Happy 45th Tommy!
Brady & his new bride, Dawnya (pronounced dawn-YA)
Ominous sky
As morning approached, I could hear what sounded a lot like pounding rain slamming against the roof and windows. And when I jumped out of bed and glanced out the window I could see that it had been raining, but how much I didn’t know.
I went through my rigorous exercise routine in the matter of a few minutes. It was still before 8am. I hadn’t done sit-ups or curls since Wednesday morning. Ykraps was anxious to get outside for walk so we somewhat hurriedly headed outdoors. The stream feeding the pond was swollen higher than I’ve seen it yet this year – a tell tale sign that it had rained a significant amount. The ground was squishy and the edges of my flowers beds, especially those in back, were holding water. Once again, we got a considerable amount of rain just when we needed it. The lawn is as lush as one could expect short of having an irrigation system installed.
The rain stopped completely shortly after Ykraps and I completed our walk and the sky began showing signs of clearing. After tinkering around the house for a while, I took Mindy some coffee in bed and then I readied for my run.
My run took me through the subdivision, but only partially. I exited out onto Trabue Rd. and once again took the Trabue/Hague Ave trail that I have come to love on the weekends. When I returned, Mindy was still sleeping. I decided to begin making breakfast. I made bacon and scrambled eggs topped with cheese. They were good. As we ate we planned our day. Mindy would be going by her house to see her kids, and then go shopping for lil’ Rocky’s birthday presents and party accessories.
I would be going by Home Depot to look at some wire shelving for the pantry and laundry room as well as getting mower gas. And because I thought I’d be cutting grass later in the day, I didn’t bother showering after my run. I just threw on some shorts and headed out the door. At Home Depot I grabbed a shopping cart then went looking for my items. I grabbed some ant killer since we seem to have an inordinate number of them crawling freely about the house this summer. Next, in route to the shelving I past the power washers, and long story short, I put one in my cart. I have been contemplating buying one all spring/summer long. This would finally put and end to the ongoing torment and free me to do the jobs needing done when I want to do them.
Lastly, I found my way to the shelving where I had the help open a new box of the pantry door shelving. I checked out of Home Depot after dropping $358. On the way home I stopped a fueled both the five gallon mower gas can and the Trooper. Gas was $2.95 a gallon, an then stopped by my Dad’s to see if I could borrow his electric planer. He wasn’t home.
Mindy was still out shopping when I got home. I unloaded my haul then readied myself for some outside work. The first thing I did was take the pantry door off of its hinges and out onto the deck where I could sand/plane down the high spot catching on the jamb with each opening and closing. I had planed it two years ago when I had my dad’s planer but apparently not enough. I used my palm sander this time with 60 grit sand paper. It worked rather well. After sanding down the top of the door I proceeded to sand the edge of new decking boards I had installed about a month ago making the lip over the steps much smoother to the touch I also sanded the top of the deck railings giving them a smooth finish again after ten years of service.
Back inside I rehung the pantry door and tested it out. Perfect! After a quick snack of cheese chunks I went out doors to complete some yard chores. I thought that I’d wack and edge but once I saw that my English Ivy was growing well into my petunias again I decided I’d be better off taking the time to trim the ivy back first. I ended up trimming the ivy around all of the beds, and that took about an hour. Unfortunately, I managed to severe one of my 100’ extensions along the way since I was using the electric hedge trimmers. I have heard many stories of people doing just that but had never done it myself. It happens before you know it. Luckily I severed it only about 12” from the male plug and can easily repair it and keep it in safe service. They actually make new replacement plug ends for extension cords now.
After I finished cutting back the ivy I evened up the shrubs and trimmed the weeping mulberry tree. Before putting the hedge trimmers away, I trimmed the cranberry bush too. By far, it was the one item needing trimmed the most. Just as I was finishing it up, Mindy arrived home. I helped her carry in her bounty before completely putting full closure to my daily lawn chores. It was obvious that I wouldn’t have time to mow this afternoon and still make it to my friend Brady’s wedding reception at a reasonable hour. The invite says it starts at 4pm, we planned to arrive a bit later. Mindy worried whether or not it was such an event that we should be punctual too like the wedding itself. I thought not since it is only the reception (he actually got married in the Islands off of the South Carolina coast two weeks ago).
Around 3:45pm we both showered and dressed for the reception. We gathered a few items like the camera and the direction and headed out. The reception was being hosted by Brady’s parents who live way out on Roberts Rd close to Amitty Rd. They have quite a spread out there, I hear.
We followed the directions which took us down several jogs. Roberts Road just might jog more than any other road I’ve ever driven. We arrived sometime after 4:30pm and initially thought that we might be one of only a few guests. But as we pulled up we saw signs leading us back behind a pole barn for parking. Once back there we were relieved to see many more cars. The have what appears to be about 4 acres, about a ¼ acre pond, a pretty ranch style home, an inground pool with a real nice patio surrounding it. This was truly the perfect setting for just such an event.
We stayed at Brady’s party for about two hours or so. As it turned out, Mindy knew Brady’s grandmother from church, but never had put together the connection despite the same last name. We arrived back home close to 7pm. The first order of business was to walk Ykraps. I couldn’t wait to try one of my new raspberry beers so I took one along during our walk. It was as tasty and full bodied as I had hoped. On our walk, we went up to visit a friend of Mindy’s who’s a fireman. His name is Steve and he’s a captain. Apparently she had dated him some years ago. I am not sure if it was before her marriage or not, but assume so.
When we retuned to the house we sat out on the deck and enjoyed the beautiful evening that was unfolding. The temperature was expected to dip into the upper fifties tonight – something we hadn’t experienced in quite awhile. After a couple more raspberry beers and a glass of wine for Mindy, we got in the hot tub. It felt wonderful! After hot tubbing and closing down the deck, we headed inside and up to bed. It was 11pm on the nose. Even though I have been off work since Wednesday, I don’t think we have stayed up any later than tonight except for once- Friday night. The two night’s camping we were asleep before 10:30 - 11pm, I am certain. I must be getting old!
Brady & his new bride, Dawnya (pronounced dawn-YA)
Ominous sky
As morning approached, I could hear what sounded a lot like pounding rain slamming against the roof and windows. And when I jumped out of bed and glanced out the window I could see that it had been raining, but how much I didn’t know.
I went through my rigorous exercise routine in the matter of a few minutes. It was still before 8am. I hadn’t done sit-ups or curls since Wednesday morning. Ykraps was anxious to get outside for walk so we somewhat hurriedly headed outdoors. The stream feeding the pond was swollen higher than I’ve seen it yet this year – a tell tale sign that it had rained a significant amount. The ground was squishy and the edges of my flowers beds, especially those in back, were holding water. Once again, we got a considerable amount of rain just when we needed it. The lawn is as lush as one could expect short of having an irrigation system installed.
The rain stopped completely shortly after Ykraps and I completed our walk and the sky began showing signs of clearing. After tinkering around the house for a while, I took Mindy some coffee in bed and then I readied for my run.
My run took me through the subdivision, but only partially. I exited out onto Trabue Rd. and once again took the Trabue/Hague Ave trail that I have come to love on the weekends. When I returned, Mindy was still sleeping. I decided to begin making breakfast. I made bacon and scrambled eggs topped with cheese. They were good. As we ate we planned our day. Mindy would be going by her house to see her kids, and then go shopping for lil’ Rocky’s birthday presents and party accessories.
I would be going by Home Depot to look at some wire shelving for the pantry and laundry room as well as getting mower gas. And because I thought I’d be cutting grass later in the day, I didn’t bother showering after my run. I just threw on some shorts and headed out the door. At Home Depot I grabbed a shopping cart then went looking for my items. I grabbed some ant killer since we seem to have an inordinate number of them crawling freely about the house this summer. Next, in route to the shelving I past the power washers, and long story short, I put one in my cart. I have been contemplating buying one all spring/summer long. This would finally put and end to the ongoing torment and free me to do the jobs needing done when I want to do them.
Lastly, I found my way to the shelving where I had the help open a new box of the pantry door shelving. I checked out of Home Depot after dropping $358. On the way home I stopped a fueled both the five gallon mower gas can and the Trooper. Gas was $2.95 a gallon, an then stopped by my Dad’s to see if I could borrow his electric planer. He wasn’t home.
Mindy was still out shopping when I got home. I unloaded my haul then readied myself for some outside work. The first thing I did was take the pantry door off of its hinges and out onto the deck where I could sand/plane down the high spot catching on the jamb with each opening and closing. I had planed it two years ago when I had my dad’s planer but apparently not enough. I used my palm sander this time with 60 grit sand paper. It worked rather well. After sanding down the top of the door I proceeded to sand the edge of new decking boards I had installed about a month ago making the lip over the steps much smoother to the touch I also sanded the top of the deck railings giving them a smooth finish again after ten years of service.
Back inside I rehung the pantry door and tested it out. Perfect! After a quick snack of cheese chunks I went out doors to complete some yard chores. I thought that I’d wack and edge but once I saw that my English Ivy was growing well into my petunias again I decided I’d be better off taking the time to trim the ivy back first. I ended up trimming the ivy around all of the beds, and that took about an hour. Unfortunately, I managed to severe one of my 100’ extensions along the way since I was using the electric hedge trimmers. I have heard many stories of people doing just that but had never done it myself. It happens before you know it. Luckily I severed it only about 12” from the male plug and can easily repair it and keep it in safe service. They actually make new replacement plug ends for extension cords now.
After I finished cutting back the ivy I evened up the shrubs and trimmed the weeping mulberry tree. Before putting the hedge trimmers away, I trimmed the cranberry bush too. By far, it was the one item needing trimmed the most. Just as I was finishing it up, Mindy arrived home. I helped her carry in her bounty before completely putting full closure to my daily lawn chores. It was obvious that I wouldn’t have time to mow this afternoon and still make it to my friend Brady’s wedding reception at a reasonable hour. The invite says it starts at 4pm, we planned to arrive a bit later. Mindy worried whether or not it was such an event that we should be punctual too like the wedding itself. I thought not since it is only the reception (he actually got married in the Islands off of the South Carolina coast two weeks ago).
Around 3:45pm we both showered and dressed for the reception. We gathered a few items like the camera and the direction and headed out. The reception was being hosted by Brady’s parents who live way out on Roberts Rd close to Amitty Rd. They have quite a spread out there, I hear.
We followed the directions which took us down several jogs. Roberts Road just might jog more than any other road I’ve ever driven. We arrived sometime after 4:30pm and initially thought that we might be one of only a few guests. But as we pulled up we saw signs leading us back behind a pole barn for parking. Once back there we were relieved to see many more cars. The have what appears to be about 4 acres, about a ¼ acre pond, a pretty ranch style home, an inground pool with a real nice patio surrounding it. This was truly the perfect setting for just such an event.
We stayed at Brady’s party for about two hours or so. As it turned out, Mindy knew Brady’s grandmother from church, but never had put together the connection despite the same last name. We arrived back home close to 7pm. The first order of business was to walk Ykraps. I couldn’t wait to try one of my new raspberry beers so I took one along during our walk. It was as tasty and full bodied as I had hoped. On our walk, we went up to visit a friend of Mindy’s who’s a fireman. His name is Steve and he’s a captain. Apparently she had dated him some years ago. I am not sure if it was before her marriage or not, but assume so.
When we retuned to the house we sat out on the deck and enjoyed the beautiful evening that was unfolding. The temperature was expected to dip into the upper fifties tonight – something we hadn’t experienced in quite awhile. After a couple more raspberry beers and a glass of wine for Mindy, we got in the hot tub. It felt wonderful! After hot tubbing and closing down the deck, we headed inside and up to bed. It was 11pm on the nose. Even though I have been off work since Wednesday, I don’t think we have stayed up any later than tonight except for once- Friday night. The two night’s camping we were asleep before 10:30 - 11pm, I am certain. I must be getting old!
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