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Monday, June 15, 2009

And like... Overnight... Summer Comes Before It's Invitation

Well, WE sure jumped from spring to summer, overnight! Man, alive. Being outside has been better than sitting in a sauna. And I can't say I'm really happy about that. The humidity here has been exceptional this season. The air stays dampened due to all the abundant rain that has fallen in the East Tennessee Valley. Efforts to accomplish anything around our home has been frustrating and challenging - between a rolling work schedule and Mother Nature's schedule. Go figure - the rain would sock us in the eye during Dwayne's days off. I'm not even sure we can consider the weeds in the vegetable garden as 'weeds' at this point. Currently - I haven't quite made up my mind. Either way - we're spending the next round of days off cutting the heads off of everything not welcome in the garden. Then, one or the other - breaking out the tiller to rip into the soil, again. Or - taking the bucket full of grass/weed killer and sponging it where we want it to go. Honestly - I'd rather go ahead and till without using the chemical. I reach my goal faster. And we have plenty of bales of hay in the barn to suffocate anything we don't manage to yank out of the dirt. I spent over seven hours in the garden, yesterday. At one point - I attempted to take a break and start mowing the acreage. Ran into a slight - mishap. I took the mower to places where I've never been before - like the slopes around the driveway that sit about four inches above the ground. Ohhhh, yeaaahhhh...! No more downhill slopes on that thing for this wench. That poor blade box was hating me. That puppy was trapped by the edge of the drive and under all the weight of that tractor mower. And it wasn't going anywhere! Dwayne had to play Hero after he got home from work - again! He finished off the area around the drive before putting the mower away. By the time I stood up and yelled, "I can't do anymore, today," it was 5:45pm. I was filthy. But I did manage to make a dent. After making another pitcher of sweet tea and having a light supper - I headed for the shower. Even after a nice hot shower - my body was killing me. Felt like I'd been loading those 70lb. totes into the bin of an XR - all day long - for masses of church groups. Inside joke there - Dennis will get it. LOL I'm so sore this morning - even after taking a muscle relaxer before going to bed last night. Pushed myself through all my stretches this morning. And today's agenda is very light. I will be mowing. Now - some of you may be laughing at the idea of mowing about five acres being light work. But compared to yesterday, alone - sitting on my butt and canvassing five acres is light work - trust me. However - I am dreading the challenge of making trips up and down the stairs to the basement so I can get some laundry done. Did I tell you my body is killing me? Anyways - here's the latest layouts of photos. These are the last two about the current situation with the garden. Next one coming starts a few layouts about baling the hay in the back pasture. That was a booger I thought we'd never get to accomplish - Thank You, Mother Nature! Remember - click on the layouts to see a larger view! Journaling on the left reads - "My first planting of carrots was washed away by all the torrential rains. Now we have extra carrots popping up everywhere. Somebody found a safe place between the squash!" Journaling on the right reads - "So many rocks. But we made use of them by lining them along the garden fence to keep wild bunnies from digging their way in to rob us!" Kit - Garden of Weedin' by Kimberly Stewart at www.scrapbook-elements.com Well - off to get started on the inside of the house. Have to wait for the grass to dry before I can mow! Hope everyone is doing okay and having good times in good weather!

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Monday, June 15, 2009

And like... Overnight... Summer Comes Before It's Invitation

Well, WE sure jumped from spring to summer, overnight! Man, alive. Being outside has been better than sitting in a sauna. And I can't say I'm really happy about that. The humidity here has been exceptional this season. The air stays dampened due to all the abundant rain that has fallen in the East Tennessee Valley. Efforts to accomplish anything around our home has been frustrating and challenging - between a rolling work schedule and Mother Nature's schedule. Go figure - the rain would sock us in the eye during Dwayne's days off. I'm not even sure we can consider the weeds in the vegetable garden as 'weeds' at this point. Currently - I haven't quite made up my mind. Either way - we're spending the next round of days off cutting the heads off of everything not welcome in the garden. Then, one or the other - breaking out the tiller to rip into the soil, again. Or - taking the bucket full of grass/weed killer and sponging it where we want it to go. Honestly - I'd rather go ahead and till without using the chemical. I reach my goal faster. And we have plenty of bales of hay in the barn to suffocate anything we don't manage to yank out of the dirt. I spent over seven hours in the garden, yesterday. At one point - I attempted to take a break and start mowing the acreage. Ran into a slight - mishap. I took the mower to places where I've never been before - like the slopes around the driveway that sit about four inches above the ground. Ohhhh, yeaaahhhh...! No more downhill slopes on that thing for this wench. That poor blade box was hating me. That puppy was trapped by the edge of the drive and under all the weight of that tractor mower. And it wasn't going anywhere! Dwayne had to play Hero after he got home from work - again! He finished off the area around the drive before putting the mower away. By the time I stood up and yelled, "I can't do anymore, today," it was 5:45pm. I was filthy. But I did manage to make a dent. After making another pitcher of sweet tea and having a light supper - I headed for the shower. Even after a nice hot shower - my body was killing me. Felt like I'd been loading those 70lb. totes into the bin of an XR - all day long - for masses of church groups. Inside joke there - Dennis will get it. LOL I'm so sore this morning - even after taking a muscle relaxer before going to bed last night. Pushed myself through all my stretches this morning. And today's agenda is very light. I will be mowing. Now - some of you may be laughing at the idea of mowing about five acres being light work. But compared to yesterday, alone - sitting on my butt and canvassing five acres is light work - trust me. However - I am dreading the challenge of making trips up and down the stairs to the basement so I can get some laundry done. Did I tell you my body is killing me? Anyways - here's the latest layouts of photos. These are the last two about the current situation with the garden. Next one coming starts a few layouts about baling the hay in the back pasture. That was a booger I thought we'd never get to accomplish - Thank You, Mother Nature! Remember - click on the layouts to see a larger view! Journaling on the left reads - "My first planting of carrots was washed away by all the torrential rains. Now we have extra carrots popping up everywhere. Somebody found a safe place between the squash!" Journaling on the right reads - "So many rocks. But we made use of them by lining them along the garden fence to keep wild bunnies from digging their way in to rob us!" Kit - Garden of Weedin' by Kimberly Stewart at www.scrapbook-elements.com Well - off to get started on the inside of the house. Have to wait for the grass to dry before I can mow! Hope everyone is doing okay and having good times in good weather!

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