s far as I know when most parents ship their kids to relatives they make the most of the opportunity by going on romantic walks/trips, evenings out and fancy dinners. ffice Not us. While The Boy is away with his grandparents we have joined the Easter week-end DIYing masses. We have not I am afraid tackled the still unfinished upstairs toilet (any volunteers out there who fancy doing a bit of grouting and plumbing in their spare time? I thought not). However we have made good progress on the garden. The broken fence panels have been replaced and stained to match the others. The cherry tree and blueberry bush have been moved to more convenient locations. The bark has been moved from the front garden to the back to form a nice thick layer of cushioning under the climbing frame. 4 raised beds now grace the right side of the garden and enough top soil to fill them has been moved from the front garden to the back. Him Indoors had some fun taking rubbish to the dump. He sulked a bit as it meant driving my car, which would cramp anybody’s style. On the minus side the house now resembles a mud track, my thighs feel like I have done 200 lunges (pile of soil to shovel to wheelbarrow action) and my arms like I have done 100 biceps curls and 100 triceps dips. The joys of double digging are very overrated. On the plus side after another trip to the dump he garden should be useable again, ready for the lighter evenings and just in time for most planting. And there is now far less soil needing sifting in the front garden and there should be just enough to fill the containers and the bags for the potatoes. Perfect if I mix it with a bit of compost. And it leaves us with a whole bank holiday Monday to do what normal people do when their kids are away.
Did the earth move for you ? No but I sure moved the earth...
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(12.4.04 17:54) Your energy is amazing. I feel so lazy now. I have to ask you about a comment you left in my blog: What are 'soldiers' - as in - you had boiled eggs with soldiers? If it's toast, where would the soldiers nickname come from? |
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stroppycow (12.4.04 22:43) They are the little strips of bread you dip in the runny yolk of soft boiled eggs. I expect they are called soldiers because they line up nicely. |
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Lisa / Website (13.4.04 17:41) Want to come over and do our garden now? We can supply food and wine. |
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stroppcyow / Website (14.4.04 11:40) As long as it does not involve any more digging, shovelling or barrowing no problem. |
