a day in review.

didn't get up til 9:30........poor kitties Cat Breakfast is always served at 9 am....except when the owner of this fine establishment is wonky.  rio and mia climbed next to, on top of, prowled all around the room, jumped over me like i was a candle and they were that guy jack.  fed 'em and laid back down, conked out again.  woke at almost noon......laid there trying to ascertain if i'm in a flare or what is going on. 

managed a shower, street clothes.....made the bed.  put a load of laundry in the washing machine........am i hungry?  i was...i made a sandwich.  good!  i went outside and used the leaf blower on a ton of acorns.  there are three very tall mature oak trees in my front yard......they are all firing acorn missiles at anyone foolish enough to walk beneath them.  one of the trees is only about ten feet from my front door........best to enter through the garage if you don't want to be pelted or dinged by flying acorns. 

i'll have to blow them away every other day for the next by and by.  by the end of the month there will be piles, thick piles of squirrel food.  i should send out an all call to all the squirrels in my area to come and load up for winter........free acorns, take 'em now!  take as many as  you like!

then i remembered that i should put the patio umbrella in the garage.  time to store it and other outdoor things.  so i got a big box and filled it with cushions......then i got a small bucket of sudsy water and scrubbed the cushions that needed it.  they are air drying in the late afternoon sun.  one of my patio chairs needs to go to the trash.  so sad, on one side the wicker has broken off and left a gap that would make it dangerous to use as a chair any longer.  i need to drag it to the curb for tomorrow p/u.  but will i?

i pulled dead leaves off patio plants and did other general tidying.  then i thought i'll just pull the table to a different spot and the chairs too of course.  that's when my back started yelling, "KNOCK IT OFF, YA BIG DUMMY!"  then i noticed that the garden hose had fallen off the hose holder........so i bent one more time.  ohhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooo.  officially time to stop.

but it's never just that simple is it?  i had to bring in the leaf blower, the bucket, do some clean up......put the big box of cushions into the garage..........am i ever going to get called to live in that apartment meaning no more yard workk?  it's been 2.5 years........a long wait. still waiting.........maybe someday. 

now the guilt of not taking that chair to the curb is settling in.........ok, i'll try.  don't know if i'll make it but i will try.  and then i will sit in my comfy green chair as a big reward.  hang in there, stay safe!