This past weekend I was on call, so we planned to stay at home and get a few things done. One of them being "clean the gutters".
To clean the gutters we had to trim the oaks out back, so ladders were involved. Hubby and I worked for hours in the heat. We made a gigantic mess of the backyard and many more bad words were said at top volume. I'm sure the neighbors were impressed.
Bubbie helped us bundle up what we trimmed and we managed to get it by the curb, all ready for brush collection today. We filled several lawn bags that will go out, too. And we also took out a shrub that was dying:
There are big empty spaces there that can until the Fall, though. Anyhoo, around 4:30 or so, we called it a day, showered, and headed to 4th Tap around 6 p.m.
You wouldn't know by Hubby's smiling face the level of exhaustion. We both felt like beer would make us feel better. We were right. They had a big air-conditioned space with cold beer and games to play - a nice place to wind down. We stayed there a while playing cards until we decided it was dinner time.
We headed to a favorite seafood place to enjoy fried clams,
Shrimp Pad Thai, and catfish stuffed with pico de gallo, bacon, and monterrey jack cheese. It was all so good! The next day we did a whole lot of nothing - Hubby got dressed and declared he was not doing any chores whatsoever. We just spent a nice day at home.
In the evening we sat on our newly cleaned patio, iced down some wine, and played more cards. The breezes through the patio are so nice and we barely noticed the heat. Hubby and I ate dinner on the patio as the sun went down, and slept like babies that night.
I never got called in, so that was nice!
Gina
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