…back in the saddle….for today, anyway.<\/p>\n
Today’s project was more weed-whacking in the back yard. Although the front yard is landscaped (well, a lawn and sprinklers, with a concrete edged area around the house with a few weeds), the back yard has never been improved since the builder levelled the lot. The result is a goodly pile of weeds.<\/p>\n
Some of the weeds are quite impressive. There’s a few 4 foot tall prickly plants with purple flowers, some foxtails, and other varieties of unknown (to me) names. Many are 2-3 feet tall.<\/p>\n
Over last week and this week, I have taken my new weed whacking machine out there, along with long pants, work boots, ear plugs, safety glasses, and a hat. All of those are necessary items; there is the occasional flying weed parts whizzing by my ears.<\/p>\n
Today I got another 1\/3 of the weeds cut down. There’s one more patch left, about 1\/4 of the back yard. That’s a job for another day.<\/p>\n
This afternoon, an approaching thunderstorm brought a lot of wind – 20mph, with gusts up to 45mph (according to someones’ weather station a few miles away). A lot of dust blowing from the deserts on the other side of the Salt Lake. It was windy and dusty enough that I had to use the safety glasses when I wandered outside. The advantage of the wind was that all the weeds that I have cut down have wandered off to places unknown.<\/p>\n
The weed-eating was my big task of the day. I spent a bit of time on-line looking at the mail, and working on updating my late son’s music site. There were some missing music file links on the pages that he built (and I slightly modified and moved the hosting after his death). I still have to upload the changes. But sitting in the basement was nice; there is a large finished family room down here. I’ve got the recliner and the older 46″ LCD screen down here along with one of the DirecTV DVR’s), so it’s quite comfortable.<\/p>\n
We’re basically moved into the new house. All the furniture is here; the replacement mattress came yesterday. We got a new one when we moved in, but it was a bit firm for me. I’ve been waking up (early; which is not what I expected when I retired) with stiffness in my upper back. So we traded for the softest mattress, which was delivered yesterday. I woke up this morning with less back stiffness, so maybe it will be a better mattress for me.<\/p>\n
I’ve gotten all the computers hooked up here. The desktop computer and a small Windows 2008 server are set up in the corner of the basement in the area that has been roughed in for a kitchenette area. The wireless network connects to our two laptops, and a wireless Canon MP 620 printer\/scanner that’s upstairs in Pam’s scrapbook room (one of the bedrooms upstairs). There’s a small laser printer on the desk downstairs that is connected to the desktop computer, but I have a wireless box for it that needs to be installed.<\/p>\n
We’ve got one of the grandkids to spend the night (Joelle; age 9). That’s fun for them, and not too hard if you only have one of them. She had a dance recital two nights ago; there were about 20-25 different classes of varying ages (dancing, cheer leading, and tumbling), so the program was about two hour. But a fun time was had by all.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow’s plan? Finishing up the weeding. Although there is a new thunderstorm due tomorrow (today’s was just wind in our area). It’s been an unusually wet June for this area, as for others. But I like the cooler weather. And the basement will be nice when it gets warmer outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
…back in the saddle….for today, anyway.<\/p>\n
Today’s project was more weed-whacking in the back yard. Although the front yard is landscaped (well, a lawn and sprinklers, with a concrete edged area around the house with a few weeds), the back yard has never been improved since the builder levelled the lot. The result is a goodly pile of weeds.<\/p>\n
Some of the weeds are quite impressive. There’s a few 4 foot tall prickly plants with purple flowers,<\/p>\n