Weekends

Saturday was a very accomplished day!  Got in my mile early this morning for the May challenge on Spark People.  Then I worked on the backyard, getting things ready for rock.  Its a process because things you want to plant, and stepping stones and other assorted stuff needs to be in place -- moving them after rock is laid down is more difficult!  You'd think after 4 years, however, that I'd have everything in place!   hahaha.... I'm a typical female who rearranges furniture on a whim, only mine is in the backyard, and its my plants, planters and rocks that I rearrange!  *snicker*

Did a little R & R for me, while watching some Frasier reruns.  I should have done some more house cleaning beyond the kitchen, but running the vacuum didn't sound like fun!  Then in the afternoon I had to pick up my son from work, and head for the grocery store.  Ahh the weekly shopping, such a chore to get done!

And here it is Sunday morning.  I didn't post yesterday because I hopped on IRC and allowed myself to get a little distracted -- but only just a little.  There are old friends there, and I enjoy catching up.  But there are also men who .... lets just say they have an agenda and I've moved on from getting caught up in all of that. Sometimes its sad to realize that so many are stuck in the same rut they were a few years back.  Although I'm sure the same could be said for me!   So I guess I shouldn't point fingers.  However, I did speak up and mention that my interests have changed, that life has become very busy lately.

Continuing with the #MayMile #Challenge , Sadie and I zipped over to Riparian Preserve to get in a long walk - 2 miles, 50 minutes -- yay us!!  At the end of our walk, the reward is a quick dip in the creek, then home.  Where 20 mins later, yes, she is snoring. hahahaha

The rest of the day will be spent doing household chores, getting things ready for another week of working hard, playing hard, and getting through the mundane everyday-ness.

Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Shopping Spree!

I'v e been telling myself "I will get around to it" and that time never seems to come.... there's always something that needs to be improved in the back yard, but gosh.... that will always be the case, I'm sure.

So in a spur of the moment with my brain screaming "I can't stand it any longer" I zipped into our local landscaping company and placed an order for some Santa Fe Brown rock -- 7 tons of it to be exact! They said they could deliver on Saturday... but I opted for next Thurs when I'm off work -- and when the forecast predicts only the 80s instead of high 90s for this weekend.   So..... yes, I will be a busy gal!  I think I outta start taking my vitamins now, get something in the reserve tank for next weekend.  But it's gonna be great!

When I bought my house, the backyard was bare, except for one palm tree, one slab of cement, and a bunch of weeds.  From there, I found that when it rained, water sluiced down from the back of the yard toward the house, creating a huge puddle on top of my covered patio.  I didn't like this one bit, and experimented from time to time with digging up parts of the yard to make room for some natural water flow, but water doesn't flow on an upgrade very well.  So .. next idea!  I slid a piece... ok, so I hammered a piece of PVC pipe under the walkway so water will have a place to drain. Attached to the PVC I stuck on some special PVC drainage pipe that has holes in it.  Unless we get more than 1.5" of rain in one shot, the water all goes where its supposed to... down the drain and into the ground without leaving puddles behind.

I also worked hard on the yard, creating a cactus corner, raking all the loose river rock from the yard into the section around the palm tree, edging it in with some brick.  Then with some wall blocks, created a planter box along the fence line, painted one wall of the fence that was a different color (now its rainbow stripes!) and planted a bunch of different cacti in places... all fun stuff for me!!!

But now ... the biggest major steps are done.  I think.
Even if they aren't, I've had all I can take and we're putting in some rock!
Thursday is going to be one busy day!