What are you doing this coming weekend?
05-23-2014, 04:45 PM
#281
Originally Posted by dlq04' timestamp='1400783267' post='23171558
Likely not doing a lot. This is typically a yard/garden weekend for us but I seem to have screwed up my shoulder somehow. 800mg motrin washed down with a beer doesn't seem to be helping at all. Damn, I hate sitting around when the weather has finally got decent. The F1 race and Indy 500 can only kill so much time.
Push too hard and the damn thing hurts.
Don't push hard enough and it gets worse. 
I have tons of yard work to do. We got 10 yards of fill and 8 yards of topsoil dropped in the yard.
I got 2 trees that need new drip line edging and a couple of areas that have sunk in my lawn that need to be graded and reseeded.
I just brought home a bunch of new Hostas, some are kinda exotic.
Did you see a therapist yet?
05-23-2014, 07:42 PM
#282
Originally Posted by dlq04' timestamp='1400783267' post='23171558
Likely not doing a lot. This is typically a yard/garden weekend for us but I seem to have screwed up my shoulder somehow. 800mg motrin washed down with a beer doesn't seem to be helping at all. Damn, I hate sitting around when the weather has finally got decent. The F1 race and Indy 500 can only kill so much time.
Push too hard and the damn thing hurts.
Don't push hard enough and it gets worse. I have tons of yard work to do. We got 10 yards of fill and 8 yards of topsoil dropped in the yard.
I got 2 trees that need new drip line edging and a couple of areas that have sunk in my lawn that need to be graded and reseeded.
I just brought home a bunch of new Hostas, some are kinda exotic.
05-24-2014, 08:29 PM
#283
Tonight the wife wanted me to take the MG to a small town pub out in the sticks near a lake where we heard they made a great hamburger. I knew better even with great top down weather. Took the truck with an automatic and was damn glad I did. The 20+ mile drive home was no fun. I spent a long time with the hot rice sack before feeling normal again. They told me 10 years ago it was time to go under the knife and have shoulder surgery. That time may have come. TBD.
I hope the rest of you are really enjoying this weekend! We've had several days of wonderful weather which is making it all that much harder to 'take it easy'.
I hope the rest of you are really enjoying this weekend! We've had several days of wonderful weather which is making it all that much harder to 'take it easy'.
05-25-2014, 04:45 AM
#284
We've been doing our digging, planting, and mulching. I'm stiff, sore, but not too bad. Heading back out there shortly.
Dave, sorry to hear shoulder isn't improved. IF it is time to get something done, do your homework and get a good shoulder guy. Texas Jim has some new shoulders and is doing well. I'm sure he can provide some info for you.
Dave, sorry to hear shoulder isn't improved. IF it is time to get something done, do your homework and get a good shoulder guy. Texas Jim has some new shoulders and is doing well. I'm sure he can provide some info for you.
05-25-2014, 06:46 AM
#285
Registered User
Lainey, I feel for you. I took Friday off and spent all day Friday all day Saturday in the vineyard, thinning, pruning, tucking shoots under the wires and pulling leaves. All this bending, squatting and twisting, I am pretty sore. And I'm not done yet. But close to finishing, then spraying to prevent powdery mildew and done for two weeks. (has to be sprayed every two weeks)
No plans for Memorial Day itself. Try to stay off the roads. I may need to stay off my feet!
No plans for Memorial Day itself. Try to stay off the roads. I may need to stay off my feet!
05-25-2014, 01:34 PM
#286
We are 80% done. The plants are planted. One area still has remnants of tulips that are not dead enough to remove leaves. Rick planted around the area. We will toss some mulch around the plants once they are more established. Yes a bit backwards. Tomorrow not much on the list thankfully except a cookout. Now we wait for stuff to grow and look pretty. Advil and 8 hr Tylenol have been my friends.
05-25-2014, 04:05 PM
#287
The big pile of dirt is now a much smaller pile of dirt.
The three big depressions in the yard are now level and seeded.
One Hostas bed has the border up is level filled and is ready for planting, the other is half done.
As depressing as it is to type, I'm gonna need a lot more dirt.
Does the cardiac care unit take reservations?
The three big depressions in the yard are now level and seeded.
One Hostas bed has the border up is level filled and is ready for planting, the other is half done.
As depressing as it is to type, I'm gonna need a lot more dirt.
Does the cardiac care unit take reservations?
05-25-2014, 06:10 PM
#289
The big pile of dirt is now a much smaller pile of dirt.
The three big depressions in the yard are now level and seeded.
One Hostas bed has the border up is level filled and is ready for planting, the other is half done.
As depressing as it is to type, I'm gonna need a lot more dirt.
Does the cardiac care unit take reservations?
The three big depressions in the yard are now level and seeded.
One Hostas bed has the border up is level filled and is ready for planting, the other is half done.
As depressing as it is to type, I'm gonna need a lot more dirt.
Does the cardiac care unit take reservations?
As much as I enjoy our very pretty yard, it is a lot of work. At times, when the "to do" list is long, I do think, CONDO!
How much Advil have you taken today, Jerry?
05-25-2014, 06:23 PM
#290
Tomorrow (Memorial Day), the local Vietnam Vets Association (of which I am not a member of), is dedicating a UH-1 (Huey helicopter) memorial. Since I have a "few" hours as a pilot in them, I am contemplating attending the ceremony. I have mixed emotions about this, since I proudly served, but would still like to put this behind me, as I did my duty, but that was then, and this is now. 
TBD.
TBD.