It's been 2 weeks today that we got back from the land of sunshine. The weather here has not been too bad. It was 70'ish for the first couple of days when we got home, and it is about that now again for for the next couple of days.
My yard turned into a "moss garden" over the winter. So after applying moss killer, raking it , and re-seeding it does'nt look so hot. I pressure washed my decks in preperation for a new coat of deck stain. I plan on getting the 1st coat on the back part of the deck today while the weather is good. That way I can give it a 2nd coat in a couple of months, and be looking good for the summer. I still need to pressure wash the walkways, etc. to remove all of the green moss/algae that thrives in the overcast of Seattle. I should wise up and stain my decks green, and paint the concrete green. That way it would be self maintaining.
We had a small family Easter dinner with Joyce, Me, Kristin, Josh & Brynn. We had an 11# ham, so consequently we did a lot of leftovers. The final pound or so, along with the ham bone went into a big pot of split pea soup. We should have it all finished off shortly.
I went to the Mariners opening home game with Josh last Tuesday, and Kristin and I went to the game on Wednesday. Both were Mariner wins! Joyce and I will be going to the game tomorrow.
I hosted a poker game on Saturday for a group of retired State Highway employees. I joined the group last summer, and this is the 4th game that I have attended. So far so good. I've managed to come out ahead 3 out of the 4 games. We play with a $1.00 limit, so you would need to have a really bad day to lose more than 30 or 40 dollars. We start play at 11:00 a.m. and play until 4:30 p.m. We break for about an hour for a pot luck lunch. Some of the player's drive about 100 miles each way.
We are Dog Sitting for Josh and Brynn this week. They are headed for Montana as I write this . Jake is almost a year old, weighs about 85 lbs. and is totally scared of our 10 lb. cat! But then, the cat has every other dog in the neighborhood fooled too. Jake will be accompanying us when we take our daily 2 mile walk this morning. We shall see how that works.
At this point, we have no firm plans for another "adventure", but we are talking about a couple of weeks in Montana sometime this summer. We should nail something down soon so we can make the arrangements. Joyce and Kristin are putting their trip to Europe together for September some time, it will just be me and Hairold (the cat) holding down the fort.
I will try to post some pictures later, so please stand by..........Ernie
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Has it been two weeks already? Time flies when your having fun. Speaking of fun, sounds like you have your work cut out for you with all the "honey do's". At least it will keep you out of trouble and maybe work off some of that ham.
Are you not going to Europe with the girls?????
I'm glad your team is doing well. I'm telling you, they didn't do well in Arizona because of all that sunshine, they are just not use to it. I'm sure your advise on using bats helped them a great deal also.
Our weather is finally "spring like". No more taking in the plants at night. No more 60 degrees today and snow tomorrow. I think I'm getting spring fever...
Don't work too hard, be sure and take plenty of breaks (the rum and coke kind). It makes the job more fun, but not necessarily more productive.....Diane
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