Getting back to the routine

It was a week of getting back to our regular routine - yard work, getting groceries, cleaning - but, because none of those things had been done since before the trip to Utah, all of those efforts were BIG and, because I am old, kind of tiring.  I finally have all the vegetable seeds planted.  I have put in all the potted plants waiting to be set in the ground.  There is still so much yard work to do but at least I have started (as I type this, I am looking out the window to our vacant neighbor's house.  There is a downspout that is disconnected from the gutter and it appears that starlings have built a nest INSIDE.  The spout goes at an approximate 20 degree angle for a couple of feet before it hits an elbow and becomes completely vertical.  I can't imagine how a nest works in there!)

We celebrated two birthdays this week:  Steven's was on Monday and Julina's was on Tuesday.  

Steve had an eye appointment in Columbia on Thursday so we left the doggies with Beckie and spent the day driving all around Columbia - to the eye doctor, to lunch with Elise, to dinner with Steven and Tamara, to teach a cello lesson, and to visit Melanie, Vikki, and Elizabeth.   ALL over town but it was good to see and be with people.  Vikki has a new kitty who is very sweet and friendly.  Here is Steve with her on his lap.

I got a pneumonia shot Wednesday morning on our way to do grocery shopping and I didn't think any more about it until that afternoon when I started to feel kind of crummy and didn't  know why.  Then the lightbulb clicked on.  Happily, two acetaminophen and a good night's sleep took care of everything.  

Beckie came over for dinner Tuesday night.  Afterwards, we enjoyed watching a documentary on Linda Ronstadt. Beckie got the full doggie treatment.

I went over to Emily's on Friday afternoon to teach music lessons and I also did a little bit of work in her yard.  There were several small "trash" trees trying to get started in places not wanted so I took my clippers cut them down and my Tordon to paint on the stumps.  I did dig up one redbud and I have planted it in our yard.  I also dug up three raspberry plants for our yard.  Three of the four raspberry plants we ordered from the Arbor Day Foundation did not live, as well as the pie cherry tree and the red maple so I called them on Friday to report this and happily, the raspberries will be replaced.  They are all out of the cherry trees so we will get a refund.  And, since the maple was a freebie, I just dug it up and put in that redbud.  

I got to glaze my pots on Saturday but I won't be able to pick them for two weeks.  Can't wait....

Steve and I finished season 2 of Relative Race last night - yay green team - and we watched Paddington (on a strong recommendation).  And, that is about it for this week.