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Sat, 08 Aug 2009

Tasks

Accomplished today:

Retrieved weed trimmer (lawnmower) from repair shop

Started paperwork for cashing in my clunker, ordered a red or green Forrester after test drive

Visited Harlequin's Gardens to look at native and xeriscape plants

Tasks for this evening and tomorrow:

Clean all the miscellaneous stuff like tool and first-aid kits, flashlights, etc. out of the truck

Buy gas for lawnmower (and maybe a new gas can)

Mow weeds in at least part of front yard, measure areas for beds, patio and labyrinth

Buy an intact garden hose: my old ones give me a choice of a hose that is torn but has working end connectors, and one that has a squashed connector on the end opposite the faucet, and a couple of hoses that have been buried in the fill dirt pile that came out of the retaining wall hole and are useless (gee, thanks guys)

Water square foot garden and grapevine

Plant carrot, parsley, and thyme seeds, and mums and marigolds

Plan landscaping (the Territorial Seed catalog arrived, and I found my books on Xeriscaping and Rocky Mountain Gardening)

Start sorting clothes from dressers and closets: the Viet Nam Vets truck is coming Thursday, and anything I no longer wear or that no longer fits is going to them or the trash, as appropriate. I'll give them my old manual pasta machine, and tire chains for vehicles I no longer own, too. And a lamp and fireplace tools and some other stuff that have been cluttering up the basement for a long time.

Fix the XP image on my laptop so it will stop locking up the rest of the system.

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