Friday evening after dinner, we met Laura and Alan at The Bulldog in Lowertown. It was fun to meet up with friends and chat even though it was freakishly loud in there and I got really tired at the end. I just can’t stay out late like I used to! I also really enjoyed my Blackthorn Cider. I had never had that kind before, and really enjoyed it. It reminded me of champagne, which I love.
On Saturday we had planned to work in the garden, but the weather was not conducive to being outside. Instead, I cuddled up on the couch with Chester and watched a movie, “The Kids Are All Right.” Adam and I both thought it was pretty good and had some funny parts. By the afternoon, we were feeling restless, so decided to run some errands despite the rain. We picked up a bunch of supplies at Menard’s, along with a rose to replace the one I killed by not properly insulating it for winter.
Then we went to PetSmart to look for a rain jacket I really wanted for Chester. Luckily, they had his size in stock so I got it. Adam told me after we checked, “I’m always embarrassed to be with when you buy clothes for him.” I reminded him that Chester really needs a raincoat because he hates getting wet. It’s a really cute yellow ducky one.
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| Chester in his darling new raincoat |
Next was the grocery store to pick up a few supplies for our fried food extravaganza dinner. We got out the deep fryer and made deep fried pickles, onion rings, and for the first time ever, jalapeño poppers. Everything turned out really well. Of course it wasn’t healthy, but it sure tasted good on a cold rainy day.
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| Jalapeno Poppers all prepped and ready to fry |
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| Deep fried perfection |
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| Onion rings frying |
Sunday we woke up to a beautiful day! After making breakfast together, we put on our work clothes and headed outside. We decided to start on the side of the house and tackle some of the tire planters before the hostas grew any larger in them. Yes, you read that right, tire planters. A previous owner of our house had an affinity for tires as lawn décor. This person must have had the hook-up with a semi-truck driver because these are no regular sized tires. As we sweated away digging these tires out, we couldn't help but wonder, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND THINKS TIRES ARE GREAT FOR LANDSCAPING?!?
Adam removed one from the middle of the front yard last summer, but with all the wedding events last year, we just didn’t get to the rest. Yesterday we (mostly Adam) dug out 3 of them, along with 2 temporary plastic plant containers that were also embedded in the ground. What nice landscaping. The areas we removed the tires from already look 10x better.
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| Landscaping Genius, photo taken Fall 2010. Removal was much harder now because plants were growing in the tires. Exhibit A: Half submerged plastic temporary planter Exhibit B: Normal sized tire Exhibit C: Fancy tire planter (removed by Adam in 2010) Exhibit D: Semi tire planter |
After a lunch break, we decided to start on the garden. The area where our garden is now used to be part of the lawn. Even though we dug it up last year and had a garden, the grass is still trying to reclaim the land. Yesterday we spent hours trying to dig it up and get all the roots so it won’t grow back. We’re still not done, and still haven’t even started planting yet. Pulling weeds before you even plant the garden is no fun. At least it was nice to be outside. Chester was out with us most of the day until he had a barking meltdown and had to be put inside on timeout by himself.
I’m excited to plant our seedlings and new plants we bought at the Farmer’s Market. I’m also anxious to plant my new rose bush. I was excited to discover yesterday that I hadn’t killed the other rose after all. It’s starting to sprout right at the base, so I’m hoping it recovers.
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