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 Close only counts with hand grenades

    I came so close to working on my secret project.  

    To be honest, the heat got to me.

    What I thought would  take an hour took almost 3 times that.

    We have a magnolia tree in the back yard.  When I went to mulch it I noticed a lot of sucker branches, so I trimmed those off.  Then I noticed the existing mulch was weed filled and smaller than it should be.  So I spent over an hour enlarging the circle and digging out weeds.

    How bad was it?

    I HAVE A BLISTER ON THE PALM OF MY HAND!

    Why yes, I do have garden gloves.  Several pair as a matter of fact.  Thanks for asking.

    No, it never occurred to me to put them on.

    That would have prevented the blister, a sliver, and a cut finger that hurts like heck.  Yes, I know it looks like a paper cut, but it hurts.

    But.....all the trees are mulched.  I have a little left over, but will probably use that tomorrow.

    The mulch is the most difficult item o my list.  I am happy to say I am done with it.

    But we need rain.  Depending on the forecast, I will water my sugar maple in the next 2 days....if I can figure out the hoses.

    I have 3 hoses hooked up to 2 sprinklers that go on automatically.  I usually have 2 hoses hooked to use on the front porch, 1 hose to use on the back porch, and a hose reel with hoses on it on the garage side.

    Yes, that is a lot of hoses.

    My problem is always finding the right configuration.  

    And I am a little frustrated right now because I can't undo a hose from one hose reel....which puzzles me because as I write that I wonder why I want to undo it in the first place.  Hmm.....

    I just have not hooked up the front porch hoses.  That should be a 3 minute job, but I just have not done it.

    And my new hose reel has 2 hoses....but they leak at the connection, so I have to unroll them and tighten the connection.

    None of these jobs takes a lot of talent or time.

    I just keep putting them off.

    And that means I can't strike "hoses" off my jobs list.

    But by the end of this week, my list will be done.  That is my goal.

    Then I will start another.  And yes, I will complain about that one too.

Peace and Love