Well Wednesday was a total work day from my 5'ish rollout until after supper around 7 and I felt it right down to my toes. Yikes these hills in the yards are by them selves enough to wear you out, but thankfully the golf cart started right away and I used it all day long. What a life saver when it comes to carrying lots of stuff we brought from home to the basement and of course all of the weeds, grasses and pine needles from the garden and flower beds; more on those jobs later.
I started the day early as I was amped up after sitting for 14 hours in the truck and sleep wasn't coming due to all the chores I was facing the next day and of course it was a new bed and pillow and now coming down from a king size to a queen size bed is going to take a few days to get use to as well, plus Nancy hadn't changed in her snoring habit, oh well. I got up and did my quiet times and sat and listen to the mist dripping down from the tin roof onto the dormer in the stillness of the morning. I did my quiet time , giving thanks for the safe trip and just life and all of the blessings with much gratitude in finding the cabin in good shape as well as the yards, which had been mowed and weed eaten a week ago. That sure helped with lessening the need to clear a path through the high grasses. Since we had no internet initially but it did come on around 8'ish once the company realized they failed to turn it on after I spoke with tech support the night before. Oh well such is some of the challenges we face daily and I often wonder how we ever did with out the internet and a smart phone; of course I still don't use the phone or text since I retired.
I ventured out with a flashlight to put in the battery in the golf cart as well as the riding mower and with a few adjustments to the terminals both fired up and the golf cart worked great all day long. I did have to air up the tires. Nancy made it out of the sack and prepared a mountain breakfast of bacon and eggs with toast. I had my cup of green earlier, but did drink a glass of buttermilk we brought from home and I didn't want it to spoil. Well I was outside the rest of the day until lunch time. We had a ton of yellow pollen from all of the pine trees in the area so I got a bucket of water and some mops and a push broom and the leaf blower and cleaned both front and back porches before I bring any porch furniture out from the shed. After that job I started on the weeding the flower beds and vegetable beds as well as raked and hauled all of the debris to spot up in the woods where I can get to it in the fall and one again use for cover as weed control. Those chores were the big ones but many little side jobs during the day.
Nancy had the heat all day and night as it is still over cast with fog but the rain at least stopped. I wore 2 shirts and long pants to work in while outside and what a change from just a couple days ago. It is great outside working conditions. I even was able to set up the ROKU TV all by myself after supper on the TV since we are no longer have TV programming in the area. I was surprised I was able to do it as I'm challenged on electronics and even my son in law who is tech savoy was amazed I was able to do it with out calling him, oh well. Nancy watched TV after a supper of Caesar salad, shrimp and a pasta bowl we brought from home. I was whupped and and did check the internet and some accounts as well as posted on Facebook but I was soon it the hot shower and was reading in bed around 9'ish and then lights out for me.
Today we will go in to Sparta and buy some bedding vegetable and flower plants. I did order some flowering seeds on line from Burpee yesterday and I have a few I brought with me plus I have tons of marigold and zinnias seeds from last year that I will sow as soon as I get their beds cleared of weeds and grasses and then rotor till the soil. No sign of the bear that has been bothering the neighbors and I did take out a couple of bird shot shells in case he comes around, LATER
