Thank You Very Mulch

We spent the first weekend back home working on the house. The WB and I worked in the front yard. I mulched, and he helped by filling up his little wheel barrel with dirt, then dumping it out, and then repeating the process. He no doubt enjoyed the process, and I couldn’t have been happier. For the record, it takes about 51 cubic feet of mulch to take care of the average front yard. You have to first edge around the flower and tree beds with a flat handled shovel, which is dirty, tiresome work. The Dog spent both days perched in the front yard, watching the people and cars go by, chasing the occasional small animal, and contemplating our next posting, which will be on the judicial nomination controversy.

Since we were out in front of the house all weekend, everyone – and I mean every last person – in the neighborhood stopped by to say hi. So sometime about mid-afternoon Saturday, we invited one couple and their kids to come by Sunday evening to cook out hamburgers and hotdogs. We then felt that if we were going to invite them, we should invite some of the other neighbors and have a little cook out. To make a long story short, we ended up having 25 adults and 16 kids over Sunday evening and the party went on till the late hour of 9:30 pm. It was a great party and about a ton of food, beer, and soda was consumed. This ended up being our “thank you” party to let the folks in the neighborhood know how much we appreciated their help over the last few months. Our neighbors showed what the word community means over the last few months, and we are exceedingly grateful for their thoughts, help and prayers.