Housework

Home improvement work has been consuming much time.  The basement is a total redo, so we're hiring it out, but we're trying to figure out where we can cut costs.  This has meant taking out all the bad stuff, then scrubbing and bleaching what is left.  Also, looking at the lie of the land around that house to prevent future problems with water.  So last week I built a little retaining wall around our garden on the south face of the house; a small project to be sure, but getting any one thing actually accomplished is much more difficult than I originally expected.  Also, we're going to try to do some of the non-skill stuff like painting and hanging shelves in the closet.

Also, the garden continues to surprise me in a good way.  We have four small green tomatoes on the vine on one of our tomato plants, some strawberries, and lots of yummy herbs: oregano, chives, rosemary, thyme, and basil.  Hopefully, come August, we'll have another bumper crop of tomatoes to support my BLT addiction.