Friday was a good day, as earlier chronicled; the boss was so pleased
that he took me out to Five Guys for burgers!I didn’t day it was a huge accomplishment – but a Five Guys burger is an
excellent reward.Friday night the wife
and I scored our normal Friday night pizza at Zorba’s.I didn’t blog yesterday because I spent
literally the entire day outside working in the yard.A friend came down to help with the yard work
Saturday morning.We had to put up the
canvas for our deck awning and it was not an easy job.The canvas, mainly the points used to attach
the canvas to the frame, were badly damaged in last year’s hurricane.I was trying some jury rigged repairs when my
friend suggested we get some industrial strength velcro.Off we headed to Home Depot and I reluctantly
agreed to let the wife accompany us.I’ve
written earlier about her shopping acumen but this was not the time for her to
demonstrate those talents as we had a lot to do.I stopped by and ordered four yards of mulch
delivered to the driveway.While at Home
Depot I gave my friend a lesson in tracking down my wife at a store when she
didn’t want to leave.He thought I was
kidding until she spotted us from a distance and quickly turned down an aisle
to get away.We returned after a safe
capture and extraction.The Velcro turned
out to be a great solution and we power washed the house and repaired some
driveway damage before we got down to the major task of spreading the huge pile
of mulch that had been delivered.My
friend was huge help as we used the trusty tractor and trailer and deliver the
mulch to the various flower beds my wife has established around the yard.She was hovering during the operation offering
her expertise and tasking us to plant various new flowers before the mulch was
down.We were finishing up the last of
the pile as the sun was starting to set.We were sore and tired but the wife rewarded us with some truly inspired
steaks and several really well received beers.A long day but a lot accomplished and it did keep me away from that
damned French puzzle – so my mind got a rest.
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