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December 31, 2007
Would I be a complete jerk?
Its a beautiful day here today...but what I really want to do tomorrow is till up part of the garden where the grass took over this summer...would I be a complete jerk for doing that on Jan 1 - a day when folks typically have hangovers? The neighborhood we live in (if you can call it that) is pretty quiet and has plenty of over-65's around, so I seriously doubt they'll be hungover...last year I painted the front door lime green on Jan 1...December is mostly sunny and warm here, and doing outdoor projects is always easy...half of the garden is already put to sleep, Brian dug out most of the old grass, I planted bluebonnet seeds (its kinda late for them, but ya never know), and relocated the stepping stones and mulched everything in...you'd never know we had a garden here, its all leveled and mulched like it's brand new...there are plants hiding down there, they'll erupt in the spring and I'll add some colorful annuals in March...
The other side of the yard isn't much bigger, but its full of grass...plus we never tilled it last year, so it needs to be worked over...I've mulched in some of the plants that i've already cut back, and the roses are still growing like crazy, so all I have to do is till around the existing plants...shouldn't be too bad, i love the tiller, its a madman of a machine...its gonna be much colder tomorrow, in the 40's (today its gonna be 70) so i'll have chattering teeth, but really, when you're running a tiller or moving large, heavy stones, you really want it to be cooler...we've been sweating in the yard enough the past few days, I'm ready for some chilly workin weather...
The little white kitten that Brian captured the other day is wedged behind his bookcases in his office and just cries and cries...it won't come out, its too scared, so its all alone and crying...i feel so bad for it...we're gonna see if we can get it out once he comes home this afternoon...and I wanna try and catch the little black kitten so it'll have some companionship...and then we'll see if we can adopt them out...they are so cute..and fuzzy w/ their winter coats and all...the black kitty is so outgoing and isn't afraid of much..the white one is very shy and cautious...kittens are the best...
Posted by Donner at December 31, 2007 12:33 PM