||Day Thirty-Four||
In the Season 8 episode ("The One with the Rumor") of the classic TV sitcom "Friends", the gang is celebrating Thanksgiving. Joey, who is attempting to eat a whole 19-pound turkey by himself, eventually makes the statement, "You are my Everest". And today, I tackled my Everest.
Basically, when we first moved into our house, the backyard was full of of these skinny trees (don't even ask me to tell you what kind of trees because I know nothing about dendrology) and in the middle of the yard was this stone circle. It's kind of hard to explain, but basically this circle encompassed a few trees and then was filled with mulch, some other plants, and this cute stone path. But over the two years that we've lived here it became unkempt, especially with having two dogs that just traipse through the yard, and this summer we finally decided to remedy it.
Because my mom has a lot of neck/back trouble, which I so fortunately (sarcasm implied) inherited, I decided to take on this project myself. So, I doused myself in bug spray, put on some music, and threw all my inhibitions about how fabulous (more sarcasm) I looked while I worked. Overall, the job wasn't so bad except for two main problems:
(1) the stones were ten times heavier than they looked, which made it even more of a challenge loading up a plastic tote (pretty much one of these bad boys) and then carrying it from the middle of the
yard to the porch without completely collapsing, and
(2) there were many stones that were so solidly into the ground that it took both my adrenaline-strength and the ingenuity to figure out that by hitting a stuck-stone with a free-stone, I could manage to either wiggle the stuck-stone to the point where I could pull it out or break it into easily accessible pieces. It's times like these that I wonder if I could be cut out for Survivor. Then I remember that I don't like fish and would thus probably starve.
Anyway, to remove all the stones in the circle it took me about an hour and half, which to me sounds like pretty good time. Now all that's left is the stone path, which will definitely take more than one person. But in all seriousness, I'm proud of myself. Just look at this "Everest" of pesky stones. It probably doesn't look like much from these pictures, but holy cow I will be hurting tomorrow.
Also, I saw this adorable squirrel sitting in the treetops and munching on a walnut. My dog Zoey is absolutely fixated with squirrel watching; she could watch them all day, and now I know why.
Lastly, my boyfriend told me that I should try to go as many days as I can without wearing makeup. So I've made it my own personal challenge to take a picture of said makeup-less face for every day that I succeed. Then, hopefully, at the end I will maybe make a whole post about it, or at least put all the pictures together. I think it'll be a good way to promote confidence within myself, not to mention how much time I'll save on not putting on or taking makeup off.
Here's to day one, and the first official day of summer.
♥K
♥K
