I don’t do garening, I have people. Actually I’m not allowed in the garden anymore, because I don’t know the difference between a weed and a flower. Oh, and I planted 6 roses upside down … hey it’s hard to tell the difference sometimes.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
Let me also welcome you back!
I haven’t been doing ANYTHING online the last couple of weeks - Playing with the grandkids 
So I hadn’t missed you but … Glad to hear your shoulder is improving! That picture belongs in a calendar - 
Enjoy the garden!
LOL, Don!!
I am so sorry I’ve not replied sooner, especially Don and Abby! I didn’t see your comments awaiting moderation. I need to set up e-mail notification of those as well as the ones which are posted automatically. THanks for stopping by. (You, too, Skip, Joan, Tami and Dr. John!)
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