purple room vents: I NEED A BILLY GOAT...ASAP

I am in lawn hell. I know in this age of dangerous diseases and potential tp shortages, lawn hell doesn't seem so bad. BUT IT IS!!!! I really hate scruffy lawns and believe me, mine is BAD! Those really tall dandelions have taken over and I need it mowed before they go to seed. My neighbour is nervous.

It has been over a month since it was mowed. I finally fired the people I have used for a year and some. They did a great job but they were completely unreliable.

So I hired a new guy. I asked for recommendations in the local fb page. He was super recommended so I hired him. He was coming last Saturday. I hired him on a Thursday. Didn't come. Said he would come on Sunday. Didn't come. Said he would come on Monday.
Didn't come. Said he would come on Tuesday.
Didn't come. Said he would come today at noon. It is exactly 12:05 and he isn't here yet. If he doesn't show up I will fire him and go buy a lawn mower and whipper snapper. Between Monte and I we can do a better job than this. I just really didn't want to get those right now. So I will wait.

It's been a cranky week. I got my lab stuff done and I got a call to go in to the dr. So you have to go stand in line outside and if you don't get there at least an hour before they fill up. I can't stand that long on my nuero damaged feet. I will have to take my soccer chair. Last nite they were already lined up by four. The first appointment was going to be five. I will try again later today.
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On a happier note I went swimming with Monte in the river. It was amazing! It was super cold at first...thought of you Cookie! It took me a while to get in and I remarked to Monte that I didn't think you WOULD get in! But it was so much fun. The crowd there were mostly First Nations, who are probably the most fun people to be around. So friendly and unaffected. I love their little roly poly kids! We had a great time. We went out a few times.

Our garden is being very temperamental Some things are growing like crazy and other things are barely surviving. Some things that are growing like nuts is chard, lettuce, potatoes, zucchini, and cucumbers. The beets and carrots are doing okay. The tomatoes only so so and my sweet peas barely at all. The 200 bucks worth of impatiens, petunias and geraniums are exactly the same size as the day I planted them. There is going to be a super big change in things next year.

So Monte has been bringing in bags and bags of lettuce from the garden. It's really really good lettuce and we have been eating it as much as possible. This morning I decided to make a Bob sammich for breakfast. So delicious! I put pics below!

Well it is now 12:30. Here's hoping he shows up. I really don't want to spend money on a mower and snapper....but I will if I have to. I shall report back. Stay safe and healthy and six feet from everybody! TTYL

ARYN: 6. Make your bedroom screen free. Ummmm.....between Murder She Wrote and Murdock I have a feeling this ain't gonna happen.
7. If you need to lose weight start now...with small easy to obtain goals. Hmmmm....maybe I will shoot for a pound a week. That would mean I would lose about twenty pounds out of the 70 I need to lose by xmas. A pound per week....4-5 pounds a month, thats one year to lose it all. Maybe.....
8.Eat a good breakfast. Oh fer jeez! This again. I think he missed reading the latest info on this topic. If you are NOT hungry, do not eat your first meal until you ARE hungry. Even better do daily intermittent fasting. But thats a whole other thing.
9.Breathe from your belly. Finally...something I can do and actually I do do it frequently. When I got that horrible abscess a couple years ago, I lay dead still and barely breathed for over a week because of the pain and by the time I got into the hospital my lungs had half collapsed. They gave me instruction on how to breathe, especially if you are sedentary somewhat. So consciously breathe from your belly and try to make it a constant habit.
10. Quit smoking...well thats easy!!!!

Til next week......