Summer Holiday Weekend Recap
Hello and happy Monday to you! Did you melt this weekend? My Lord it was hot. And what do you do when you're us on a hot weekend? Dig out a tree obviously. 😑 Remember the pic of the tree from last week after the landscapers hacked it up? It went bye-bye. We were going to attempt to save it to possibly see if my friend could plant it at her new home (even though it should be done when dormant.) Well, after determining the roots attach to the Earth's core, we had to scrap that idea. We tried to get out early enough but it wasn't. We hacked off the top in sections using some really great pruning shears that made that job super easy then the Mr lobbed off the top so we could begin on the roots. We bought a shovel called the Root Slayer and I will say it did an amazing job getting through most of it. Neither of us are at our strongest right now so despite knowing we could've continued with chipping away at ...
It is nice having the tree up even if later than normal for us. It has already done wonders for my mood honestly. I am so glad we got the chance to walk under the moonlight yesterday. That was perfect!
ReplyDeleteThe trees look gorgeous! So glad you got those up and were able to enjoy the lights with some cocoa and Chateau. Sorry about your chandelier though...grrrr....
ReplyDeleteWeekend was good. I had a super productive day yesterday in the kitchen and got a lot of things done so I felt good about that. Errands today and my annual eye exam smack dab in the middle of the day, so we'll see what I accomplish after that.