Now You See It .........

It's amazing how time flies.  I don't contemplate that kind of thing much, but lately it's been going faster than lightning.  One minute I think I've got all day to get things done, and the next it's three days later.  I sipped my morning coffee as I remembered all the crazy things I've done in my life.  It's a miracle I survived.  It's not that I have any great instincts, just pure dumb luck!!

Like the time my Yosemite National Park roommate and I headed down the hill, only to have her car break down.  We both worked there for a couple of years.  When two guys drove up in their nice little chevy, we jumped right in the back seat, hitching a ride back to the park.  During our conversation, they mentioned they were on parole.  Panic set in quicker than you can imagine.  I told them we could take a shortcut walk to our lodge, much faster than the drive they would have to make to drop us off.  They kept driving.  

Just by pure dumb luck, a truck pulled out in front of them, forcing them to stop the car.  We opened our doors and ran,  making a quick escape through the trees.  How stupid was that of us to get in a stranger's car?  Thank goodness there were no automatic locking doors back then!!  We certainly learned our lesson!

Not really, there were so many more incidents where I could have disappeared completely.  I should write a book.

Anyway, back to the back yard ... that's a dog kennel at the far end, making this the perfect dog run when finished.

Not that it's going to be used as a dog run.  My dog has the RUN of the house.  Wasn't I surprised when the guys showed up with shovels.  Seriously, you are going to take out all this grass by hand?

Yup ... that's exactly what they did, on a hot muggy day.  I felt bad as I sat sipping my icy cold Pepsi.  They also capped off eight sprinklers.  Not that this will save me much money, it will only give me more water to throw on the front yard grass to keep it from looking like an abandoned house.

Now you don't see it any more!  They cleaned it all out and leveled it (almost) with a slight downward slant away from the house.  They sprayed it with weed killer before covering the area with heavy cloth to keep the weeds at bay. We all know that will work for awhile, but eventually I'll have to spray the weeds.  The rock will be laid down today. 

He said for $7,000 I could do that to the entire back yard.  Hahaha no thank you!!  You do have to think about resale value at some point.  Plus Cooper wouldn't have a soft surface to play the ball game.

I checked the game camera again with no results.  I'm afraid that closing the fence off will be the end of the fox trot through my yard, even if I have seen them jumping the fence.  Gosh, there are so many loose boards on that side, maybe one will just magically fall off.  I can only hope!!!!

Some other thoughts I've had .... today one more number has been added to my score.  I never thought I would EVER be this old.  Truly, I know how lucky I am to still be on this earth.  Time is short ... and I'm tired of sitting home trying to save a few dollars on fuel ... well, a few hundred dollars at the moment.  I'm bored to death and need a road trip, so I'm making up a list of places to go.  I'll let you know how that turns out!!