We have managed to avoid all the rounds of severe weather this week. I don't know how. I got out early to do some gardening, and about 9:30 it started to sprinkle and the sky darkened. I gathered up the tools and loaded up the tractor and put it all away, then ate a PBJ on the porch. By the time I was done, the sky was blue, my energy was back, and I ended up getting A LOT done. I shall list here for my pleasure:

*tilled and weeded the northeast flower bed.
*transplanted eonymus, vinca and some other thing into said flower bed.
*yelled at the dog for running through the transplants.
*dug a 40' long by 8" deep trench to make way for a brick edging along said flower bed (gotta get below that grass!).
*removed and cleaned enough salvaged bricks from the currently-being-dismantled 107-year-old smokehouse to line the trench.
*dug up 3 wheelbarrow loads of dirt from the bottom of the old mulch pile to fill in the trench
*poured 8, fifty# bags of sand into said trench.
*crushed up leftover mortar and crumbled brick to make more sand for said trench.
*leveled and tamped sand and laid bricks in trench.
*crushed up more leftover mortar and crumbled brick to wash into the gaps between bricks
*moved all the tools off the porch and tidied up.
*Pressure washed all the white trim and concrete around the front and back porches.
*ordered pizza.
*collapsed into bed.

I did have help with some of the brick work from my two youngest sons. Wouldn't have gotten this done if the weather hadn't changed!

Hope everyone is safe. I have lots of friends in Memphis, and both my husband and my son and his family are visiting Central Arkansas this weekend. They're safe, though.

Karen