It’s 8pm on Sunday and this is the first time I’ve stepped foot inside the house since about 8AM this morning. I spent 12 hours today, and 12 hours all day yesterday, doing lawn and garden work outside and am purely exhausted. I would be sleeping right now except for the fact that Chris and Melissa just left to go pick up Chinese and I am STARVING. We expanded the vegetable garden from a 6×10 …
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A lazy, relaxing weekend
My daughter stayed at her friends house on Friday and Saturday night. Because we hadn’t met this friends parent yet – we decided to take her over there and meet the folks. They’re extremely nice people – the kind of folks we’d enjoy having over for a BBQ later in the summer. I was admiring the flower bed in their front yard when the Mrs. informed me that it’s all her husbands green thumb, and …
…How does your garden grow?
No, I didn’t die or drop off the face of the earth, or anything quite so dramatic. I have, however, been away from my computer pursuing other, non-electronic forms of entertainment. (yes, yes – in between my work responsibilties I do try to step away from the computer. Just because I’m not blogging about work doesn’t mean I’m not working – just wanted to clarify that for a few folks) It took about 3 full …
Getting Out of Chores
I spent a few hours today in therapy. I don’t seek my therapy laying down on the couch of a shrink bemoaning my childhood and my neurosis-of-the-day . . . lately, I find my therapy outside, digging in the dirt adn planting things. I really have to force myself to get out there – – pry myself away from working in my office for an hour or two… but once I’m there, it’s hard to …
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