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On Saturday we walked 4.19 miles on the new part of the Green way which connects to the KATY trail. I didn't have my favorite NIkes on and I was afraid my toes would get sore again but the weather was absolutely gorgeous. Earlier that morning we met with brick and stone people to go over ideas about our new patio. Here is a "before" picture of the back of our house. The patio will be on the right side. It's going to be somewhat of a "work in progress" and we planned no steps but to just extend out from the porch area.
After our walk, we came home showered and went to Saturday Church. We ended the day watching HBO and eating Chinese take-out from our favorite neighborhood restaurant.
I should have walked Sunday (yesterday) but I decided to take the day off and curl up with my new "true crime " book by Ann Rule. She has been a favorite of mine ever since her first book, Small Sacrifices, the story of Dianne Downs who killed one of her kids.
Later on, we started sampling some of Hubby's homemade wine. Three kinds of raspberry, a plum wine which reminded me of Kool Aid and a combination of plum and raspberry which was awfully good. I'm pretty much a lightweight when it comes to drinking anything alcoholic... I must admit I was feeling pretty good. We drank wine out of plastic glasses and listened to the guy who lives below us cut and bale his hay.
After weeks of crazy hot weather and high humidity I was finally able to walk 5.24 miles this morning on my favorite trail. This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!
We are finally ready to dig into some of the projects that have been in the planning stages for the summer months. Who wants to do any excess sweating in the Missouri heat if you don't have to, don't you agree? Our first project involves building a stone retaining wall in our backyard to level it out, installing in-ground sprinklers in both the front and back; and instead of a deck, constructing a brick or stone patio along the side of our house. We have lived with a sloping backyard ever since we built this house and at one time had plans to put a pool in but that did not pan out. Maybe a fountain that runs along the side of our new patio?
