I got up at 9 today, but because today is the switch to Daylight losing time it was really 8. It was a work day. I started out by mowing the front yard and the back yard. Then I fixed the fence.
First I tied a rope to the middle fence post and pulled it upright with the mower. Then I reattached the top wire and fixed the support wire. I got some scrap 2x4s and put braces on two of the fence posts. I would have done all three, but I didn't have enough wood. Finally I tightened up the support wire. When I untied the middle fence post nothing moved. The fence is almost vertical now. It looks OK.
While I was fixing the fence I noticed that a fairly large tree, about 10 inches, had been uprooted by the storm. It was just by the antenna. That means that the tornado missed the house by less than 50 feet. We sure lucked out. On the down side I noticed today that one of the garage windows is cracked.
It was about 11 when I finished the fence. So I got back on the mower. I mowed the rest of the side yard, the area around the basketball court, and the sides of the driveway. I even did a little by the well house. Then I ran out of gas.
It was about 1 when I finished. I was covered with dirt, so I went in and took a shower. Then we went to lunch at the Italian place with the dog. We also stopped at the post office, Tomlinson's, and HEB. I got a flu shot at HEB.
On the way back we got gas. The pump rejected my card. Apparently Ellen lost hers yesterday and the bank cancelled it. Crap.
When we got home I filled up the mower, but the battery ran down before it got enough gas to start. So I pushed it from the side yard to the garage and plugged in the battery charger.
I did a little surfing and then it was time to go to the neighborhood potluck. There weren't a lot of people there, but it was fun. We ate a little and visited for a couple of hours.
The rest of the evening was TV and surfing.
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