Just Our Thoughts

DH is landscaping our yard by hand. Seriously leveling the property and it's going to be a lot of work. Anyway, he was outside with the pick axe, digging up the grass and moving it to level the yard. I thought, hey, he needs this rose bush cut down so that he can put the retaining wall in; why don't I find the machette and get started on that for him. Well, I got about half of it done. Almost.

Before I was ready to quit, Baby R wanted me to stop and be with her. So I did sit and talk to J while he continued to dig. After a little while, Baby R and I went inside to cook supper. She sat and played for a few minutes but she did not want to be anywhere but in Mommy's arms. That's so hard to get anything done when she's like that. So very tough for me to listen to her cry while I cook!

Supper was headed to the table, the girls set the table and I took the little baby for a rest. I thought she'd fall asleep but nope; she had Momma to herself and she was going to laugh and play and dabble at eating. Silly baby! lol. I loved it and got up feeling mentally refreshed.

I served up supper plates for everyone and sat on the couch to eat. I was so very hungry; so very done. And my body was starting to cramp up or seize up. lol. J's like, "Quick, get up and make coffee before your body totally shuts down. I want coffee." Big meanie! lol. So I did, limping along the way.

I didn't realize that swinging the machette for a half hour could cause so much work on my body! I feel great but I ache all over! Even my toes hurt. My ankles. Oh and my shoulders and hands. Yikes. I am so glad I decided to help. I think he's going to need it. And, hey, me helping will get him a hot woman! He better not complain.

And he hasn't; he was very grateful that I was helping get those thorny rose bushes out of there. When I get them down a little more he will take the lawnmower over them and dig up what he needs to get out of there. I always question whether my attempts of aide are actual helpful, but it seems this time I am doing something to keep the ball rolling on the landscaping.

Seriouly, I'm hurting, and he knows it. I don't even wanna sit at my computer so I very sweetly begged J to let me use his laptop on the couch. He loves me. I'm sitting on the couch nursing a cranky baby and typing this post to you my readers in a soft cushy seat!

I can't wait to show you the in progress and finished product. I forgot to take before pictures until I was well into what I was doing.


Striving to learn and live God's purposes,