A Great Weekend for the Apocalypse

It was a lovely weekend to experience an Apocalypse, although I must have missed it. I guess we can just assume that What's-His-Name was wrong about the date for the end of the world as we know it (AGAIN)! We did manage to pack a lot in, since we weren't busy with earthquakes, fires and rapturing.



JP went to the city with 6 of his friends to take in a baseball game. Isn't the view of the city from the stadium excellent?



Both during the day and at night!



I also received notice on Friday that my student loans are officially PAID OFF! Hooray!

We got the grass mowed yesterday. I got the push mower out for the first time this year and uncovered my little boxwoods and the edges of my perennial bed. I also finished landscaping around my Mother's Day weeping cherries.



I started turning soil around some trees in the front yard for another flower bed...can't have too many!

JP and I worked many hot and strenuous hours on our raised garden beds. We have over half of them in, including the tiered strawberry bed in the center. We would build 2 of them at a time, carry them into the garden, and then JP would bring 2 scoops of topsoil (left from excavating for the barn last summer) to fill each one. I would spread around the soil and pull out extraneous roots and weeds while he cut wood for the next 2. I also got the tomatoes and herbs in one of the beds, and am hoping that the rain holds off long enough to get some seeds planted tomorrow.



Now I am exhausted, but it is back to the grind tomorrow. 3 more weeks of school for J, although we have already finished one subject, and will finish another tomorrow. L's last day of school is a picnic on Wednesday, then her graduation the following evening. (She tells us that the songs she is to sing for the ceremony "tire me out!")

I have too much going on for the world to end anyhow. I'm glad we got to enjoy the weekend instead!