Weekend Snipets

I had a busy and productive weekend, which was both necessary and rewarding.

I started by picking up my bedding plants from the nursery on Thursday afternoon. The selection this year left something to be desired, but I did manage to find some purple petunias that looked healthy enough.

On Friday morning, I commenced with power washing the porch. The project took the better part of the day, with a quick break to run into Hooterville for soil conditioner and potting soil. I also picked up Chinese take-out, so that I wouldn't have to cook dinner.

By the time I was finished, my hand was sore and stiff, as was my back, but, I had a pretty, clean porch as a reward for my efforts.

Saturday morning, I finished arranging the furniture on the porch and tackled the mess in my garden shed.

Then I got busy planting the petunias into my grandfather's old wheelbarrow.

Once that was accomplished, I headed to the garden, where I spent the next several hours amending the soil in my raised beds with the soil conditioner that Hugh and I had purchased the previous day. The Happy Frog soil conditioner that I got was a rich black color, with generous green streaks, thanks to the bat guano in it. Sounds gross, but should add a ton of nitrogen to the soil, which should improve the quality of my vegetables.

I mostly planted seeds this year, with the exception of five heirloom tomato varieties and four types of peppers. 

I had to giggle when I discovered a volunteer zinnia that had sprung up from last year's wedding flower experiment. I decided to work around it, and I'm hoping it will bloom.

I finished with the planting just in time to jump in the shower in order to be ready for dinner and a play at the community theater with Mom later that evening.

We chose to eat at a brewery in Hooterville and invited Hugh to join us, although he had opted not to join us at the play.

It was his loss, because the theater company's production of A Walk in the Woods was amazing.

Sunday morning, I slept in before grabbing a cup of coffee to savor while enjoying the view of the porch. The day was predicted to be chilly, but the wind hadn't started to blow yet, so the morning was pleasant.

I spent the remainder of the morning washing and filling my hummingbird feeders and getting them hung up before going into the hardware store to run payroll and pay bills.

Then Hugh and I went into Hooterville to make an appearance at a crawfish boil hosted by one of the firemen from Hugh's station. I am no fan of eating bugs, but Hugh was stoked.

I made him take me to Culvers for dinner after we left the party but not before stopping at a local mattress store to try out a new mattress.

Our old mattress is too soft for our aging bodies, so we were in the market for something more firm. We didn't intend to make a purchase, but wanted to know what we wanted prior to the upcoming Memorial Day sales. However, the mattress we liked best was already on sale, so we went ahead and pulled the trigger on the purchase. The new mattress will be delivered Friday.

And, that was our weekend. I'm thrilled that I accomplished everything on my To-Do List and that the porch is now ready for the season. The first event of the year-our June Bunco game-is scheduled for the 5th.