Keeping House

Again, it's just me and McGriff here at the house. Colin and Nolan left today for California and Mom and Dad are in Virginia at one of Dad's conferences. It's just a short time I'll be in charge here; the parents will be back Wednesday. Still, I've already accomplished a number of things. I did a lot of laundry because I knew John wouldn't do his so I just took it and did it myself. His room will look much cleaner. Also, after he left for work this morning, I hung curtains in his bedroom; I used a power tool.

Besides that, I took on a different sort of project today. I have proclaimed before that I am good at growing flowers but that's all child's play. The real challenge is weeding large expanses of one's backyard. So I started doing that and it's tiresome. Mom had expressed a desire to have an area of the yard weeded before the party so I figured I should just do it because I have the time. I think I got about a quarter of the way through when I called it quits for the day. That means there's a lot left to do but that's ok. I just hope the weather permits outside work tomorrow. I must say, this work was satisfying in the 'rip things out and see an immediate difference' kind of way. Dad's favorite type of work. And it's kind of a variation on organization because I'm getting rid of junk and leaving orderly space.