yesterday I tidied the deck a bit – moved light things off it and washed a table – before I sat out for a while…

this morning I sat on the lower deck in the sun for quite a while looking over the garden… wondering when and how I am going to get all the spring jobs taken care of… I was up a number of times with back pain and had two hot tubs during the night… so I wasn’t able to do any yard work today… as the day goes on and I sit and stand more my back feels much better…

last year I couldn’t do anything in the garden because I was waiting for, and then recovering from, surgery… I had a wonderful woman come in who did a great job but about the time I came home from my surgery she wasn’t able to continue…

this year I think I need to look for a gardener to come and do the main clean up and then help me with some of the planting… at least I will be able to water… not being able to lift anything over five pounds really slowed me down last summer…

the boys were over for a while and built a lair with garbage/recycling/yard waste containers and anything else small that they could move…  they also put a few things in the garbage for me…

had the water tested and the hot tub needs to be emptied and refilled but I am hesitant as it has been a great help to my back and it takes a couple of days to get the temperature back up after being filled…

what to do, what to do…