Day 26

I got up and started work about 9.  Because I mowed yesterday I decided to edge today.  I edged and trimmed everything that I'd mowed yesterday.  I also used the trimmer to cut all of the grass where the swimming pool used to be.  I had to replace the trimmer string, but I expected to do that at some point.  The replacement went smoothly.

I also edged the area between the front yard and the basketball court.  It hadn't been mowed yet.  One of the trees there had a lot of dead branches hanging down to the ground.  So I took the time to cut them off and haul them away.  It makes the area look a lot better.

When I was trimming around the sewer controls I found a broken off mower blade.  I thought it came off the mower.  So I got out the mower ramps and put them up on the railroad ties by the garage.  That allowed me to see under the mower when I drove the mower on them.  Luckily the mower blades were OK.  That leaves me with the mystery of where the broken blade came from.  I found it in a place that I've walked many times.  I think I would have noticed it.

By that time it was after 11 and I was really tired, dirty, and a little sweaty.  Since I had the mower out I decided to mow the area that I'd edged.  With that complete I have now finished with the lawn all the way around the house and up the driveway on the left.  I still have to do the area by the doll house, the trailer, and the back 40.  I also have to trim the right side of the driveway by the yard light.

Of course after that I still have to remove the broken tree.  It's a big one, so that will be a non-trivial job.

After lunch we went out.  We stopped by the vet and gave them all of the Valley Fever drugs that we bought for Lucy but didn't use.  Then we put in an order at Centex.  Finally we stopped at Best Buy to look at washers.  Ellen saw one she liked, so we bought it.  It will be delivered on Wednesday.  Too bad for Lowe's.

In the evening I went to the neighborhood association meeting.  The people that bitch about shooting weren't there.  There were two new owners.  They seemed like nice people.  They said they moved to Bear Creek to escape Nazi neighborhood associations.

I learned a couple of interesting things.  Bubba's has been sold, but no one knows what will replace it.  A strip mall is supposed to go in across the street.  They are going to build a HEB where the Nutty Brown Cafe is (crap).  They are going to build a Target on 290 by Belterra.  Pretty soon you won't be able to drive on 290 at all.