? A Day Off ?

I'm not very smart. I finally get a day off from work with no other obligations and what do I do...I spend THE WHOLE DAY working in the yard. I have been meaning to re-mulch our flower beds for awhile now, but hadn't gotten to it. Well, yesterday was the day. Beth had pulled weeds from the main bed, but hadn't gotten to the 2 beds beneath the 2 trees. (there's still a 3rd bed where the weeds are threatening to take over). So I spent the morning pulling weeds. Then it was time for a trip to Lowe's for mulch and a few flowers. I also stopped by an attending house, she's got an AMAZING garden, for some plants that she offered to share with me. Then to the grocery store for some dinner items and then home to start (what I THOUGHT was going be) dinner. It finished cooking at 9:15 last night. That story in a minute.

So I managed to get the 2 beds around the trees planted with flowers and mulched before dinner. I also managed to plant the ground cover and plants given to me. Then it was time to go in and get dinner ready. Boy was I in for a surprise!

So corned beef, according to the directions, should cook in 2.5 hours. I failed to realize that crock pots don't get that hot that quickly in order to fully cook the meat in that amount of time. So 3 hours later, 6:00 p.m., when it was time to eat; dinner was still raw. Chipotle here we come!!! It also gave me the chance to go back to Lowe's to return the liner I bought to go around the beds as a barrier to the grass. The whole setup was $108.00 and I decided that money could be better spent elsewhere. So I took them back. Then, back home to finish the yard, I still had mulch to get out.

By the time I finshed it was dark, so I have no idea how the beds look. Then this morning, it came a GIGANTIC THUNDERSTORM. It looked as though the flowers and mulch survived, but I'm anxious to get home and see. I guess I will spend my next day off finishing the one last bed on the side of the driveway and all will be complete. Of course, by then, it will be time to mow again and I will spend even more time in the yard instead of enjoying my day off.

The corned beef will be eaten for dinner tonight. I even bought garlic bread (the really good kind from the supermarket with LOADS of butter and garlic on it).

The other bad thing about working in the yard...I always pay for it for the next few days because muscles I didn't know I had, hurt. I feel 90.