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Adventuresome and Productive Morning
Sep. 22nd, 2007 04:16 pmJD took the boys with her to b'fast w/ her parents this morning at 7am. She and her mother were going to leave the restaurant for B'ham and Andy brought the boys back home to me.
While they were off for b'fast, I inhaled some cereal and started doing some yardwork. One of my next-door n'bors is living outside of D.C. While in front of the house, I noticed a vehicle in the driveway. Oh, the n'bor's home. Wait, no that's none of his cars. I walked over and looked over the dented, little Nissan pickup. Called Glenn to see if he had any ideas on why this truck was in his driveway. Considering that the house screams "I'M EMPTY! NOBODY'S HOME!," I offered to call the police in case someone was squatting or pilfering his house.
About 10 minutes later, two cruiser pull up in front of my house. I'm now winding up the garden hose and tell the cops what caused my concern and that I talked to the homeowner. One goes in the backyard and the other is in the front. I was winding up hose, so I didn't see exactly what happened, but I heard the n'bors on the other side of the house come out and announce the truck was their son-in-law's (who had arrived "late" the night before). All is fine and good. I called Glenn back and I met the n'bors on the other side. They were pleased to know that I was motivated to do what I did. That's me, a one-man N'hood Watch.
While waiting for the boys to return and my dad to arrive, I kept myself busy tidying the front yard, clearing out the garage, sweeping it out, and reorganizing the large yard equipment and kids' toys that occupy the garage.
The boys did a great job of either entertaining themselves or actually being helpful (when possible) as my dad and I:
1. Rehung the porch swing
2. Chopped the Rose of Sharon in my front yard down to a bush (starting to die off and crowds my n'bor's larger crepe myrtle)
3. Dug up two holly bushes from front beds
4. Cut large holly next to garage all the way to the ground. Had to recharge my drill, so I'll drill holes in the stump/root and pour some RoundUp in it later.
5. Moved all debris to the street
6. Plotted the demise of a sickly pine tree along my back fence that is crowding the same n'bor's HUGE apple (?) tree in the back yard. That tree has the most gorgeous white blossoms in the spring and would love to have a better view of the tree and let it fill in a bit.
I was planning on sleeping in tomorrow and cutting the grass after lunch, but I received a call a little while ago. The Jungle Jack Hanna show they were going to take the boys to today...is actually tomorrow. For whatever reason, JD and I are now going over there for lunch and taking the boys to see Jack Hanna at 2pm. This now means I've got to get up early enough to mow the yard, clean up the yard, and take a shower before leaving for lunch at my parents' house. *sigh*
At least I'm allowing myself complete gluttony and sloth this afternoon and evening. I've been squeezing out the last bit of interest I have in Axis & Allies while watching SEC football. JD will call sometime in the 6pm hour for my dinner order, so all I really need to do for the next couple of hours is have some sort of an idea about what I want her to pick up on the way home.
While they were off for b'fast, I inhaled some cereal and started doing some yardwork. One of my next-door n'bors is living outside of D.C. While in front of the house, I noticed a vehicle in the driveway. Oh, the n'bor's home. Wait, no that's none of his cars. I walked over and looked over the dented, little Nissan pickup. Called Glenn to see if he had any ideas on why this truck was in his driveway. Considering that the house screams "I'M EMPTY! NOBODY'S HOME!," I offered to call the police in case someone was squatting or pilfering his house.
About 10 minutes later, two cruiser pull up in front of my house. I'm now winding up the garden hose and tell the cops what caused my concern and that I talked to the homeowner. One goes in the backyard and the other is in the front. I was winding up hose, so I didn't see exactly what happened, but I heard the n'bors on the other side of the house come out and announce the truck was their son-in-law's (who had arrived "late" the night before). All is fine and good. I called Glenn back and I met the n'bors on the other side. They were pleased to know that I was motivated to do what I did. That's me, a one-man N'hood Watch.
While waiting for the boys to return and my dad to arrive, I kept myself busy tidying the front yard, clearing out the garage, sweeping it out, and reorganizing the large yard equipment and kids' toys that occupy the garage.
The boys did a great job of either entertaining themselves or actually being helpful (when possible) as my dad and I:
1. Rehung the porch swing
2. Chopped the Rose of Sharon in my front yard down to a bush (starting to die off and crowds my n'bor's larger crepe myrtle)
3. Dug up two holly bushes from front beds
4. Cut large holly next to garage all the way to the ground. Had to recharge my drill, so I'll drill holes in the stump/root and pour some RoundUp in it later.
5. Moved all debris to the street
6. Plotted the demise of a sickly pine tree along my back fence that is crowding the same n'bor's HUGE apple (?) tree in the back yard. That tree has the most gorgeous white blossoms in the spring and would love to have a better view of the tree and let it fill in a bit.
I was planning on sleeping in tomorrow and cutting the grass after lunch, but I received a call a little while ago. The Jungle Jack Hanna show they were going to take the boys to today...is actually tomorrow. For whatever reason, JD and I are now going over there for lunch and taking the boys to see Jack Hanna at 2pm. This now means I've got to get up early enough to mow the yard, clean up the yard, and take a shower before leaving for lunch at my parents' house. *sigh*
At least I'm allowing myself complete gluttony and sloth this afternoon and evening. I've been squeezing out the last bit of interest I have in Axis & Allies while watching SEC football. JD will call sometime in the 6pm hour for my dinner order, so all I really need to do for the next couple of hours is have some sort of an idea about what I want her to pick up on the way home.
