swampy, glad you had a fun weekend. I’m assuming you were at the outlet mall. I’ve spent many an hour and many a dollar there. It’s a good workout, too, since the trolley tends to be not working more than it’s working and there’s lots of walking to be done.
It was a busy weekend here. I had my ceramics class on Saturday, then came home and emptied/replanted 5 concrete planters that I’d moved from the hill to the front porch. They’re now full of mums and pansies, and I’m hoping the manure will make them grow big and beeyooteeful. At least I hope they don’t die. I also did a little raking - I love our treed lot except about now.
Sunday, after the late breakfast, we went to the LaZBoy showroom and found the loveseat we want for the family room - it’s a recliner type (duh) and really comfy. Plus it’s short enough that we can put it where the sofa is, and have room for tables on either end. The only thing I don’t like about it is the fabric - beige velour-ish. No pattern to hide crud. On the other hand, it won’t limit the decor of the room - we can accent with just about anything. If only we had $1200 lying around.
Friday after work, we bought a 24" roto-tiller from a woman who was selling off all her crap and moving to Idaho. She said it worked fine except the spring was shot, so you had to manually rewind the pull cord. She only wanted $100, so we took it. FCD took the spring out and after LaZBoy we went to Home Depot and got a new spring and a new cord and spark plug. Put it all together. Tried to start it. No dice. Cussed for not asking her to start it before we took it. After some poking and tweaking, we got it going. I’m thinking it had been sitting for some time.
But it works well. I churned up the dirt where I’m trying to do a compost heap. I’m thinking I’ll rake some leaves over there and till it all together. So after taking it for a test till, we dragged it back up by the basement, cleared ancient grasses off the tines, hosed it down, and changed the oil. Then I dragged it up to the shed, not being in the mood to do any more with it.
I decided instead of planting my bulbs, I’d attack the leaves on the front lawn. I got out the brand-new, only used once blower. It wouldn’t start. FCD messed with it. It wouldn’t start. I looked in the owner’s manual - no help - it wouldn’t start. So I dug out the old Ryobi, which is an engine and drive shaft on to which you can hook other stuff. We bought it to be a weed whacker, but we also got the blower attachment. It had been sitting over a year, but I got it running after 3 or 4 tries. And I managed to get about half the front yard blown off on a single tank of gas. I just wish I’d worn earplugs.
When the Ryobi ran dry, I went back to the other blower - still couldn’t start the stoopit thing. So I put everything away. Then I went to the Homelite website and sent in a complaint about the stoopit thing. We’ll see what, if anything, we hear back.
I rotissed some chicken breasts for dinner last night - but I ran them just a little too long. Next time, I’ll opt for shorter time. They tasted good, but they were a little dry. I was gonna rotiss some salmon today, but I’ve opted to broil it instead. I’ve got a big pot o’chili sitting on the stove - my sweetie will have lunches for the rest of the week.
I want cookies. Wonder if I’m motivated enough to bake??
Y’all don’t want that now do ya?
I do loves shoppin’ for shirts.