Down But Not Out

Rick was bummed out waking up today because this was supposed to be the day that we almost finished with the posts for the fence.  Of course, since he tore his hamstring yesterday, I strongly discouraged his continuation of digging holes and pouring cement.  We are down, but not completely out.

Instead, we took a short drive to the post office to send in our check for $115.00 for snow removal for November.  That much snow already means that this could be a long, cold, expensive winter once again... but we are still glad that WE are not doing the freezing or the shoveling.  Afterward, we added gas to the car, then headed to Whole Foods for a little shopping.

I have to admit that while I am into healthy eating and good food, the prices that Whole Foods charges for some items are just ridiculous.  I guess I am not rich enough to be THAT healthy.  We did buy some tri-colored pasta (spinach, wheat, and white) that will pair with meatballs and spaghetti sauce for dinner tonight.

We cleaned out the back yard by carrying the last two boxes of panels and one set of panels into the garage.  Those bundles were not heavy, so the two of us could handle them.  Then Rick cut up the pallets with the SawsAll, and we carried them to temporary storage by the garage.  They will go out to the curb on Monday. Rick seemed to walk all right as he was doing all of this; my biggest project will be to keep him down enough so his body will heal.  The back yard looks so big now, and I cannot wait to start to add plants and landscaping to the blank slate of the back yard.

The back yard looking toward the south.

The back yard looking to the north.  We have lots of room to design and
to landscape it into an inviting, relaxing area. 

Rick had called Steve to ask if he would be willing to unload the seven bags of concrete from the back of our truck.  He and Chris came for a few minutes to complete that task, and Chris brought us some delicious shortbread for dessert.  Thank you for the goodies!

We used today to clean up the yard so that the grass will not completely die. We wanted to get a clear vision of what we have to work with in the future.  I am excited to see what we can do with the blank canvas once the fence is completely finished in January.