Friday, May 14/2010

Up early again today and I looked out the window and saw nothing but open field and trees. The birds were singing and Hogan was anxious to get outside. What a pleasure it was for me to let him out and not have to worry about him bothering the neighbors or dealing with lots of traffic.

It wasn't long before Arnie was up and it wasn't long before him and I started cleaning the yard up. He was on a mission to clean up and rearrange things in preparation for May long weekend. We worked for most of the day, stopped for a few "coffee" breaks and actually got a fair amount done. Even Bayne helped a bit. Arnie really wanted to get the garage cleaned because the kids have been banished to the garage for the weekend. With Arnie's Mom being sick, there will be no partying in the house. The garage is the gathering place for the masses so it will be much less hassle for Mom. It actually turned out well.

Mom and I checked out the garden space and had a good chat about where things were going and what still needed to be done to get the seeds in the ground. We looked at the tomato plants and she showed me where Shelly wanted to plant the herbs she wants to grow. This is going to be fun.

We started a fire with some of the burnable garbage and had a weiner roast before calling it a day. Tomorrow the guys are going to the Big River quad rally and will be leaving early in the morning.