Yard Work Saturday

Whew!  Katie, Tony and I just wrapped up a very long day of manual labor in the yard. In 90+ degree heat. 

Here's what we accomplished:

Figured out how to turn on the sprinkler system, which mostly works, yay!

Raked and tidied up the back yard

Pia came over for coffee, and put together a little metal table for me. 

Went to the hardware store (of course)

Took out a fug lava rock border in the front yard and replaced it with a nice cement block border, which we moved from the side of the house. 

Pooh channeled his inner Michelangelo while wielding a masonry chisel on the blocks. 

Dug up beds, added nice soil and planted flowers I the front beds. 

Researched why our transplanted weeping Chinese maple tree is looking wilted. Transplant shock. Hope it survives. 

Borrowed neighbor's chainsaw and trimmed our big sycamore tree in front yard, then cut up all the branches and bagged them for garbage day

Swept and hosed the driveway and front walk

And it's looking so much nicer! Our neighbors may stop giving us stink eye now :-)

You Forgot

Today is Middle Child Day. Not that any of you would remember. (Thanks Katie!)

Inspirational Quotes

Every home needs these on the stair risers. Here are ours:

Bathing Beauties

Some more oldies but goodies!

 Susna, you are a cutie patootie in this pic!

 The Queen of the Bathing Beauties, Lois in her strapless bra.  Dad is busy sailing the boat I guess.

And here's Judy, the original Posy Playmate.  I think there are numerous cheesecake shots of our Judy :-)

Happy Birthday, Cara Lee!

This is not the greatest picture, but my photo boxes are buried in the closet, so you get what you get and you don't have a fit.

Anyway, happy birthday to my now "middle-aged" daughter.  You'll always be a little girl to me, Carrie!

Back to Work!

Caris has started working part time, which means I get to be honorary Grammy to miss Colie four mornings a week. We're a work in progress on the baby proofing. It's been a while. Also need to get a high chair, a stroller and baby toys. The remote is her favorite today. 

Also, she HATES the baby gate. 

Happy Birthday To Me!

How did I ever get to be this old?! (59, yikes!)  I generally get the senior discount, no questions asked, so I guess I am officially an old.

Found some photos during the move, so here are some pix from The Wayback Machine:

 Me and The B, who's wearing Dad's "punchy hat" and nothing else.  She always did know how to upstage me :-)  And B, Maddie takes after you in the naked dept.

 Spent many a birthday at the beloved Cabin (Whidbey Island)  Here I'm wearing my FAVORITE plaid pants.  Loved those pants, I thought they were the exact same pants as those worn by Archie Andrews:

FYI: these beloved pants were destroyed by my childhood nemesis, SAM EVANS, who cornered me in the Evans' front yard and ripped the leg to shreds.  Rot in hell, SAM EVANS

 The summer we had a huge salmon run at the cabin, and caught tons of fish.  And had orcas in the bay!  Love Joey's Speedos

 Easter Massacre Rabbits!

And a final photo taken at a very arty angle, out by the pool