Today was a very long, but pretty good day. Kristi and I had planned for today to be super landscaping day. Our yard looked pretty terrible when we moved in, and we had pretty much no landscaping. I won't be seeding the yard until spring, but we have made some good progress as far as mulch beds. Today was the day we wanted to plant most of the shrubs in the front yard.
We got up at 9 and headed to Lowes first. We had a gift card and a 10% off coupon, so we wanted to get as much as possible there. We got a ton of soil and compost and also found a few of the plants we wanted. Next we headed to Home Depot, which had an amazing nursery section compared to Lowes. Strangely we didn't end up getting anything there although the choices were way better. The only thing we definitely needed after Lowes was a Crepe Myrtle, and all the ones at Home Depot grew pretty tall. My parents made that mistake with one in front of their house, and now it is as tall as their two story house. So, they made sure to stress that I check the heights on the Crepe Myrtles.
I called my parents to see what we should do, and they said that there was a coupon for a nursery called Underwood on my mom's email, and that they would have a better option for a Crepe Myrtle. Kristi and I dropped all of our stuff off at home and then ate lunch. I had one small piece of pizza...this becomes important later in my day. We then went by my parents' house to get the coupon. They are on vacation this weekend, but I found the email pretty easily and printed out a coupon. I also got the pick from their basement before I left which turned out to be a lifesaver later on. We left for the nursery, but stopped at the Humane Society on the way. Kristi really wants a kitten, so we will probably be stopping there each weekend until she finds the one she wants. They didn't have any kittens she was interested in, but they did have a really cute puppy. I think he had some Bassett in him, because his skin was so loose and his paws looked like Bassett paws. He was almost all black with some white and brown, had real floppy ears, and had spotted paws. He was also really sweet and friendly. It was hard for us not to get him, but there is just no way we have the time to train another puppy right now. It makes me sad just thinking about it because he was such a sweet dog...Lucy would have loved him.
Underwood was a really nice nursery, and they had alot of options when it came to Crepe Myrtles. They had some smaller height ones, but then I was really excited when the guy showed us one called a "Hopi Crepe Myrtle." It only gets 7-8' in height, and he said it would still look like a tree as long as we trimmed the lower branches. I made sure of this because I didn't want a shrub like one. They only had one left, and it was pretty big, too big for the Camry. We decided that we would pay for it and then Kristi would drop me off at my parents' house so I could get my dad's Explorer and pick up the tree. All in all, we weren't actually home to start planting until 2:30.
I got started right away, and it was a rough process. Our house is fairly new, and it is on top of solid fill dirt and clay. I often think I am digging in rock just to find out that is just how hard the clay is. You would think digging wouldn't be too bad, but my arms are definitely as tired as they have ever been. It was a good thing I had the pick or I never would have made it. My arms would have gotten too tired, plus I'm sure my shovel would have broken. I would dig a shallow hole, use the pick for a while until I broke up enough ground, and then dig the loose ground out. All in all I dug 14 holes, but the Crepe Myrtle hole was ginormous. Lucy stayed outside with us most of the time. We bought a little stake and cable for her so that we could have her out their with us and not have to worry about her getting hit by a car. She enjoyed it for a while, but for some reason the wheel barrow makes her really nervous. Once I started using it to move dirt around she just looked scared most of the time.
Kristi went in with Lucy at about 5:30 after finishing the pansies, and I continued to work. I didn't finish planting until 7:30. I was so tired, not to mention extremely hungry. I cleaned up everything and then took a shower so we could go out.
Kristi needed some jeans, and by the time we stopped at my parents' house to drop the car off it was already 8:30, so we went to the mall first. I got a new shirt and Kristi found some jeans on sale at Express. By the time we left it was after 9:00 and I thought I might pass out from hunger. I had only had that one piece of pizza at 11:30, and It was now almost 9:30. I seriously don't know if I've ever been so hungry before, which I guess means I've lead a pretty spoiled life. We had decided to go to MiMi's Japanese Steakhouse because we had a free dinner coupon, and it was pretty good, but extremely slow. But the time we starting eating it was around 10:00. Not a good idea after working hard all day.
Dinner was really good at least, and we left a little before 11. I was hoping to catch the end of the Penn State/Ohio State game, but I didn't make it in time. I can't believe I didn't watch any football today...I must be getting old. I got into bed almost immediately, and I told Kristi she has to make sure that I wake up tomorrow. I am really bad about not hearing my alarm when I am really tired. Right now I am trying to catch up on all the scores from the day on Sportscenter.
Tomorrow is going to be a fun day because I get to mix sound all day. I am mixing the three services in the morning and then we have Refresh tomorrow night also. I felt like the mix was pretty good by the time we left Wednesday, so I think tomorrow morning should be really good. I think we are going to a kitten sale at Petsmart tomorrow too, so maybe tomorrow will be the day. We'll have to warn Lucy.
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