Best Life

 Happy Birthday Scott!  Have a wonderful 25th year!  Love you! Happy birthday Don!  Enjoy your day and your weekend! Maddie was our supervisor today in the yard.  She is so happy in the sun while we were trying to work in the shade and avoid the hot sun.  (Yes her leash is attached to a tire and yes she still manages to drag it when tempted!) My goal - to finish the last front yard garden.                                                                                       Before                                          After.  I was two bags short on the mulch which we purchase...

 My favorite September 3rd photo:                                                                                Gypsy 2018 (best dog ever!) The torrential rains this morning meant we had time for errands.  Another trip to Lowe's then Home Depot (saved $30) and Tractor Supply for bolts.  Coming out of Tractor Supply - SUN! Lunch, quiet time and then with everything mostly dry - back at it.  Paul began digging holes for the fence posts.  Thankfully the tractor does all the dirt removal.                                             The first holes along the right side of the house went well.   ...

 Today began with an early morning Home Depot delivery.  One pallet of cement and sono tubes and a second pallet with chain link and assorted fence parts.  Too big to fit in the driveway, he unloaded our pallets in the street. Drove them down the driveway, And positioned them where Paul directed - cement in the garage (rain predicted for tomorrow) and fence parts on the side of the garage. While Paul staked and ran string along the proposed fence line, I began the front gardens.  The flower bed in the front yard is virtually impossible to keep weed free - so it is going. The daisies have been potted for transplant at a later time and the curbing was removed. With the front gardens, I tackled the smallest section first - between the porch and the garage. With fabric and thick mulch base - may the weeds be few and far between! The next section - full of bees and gnats.  So it took a bit longer since I had to keep walking away. With the bushes trimmed and the weeds...

 Happy Anniversary to us!  Only 36 years ago today we made it official.  So many adventures with more to come.  Awesome kids who have chosen awesome partners and a growing family that we get to enjoy!                                                                              Paul and me late 1980s. After breakfast at Eggs Up (our favorite - Everybody's favorite - was closed) we began a day of errands.  Lowes for a couple random fence items.  Walmart for Tums - too little too late - breakfast did not stay with me.  Ugh.   Then onward to Once Upon A Child.  Recommended by a friend we decided to check them out.  They buy gently used infant/child clothes, toys, furniture, strollers etc.  Of course I mis...

 National Zoo Awareness Day.  We have visited so many zoos over the years but Roger Williams Zoo in Providence was a favorite.  By purchasing a yearly pass we were able to explore frequently.                                                       Harry and Scott 2003 outside the Marco Polo exhibit.                                             (This photo earned me an A in my RISD photography class!)                                                                           P...

We left Rangeley early and headed to Dixmont, Maine to pick up 30 fence posts from a very nice man in a very old barn.  But at more than $600 savings - we were happy to travel through the back roads of Maine.  Beautiful farms, barely any traffic and a gorgeous day made the extra miles almost painless. After 8 hours on the road we made a quick drop off at Megan and TJs - new nursery curtains hung and Fenway back with his pal Annie. Then dinner at Bandidos.  Scott and Rebecca were able to join us and while I enjoyed my fish tacos...                                                                                          Paul enjoyed his taco salad. And because Scott gave us grief over the bill, I mentioned his bir...