Tag: yard

  • A final victory

    This afternoon I decided to pull out some weeds that I noticed in the side yard. As I started weeding the side and back yards I noticed many new branches growing in the stump of my red twig dogwood. For context, I hate those bushes because of how overgrown they got and because touching them…

  • 6K Day

    I am surprised at how easy it was to do 6000 steps today after doing 5000 yesterday. By the time I went walking tonight I was already at 5000 steps so I just needed a bit more than one lap around the block. I’ve noticed that I get a surprising number of steps in by…

  • A Good Day

    I finally got up early enough to go play basketball at the church at 5:30 this morning. I got a good workout and proved to myself that whatever basketball skills I ever had are gone now. I ended by receiving a massive body check from a 260-pound big man. I also finished reviewing the last…

  • Journal 27 August 2011

    For several weeks I have neglected the yard. Today it was finally time to mow the jungle that has been passing for our yard. I spent at least an hour before breakfast weeding the lawn. After breakfast I did more weeding and then mowed the lawn. I mowed it in both directions so that it…

  • 26 September 2009

    We inventoried all our food storage and gave Mariah her birthday presents. At 3:00 Laura and I went to the water conservancy gardens in West Jordan an saw some really nice plants that are well suited to low water environments. We got some good ideas, including a new kind of grass to use if we…

  • 18 September 2009

    Today was a very full day. I was up at 4:45 easily after falling asleep early last night. I was out the door by 6:35 and at work by 7:00 am. That was good because I had to leave soon afternoon to get to Savannah’s class for her book presentation. Unfortunately the presentation was canceled…