Oy

I'm pooped!

We're having a little heat wave here in the east, it's been in the high 80's for two days in a row and it's supposed to be in the 90's on Tuesday.

I hate the heat.

I sweat, I chafe, I get rashes, I get grumpy and I never feel clean. I always feel damp and just yucky.

Did I mention I hate the heat?

Does it stop me from working out in the yard? Helllllll NO!

If I'm going to sweat and chafe I may as well get dirty and have some fun with it. I slathered myself up with SPF 50 and a baseball cap and out I went!

I asked my kids to get me this for Mother's Day for my gardening days:



I think it's cool, but I promised that I would not wear it in their presence!

Yesterday I ran around all day picking up "things". First I had to pick up some manure for my compost which is not heating up enough. I found a woman on Craig's list who is giving manure away for free so I filled up a few bins and brought them home!

Free shit!

Next I found a guy - again on Craig's List (I guess I'm lucky I'm still alive)- who sells 55 gallon plastic drums so that I can make rain barrels out of them. I've been chasing these suckers all over the place. Everyone has been selling out of them before I can obtain one. Finally I got someone who still had a few. I bought 2. Now I have to adapt them to collect the rain and put a little spigot on the bottom so I can fill up my watering can. I've been looking at different plans to convert plastic drums into rain barrels and every one I look at is so completely different it's crazy!

::::sigh::: I'll figure it out - I hope!

Today my daughter's boyfriend came over to do some electrical work for me. I love this guy! He's cute, he's sweet, he treats my daughter well and he's handy. What more could you ask for?

He put up a ceiling fan for me and replaced two outside lights. He is also going to replace the vent fan in our bathroom.

Do you just love this guy or what?

I can do some handy work around the house but when it comes to electrical and/or plumbing I'm a complete idiot. They always turn into disasters. I usually call in the pros for this kind of thing but the boyfriend noticed "call electrician" on my list of things to do that is posted on my white board and asked what I needed done. Then he said: "I can do that!" and he was hired!

Love, love, LOVE this guy!

Also today I turned my compost over and added the manure that I obtained yesterday. I am hoping that this will heat it up and start my compost cooking a bit more.

I spent the rest of the day futzing around the yard, doing a little of this and a little of that. Taking lots of breaks and drinking lots of water.

Now I'm just wiped.

So M and I sit here, on the couch - she has her laptop and I have mine. The dogs are passed out. We have our glasses of wine and we're just chillin'

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh - life is good!

Hope all is well where ever you are!

Peace!