A Mixed Bag Weatherwise

Today it was almost a nice day with a lot of ugly looking clouds that looked like they were going to dump lots of rain on us but it never did. After breakfast I loaded up the dishwasher and started it up. While it was running I went outside and picked about a dozen tomatoes, pruned the roses and pulled some weeds in the back yard and then I went out to the front yard and picked up fir branches and cones.

While I was out front I noticed that the front lawn was looking pretty sad so I decided that I would rake it and get the walnut leaves. Once I started to rake I found out that I was actually thatching the grass as well.

The grass and ground was still pretty saturated from all the rain the last few days and while I could see how much the lawn needed thatching it was sticking together too much to make raking very efficient.

I was wearing myself out faster than I wanted to do so I only wound up doing half of the front lawn. So I put the rake away and got out my leaf blower as I thought that if I took a break from raking I might be able to finish the lawn.

Unfortunately I was more worn out than I had thought and by the time I got done blowing off the driveway and sidewalks I was too tired to finish the lawn. Maybe tomorrow the grass will be drier and will rake easier; the weather is suppose to be much warmer and drier.

By the time I finished putting every thing away and got cleaned up it was almost 1330 so I emptied the dishwasher and then I reheated some of the shrimp gumbo that I made yesterday. As I was heating it up Kathleen finally came downstairs for breakfast so we were able to have time at the kitchen table together; I for lunch and she for breakfast.

After putting our dishes into the dishwasher I went into the living room and laid down on the floor and put my feet up on one of the ottomans so that I could keep my feet above my heart. I dozed off in that position and when I went to get up I could not get up without going over to the couch to help me up.

It was just about time for dinner so I called up to Kathleen and asked if she had any ideas for dinner. She brought up some frozen chicken from the freezer in the basement and thawed it out. The she cut up a zucchini that we got from Alyssa on Sunday and fried it with some onion, garlic and sun dried tomatoes. She also cooked some rice to finish off the meal.