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prosodicToday was absolutely gorgeous. I think it was in the low 60s, even warmer than the weather forecasters were predicting.
I had a full day ahead of me today, and I didn't let one minute of this weather go to waste.
I drove down to McChord this morning to pick up mail and do some shopping. Although I hate the drive down there, it wasn't so bad with the bright and sunny weather today. I got to base around 11 or so and picked up our mail.
Then I went to the food court and had lunch at the teriyaki place. Oh my God...SO GOOD! We have as many teriyaki places in this area as we have Starbucks, which means you can't spit without hitting one. And this is the first time I tried it and it was delicious and cheap. I had teriyaki chicken with steamed rice and sauteed veggies on the side. I will go there again. The teriyaki place is a relatively new addition to the food court, but I hope it sticks around.
Then I went to the base exchange and picked up a rake, a weeding tool, some wine, and a few other odds and ends.
Got my grocery shopping done and then headed for home. By then, it was warm enough to open my moon roof. :) I didn't open my windows though, because I don't like all the traffic noise. I don't get it through the moon roof though.
After I got groceries and things put away, it was time to take care of the yard. The lawn needed mowing and I had to get rid of all these seed pods in the backyard. They look like octopus tentacles. So I started doing that first, but then decided to mow the front yard, since that was clear. Only I started the mower and it died out on me about 5 minutes after I turned it on.
I freaked. It's a BRAND NEW MOWER. Lance used it once before he left, and this was the 2nd use. I called over to my grandma's house to talk to my mom, since she mows the lawn most of the time. We went over various things that could've gone wrong with it (with my stepdad's help too), but couldn't figure it out. I finally gave up and called Lance. He actually helped me figure out the problem right away. The gas supply was cut off...I had turned the dial to turn it off, thinking that I was actually turning it on instead. So it ran on fumes and then choked.
So once we got that sorted out, I finished the front lawn and then pulled the mower around to the back. I finished raking up as many of the seed pods as I could get, and then mowed the backyard. While I was out there, I started weeding.
The lady who lived here before us loved to garden. That much is obvious. But after she died, none of her kids took care of the gardening. They did the minimal amount of maintenance on the outside of the house that was required. So the back garden was really overrun with weeds. I had to pull most of them to take a look at what we had.
So we have a rose bush. I knew that, of course. And we have tulips coming up, but they haven't budded yet. I am fairly certain they're tulips because the daffodils are peaking everywhere else right now, and tulips haven't started yet. And then, some odd and ugly thing that obviously wasn't a weed and what the hell is that???
Oh, it's rhubarb. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
Lance is ecstatic about this. He loves rhubarb. It's not one of my favorite things. And I really don't want to grow any. I'll probably end up pulling it up. And I'll basically be starting the garden over from scratch. Once I got past the rhubarb, there really wasn't anything left but a bunch of clover and more weeds.
Anyway, I took pictures of the gardens as they stand right now. They require a lot of work. My stepdad wanted to see pictures so he could suggest things I might plant. I'll post those in another entry.
Right now, I'm rewarding my hard work with some wine. And I'm texting Lance...the egg discussion that I mentioned in my last entry still continues...
I had a full day ahead of me today, and I didn't let one minute of this weather go to waste.
I drove down to McChord this morning to pick up mail and do some shopping. Although I hate the drive down there, it wasn't so bad with the bright and sunny weather today. I got to base around 11 or so and picked up our mail.
Then I went to the food court and had lunch at the teriyaki place. Oh my God...SO GOOD! We have as many teriyaki places in this area as we have Starbucks, which means you can't spit without hitting one. And this is the first time I tried it and it was delicious and cheap. I had teriyaki chicken with steamed rice and sauteed veggies on the side. I will go there again. The teriyaki place is a relatively new addition to the food court, but I hope it sticks around.
Then I went to the base exchange and picked up a rake, a weeding tool, some wine, and a few other odds and ends.
Got my grocery shopping done and then headed for home. By then, it was warm enough to open my moon roof. :) I didn't open my windows though, because I don't like all the traffic noise. I don't get it through the moon roof though.
After I got groceries and things put away, it was time to take care of the yard. The lawn needed mowing and I had to get rid of all these seed pods in the backyard. They look like octopus tentacles. So I started doing that first, but then decided to mow the front yard, since that was clear. Only I started the mower and it died out on me about 5 minutes after I turned it on.
I freaked. It's a BRAND NEW MOWER. Lance used it once before he left, and this was the 2nd use. I called over to my grandma's house to talk to my mom, since she mows the lawn most of the time. We went over various things that could've gone wrong with it (with my stepdad's help too), but couldn't figure it out. I finally gave up and called Lance. He actually helped me figure out the problem right away. The gas supply was cut off...I had turned the dial to turn it off, thinking that I was actually turning it on instead. So it ran on fumes and then choked.
So once we got that sorted out, I finished the front lawn and then pulled the mower around to the back. I finished raking up as many of the seed pods as I could get, and then mowed the backyard. While I was out there, I started weeding.
The lady who lived here before us loved to garden. That much is obvious. But after she died, none of her kids took care of the gardening. They did the minimal amount of maintenance on the outside of the house that was required. So the back garden was really overrun with weeds. I had to pull most of them to take a look at what we had.
So we have a rose bush. I knew that, of course. And we have tulips coming up, but they haven't budded yet. I am fairly certain they're tulips because the daffodils are peaking everywhere else right now, and tulips haven't started yet. And then, some odd and ugly thing that obviously wasn't a weed and what the hell is that???
Oh, it's rhubarb. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
Lance is ecstatic about this. He loves rhubarb. It's not one of my favorite things. And I really don't want to grow any. I'll probably end up pulling it up. And I'll basically be starting the garden over from scratch. Once I got past the rhubarb, there really wasn't anything left but a bunch of clover and more weeds.
Anyway, I took pictures of the gardens as they stand right now. They require a lot of work. My stepdad wanted to see pictures so he could suggest things I might plant. I'll post those in another entry.
Right now, I'm rewarding my hard work with some wine. And I'm texting Lance...the egg discussion that I mentioned in my last entry still continues...