Well, I think that I have mostly recovered from last weeks work; I was pretty wiped out over the weekend. Yesterday after church I changed my clothes and then loaded our old large outdoor plastic table and chair set into the SUV and also several boxes that I had put some of Alyssa's old stuff in to take over to her pool party.
It was about noon by the time I finished loading the SUV up and since some of it was in the basement and some of it was in the garage I was a little worn out between lugging all that stuff and going up and down stairs.
So I went into the house and rested for a while. Finally around 1330 I decided to make myself something to eat so that I would not be too famished by the time we got to Alyssa and Dan's. Then I went back into the living room and waited for Kathleen to come downstairs and be ready to go.
Since I had hoped to be at their place by around 1400 so that I could set the table and chairs up and help getting set up I knew that we would be a little rushed when we did not leave here until after 1400.
When we got there I set the table and chairs up and then brought the boxes of stuff into the house for Alyssa to see what it was. Alyssa was making some of the food for the party and so I helped Dan take the pool cover off and skim off the leaves that had fallen into the pool.
Another reason I had wanted to get there early was to be able to use the pool before it was loaded with little people. Since we did not get there early enough I played life guard so that everyone else could enjoy themselves a little more.
Toni and Chucky arrived after she got off work, Andrea was going to come over but John had just gotten home from Men's Roundup and was really tired. Aaron was working so Tami did not bring the girls over.
We had a beautiful ride home last night taking the river route. The sun was just setting and the orange sky was reflecting on the river and the boat lights were an added touch. By the time we got home last night I was too tired to think about trying to blog so I did not.
Today after breakfast I took a walk, and about half way around I knew that it was a mistake; my hip really started bothering me and so by the time I got home I was not only sore but pretty tired as well.
I went out back and cut some roses for the house and also picked some beefsteak and cherry tomatoes. I could have picked more but I wanted to give them an extra day to ripen a little bit more.
Since I fertilized last week we have not had any rain; we really have not had any dew so I thought that I would water the lawn and also the berries, roses and vegetables. By the time I finished that I was really tucked out so I sat and rested for a while.
When I finally got up I decided to make myself some lunch so I made myself a turkey brat on a bun and also sliced up a couple roma tomatoes and put some pepper jack cheese on a bun and toasted them in the toaster oven. I think I eat a dozen or more cherry tomatoes a day and a couple roma tomatoes as well. Tomatoes are suppose to be good for me so I am taking advantage of this tomato season.
So after eating I sat down in my chair again and Kathleen woke me up when she came downstairs a little after 1500. She had not been downstairs all day and was going next door to visit with our neighbor.
Since I was awake I decided to go and water in the front lawn and also water the flower beds in the front of the house and along the drive way. When I came in I though that I would do my blog now as I might not make it if I waited until later in the evening.
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Thanks for the table and chairs. This morning I sprayed them with a product called "30 seconds" after pressure washing alone didn't clean up the grey stuff. Once that stuff set in for a minute or so, the stain was virtually gone...I pressure washed the remaining gunk off and now they are as good as almost new! The table didn't fare as well, as the top layer wanted to come up as I sprayed it with the pressure washer, so I just sprayed it once more with "30 seconds" and called it good.
If the weather stays nice, we'll have to have you over again!
You are more than welcome for the table and chairs; we had not used them in over two years and probably not more than five times in the last five years.
I spent more time moving them out of the way when I mowed the lawn than we did sitting at them.
With the amount of company you have you will no doubt put them to good use; in fact there were more people sitting at it Sunday than we have had in the five previous years.
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