Getting ready for a Garden & Prom Dress

May 4th - Tuesday Sunny, hail stones, rain and sun again

Today was a rather eventful day. I have had the good fortune of catching a cold again, and can barely speak out loud, so Lou took his two mile walk without me, by the time he was back home, I had dragged myself out of bed and made up the bed.

By the time we had breakfast and were ready to head outside, it was sprinkling, but Lou wanted to get the lawn cut again, so kept at it, as did neighbors on both sides of us, so tonight all the lawns on our end of the road look good. When it started to hail, he came in and we had a quick lunch and then back at it again. He dug up some good top soil to tamp around the white board fence and then dumped the rest of it into the garden. We marked out the new perimeters of the garden and I went to work digging up the plants that needed to be moved and transplanted then to their new homes. I also dug up some spent tulips and crocus to replant this fall.

While we were working on that Krista, Steve and Michelle stopped to tell us the good news of Krista's cancer. She had a PET Scan and it looked good, she doesn't have to go back for three months, can have her port removed, and can stop her Coumadin. They even gave her a purple T shirt with "I survived cancer". This was an answer to many prayers over the last year.

Michelle also picked up her new prom dress that she had ordered and wanted to model it for us, you can see how pleased she was with her purchase, which she did purchase with her own money, from working two jobs this year. Lou was fascinated by the back of her dress and had to take a picture of it also.

Back to work and we hauled stones and filled up the woodchuck holes, so we can watch them now and can bomb the active ones. Poor Estee wants to go every place that Lou goes, and her bad leg won't allow it, so now he is taking her on the tractor with him and she sits and waits for him to pick her up, did I mention that he has spoiled the dog? I don't know who loves whom the most.

I harvested fresh asparagus for dinner tonight and grilled pork steaks for dinner, and had some homemade applesauce with it and some leftover corn. Needless to say, we were both pooped and had an early shower and enjoyed NCIS on tv this evening.