A sad note to this entry. Janis' father died last Friday, May 31st. It is so hard to lose a parent. Of course in addition to her grief she must help her mom get through this, too.
Tonight we'll be celebrating Martha's 50th birthday. She looks marvelous. I'm cooking a prime rib roast and the fixins to go with it including a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.
I am enjoying my twice/weekly visits to the CardioRehab at Community Hospital. I go Mondays and Thursdays and spend 45 minutes on the treadmill and 15 minutes of upper body exercises. Most of the class is using weights, but two of us are not allowed to do that yet. I was surprised last Thursday when the therapist announced the next exercise was to stand up from a chair without using your hands. I didn't do that exercise because I was sure I couldn't do that, but I have now practiced at home and find I can do that, not easily, but at least I'm getting better at it. It's amazing how many of the little things are difficult.
I bought perennials for the new garden. Gabby came on Friday and planted and labeled them for me. Now the planting is done and before we cover the garden with wood chips, Robert is installing soaker hoses to water the garden.
June 9, continued
Robert is adding the soakers to the little garden as mentioned above. With a timer on the faucet, I'll have water for my flowers. After he is finished I'll add compost and mulch on top of the compost. Actually, Gabby will probably do the heavy lifting on this project as she has with all the planting. She has done it all. Robert placed and aimed the sundial so that it keeps accurate time, to the minute. He also with Ezquiel's help made the structure to hold the cannon ball. Now, we need a sign for the cannon ball. "Used against the Rebel troops in Boston during the Battle of Boston in the Revolution, by the off-shore cannons of the British Red coats"
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