Hours of fighting with grass & dirt & rocks & bamboo & litter…and I planted 4 varieties of tomato, zucchini, pumpkins, cantalopes, jalapenos, cilantro, broccoli and a TON of basil. We put the $20 craptastic cabana-thingee up and I put my lantern I bought in Chinatown in it. The lantern should be hanging from the inside/center but you’ll have to wait till I drag the step stool outside since the roof is too high for me to reach and I’m too exhausted. Half-way through the day we heard bagpipes and peeked over the fence to find a tiny parade going by. Thanks Vet Dudes!
Then to add more “work” to the weekend (cause what could be more fun) the Fiance invited people over to check out his new smoker. Cause like after doing hours of manual labor I was sooo excited to shower, clean the place, wash dishes, find tablecloths, make a salad, snacks, drinks, etc. Grrrrr. Our friend Alex is a great guy but he’s a bull in a china shop and his wife isn’t very talkative. I took that opportunity to drink a lot of beer. It was hot and I was sitting next to the cooler and I have the greatest can cozies so…yanno…
We apparently have a red cardinal living in our yard. He dropped in a few dozen times yesterday and several times today.
Your yard is looking good! I did some yardwork/deck cleaning today too, minus the veggie planting, cookout and guests. Am working on the beer drinking now.
Nice victory garden – but it’s the super cool beer koozies that really caught my eye. By the way, cardinals are good-luck omens!
the smoker novelty didn’t last long…we’re both sickish from sitting around hickory smoke all day…it was also dented when we took it out of the box so we’re returning it tomorrow…it’s currently in the backseat of the car…smelling up the car…which I’ll have to Febreeze like a mofo…
Nice to see Febreze and mofo used in the same sentence – one doesn’t see that every day, you know.
Add comment about my weight from MIL and another comment regarding how “she doesn’t think she’s judgemental”….and that’s basically how my weekend went too…minus the beer (which I probably needed at the time…)
Ouch!
The smoker messed up the Fiance’s throat so bad I had to get out of bed at 4AM to find Chloraseptic for him. I do not recommend getting one of these unless you have a HUGE yard, a mask and/or smoke a carton a day anyway…
Cardinals are the only bird I can imitate the call of–no idea what I’m saying, but we have lengthy conversations.