Thrilling Thursday

I got up early today as I wanted to water the berries and the roses this morning before it got too late. I knew that it was suppose to rain today, but it has not rained very much. After I finished watering in the pack yard I took the oscillating sprinkler and hooked it up to water the front lawn.

Where the sewer line was put in a couple years ago the grass never has stayed green very long and it has started to turn yellow/brown already. As it turned out it did rain off and on for most of the day, but I think the grass and plants needed the extra watering.


Anyway, while the front lawn was being watered, I made myself an egg beater omelet and a couple sausages, and then I emptied the dishwasher. Now I went out and turned the water off and put the sprinkler back into the garage. With that done I went into the living room and read the paper.

The mail came as I was finishing the paper. The mail had the gas bill, which I had a credit on, so that means that I do not have to worry about that bill for another month. There was also a credit notice from the Oregonian that was enough for the next three months, so there is another bill I will not have to worry about for a few months.

After taking care of the paper and the junk mail, I went upstairs and told Kathleen that I was going to take myself for a walk. I only went for about a mile and the last little bit it had started to rain so I cut my walk a little short so that I would not get soaked.

After a while it stopped raining, so I went back out to dig up a couple blackberry plants that I noticed while I was watering earlier this morning. As I was going back into the house I noticed a trail of ants by the back door, so I went into the garage and got out my insect spray and sprayed them.

While I was at it I sprayed from the back steps to the northeast corner in the front of the house. When I got to the front of the house I noticed another trail of ants, so maybe the spraying will do some good for a day or two.

After cleaning up I made myself a salad for lunch, by the time I finished eating my salad and put the dishes into the dishwasher it was almost time for the NBA draft to start so I made myself comfortable and watched Portland with the first pick choose Ohio State University's Greg Oden. Then there were a couple trades and with the fifty-third pick the chose Demetris Nichols from Syracuse. Overall I think that Portland did pretty well again this year with the draft and trades.

Tonight Kathleen made the flounder for dinner and sliced up some potatoes and baked them in the oven. It was really good, she spiced up the potatoes and the flounder a little and the extra flavor was delicious. For dessert she sliced up a cantaloupe, it was just right and ever so sweet. Well, that was my day, due to the rain I did not get a lot done outside, but I probably needed a day off.

From what the weather report shows it looks like we might have another day or two of off and on rain or at least showers. So maybe I will have to do some sorting and cleaning inside. Well just the thought of that makes me tired, so I think that I will just say good night.