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mulch much?
Jun. 13th, 2009 10:26 amjack headed out early to pick up the "rumble bee" (his '55 bel air) from his dad's house down the street... so i decided to tackle the mulching that i had to set aside when i hurt my back. (i can't believe that was 2 weeks ago, time flies.) i started off using the technique that jack had suggested: fill a giant lawn and leaf bag with mulch, drag it up the hill to the flowerbed, dump it out, rake it smooth, repeat. that lasted 2 bags' full before i gave up... the bag was already ripping, and dragging that heavy thing uphill was not a very smart idea. plus it didn't hold that much.
so, off to search for a wheelbarrow. wal-mart didn't have any, but the sears hardware had "lawn carts" that would do the trick. stuff it in the back of the car, back home... fill it with the first load of mulch.. aaahhhhhh. SO much better. i was able to do twice the work in half the time.
my back, however, gave me a nudge after about 1/2 hour and said "let's talk, shall we? i'm not really pleased at this whole 'bending over and raking mulch' thing.". yeah, so i decided to save the second half of the flowerbed for tomorrow. i'm not tempting fate. but wow, the half that's finished? looks awesome compared to before. i love mulch. :)
i'm feeling so much better than last night. i was in a mood yesterday evening, not sure why. jack and i went out for our monthly "indian food friday" date, and all day i'd been looking forward to a nice meal topped off with some masala tea and sharing our favorite dessert. instead, the restaurant was packed, it was hot as hell and i sat there with a sweaty wet neck and back, with my sweaty wet butt sticking to the seat... and then after an almost 45-minute wait to order dessert, instead the owner came by and said "good night" as he plopped down our check and walked away. um, i guess no dessert. i got in the car and burst into tears. yes, the dessert is good enough to cry over, but i'm guessing it was just an emotional floodgate after a stressful week at work and getting over the last of the back issues. a cold shower and long night's sleep last night seems to have helped. :)
off to rally... 2 car shows to hit today, if the weather behaves. fingers crossed!
so, off to search for a wheelbarrow. wal-mart didn't have any, but the sears hardware had "lawn carts" that would do the trick. stuff it in the back of the car, back home... fill it with the first load of mulch.. aaahhhhhh. SO much better. i was able to do twice the work in half the time.
my back, however, gave me a nudge after about 1/2 hour and said "let's talk, shall we? i'm not really pleased at this whole 'bending over and raking mulch' thing.". yeah, so i decided to save the second half of the flowerbed for tomorrow. i'm not tempting fate. but wow, the half that's finished? looks awesome compared to before. i love mulch. :)
i'm feeling so much better than last night. i was in a mood yesterday evening, not sure why. jack and i went out for our monthly "indian food friday" date, and all day i'd been looking forward to a nice meal topped off with some masala tea and sharing our favorite dessert. instead, the restaurant was packed, it was hot as hell and i sat there with a sweaty wet neck and back, with my sweaty wet butt sticking to the seat... and then after an almost 45-minute wait to order dessert, instead the owner came by and said "good night" as he plopped down our check and walked away. um, i guess no dessert. i got in the car and burst into tears. yes, the dessert is good enough to cry over, but i'm guessing it was just an emotional floodgate after a stressful week at work and getting over the last of the back issues. a cold shower and long night's sleep last night seems to have helped. :)
off to rally... 2 car shows to hit today, if the weather behaves. fingers crossed!
