June 11, 2005

• Another scorcher, 34C today!! It was way to hot to paint inside so I put my renovations on hold yet again. However, being an inveterate workaholic I couldn't resist doing SOMETHING! I looked at my patio and was shocked at the amount of greenery growing in between the stones. Foolishly I began yanking them out. Foolishly because it was hellishly hot. Sweat was literally dripping off of me onto the pavement. Enough of that! I had a cool shower and decided to pamper myself and be completely decadent. I put on a skirt and blouse (to ensure I couldn't start doing anything dirty again - purely psychological!  ), I then took out my crystal pitcher and filled it with lemon slices, ice cubes and perrier, plonked it and myself under the umbrella on the patio and delved into my (not- so -secret) obsession with tabloids.

  
  

  I was heavily into the gossip papers when Trish popped in. She had finished work at two. Her cheerfulness and enthusiasm always brighten my day! She noticed the alarming length of my lawn and I told her I was planning to cut it tonight when it got cooler. Since she had never cut a lawn before she asked if she could do it instead. CAN YOU CUT MY LAWN? HELL YES! These are the kind of visitors that should always be encouraged!  We fired up the big red beast and away she went. (and I must say did a much more thorough job than I usually do). Trish did the bulk of the back and I did the wee bits of grass on the patio. (looking highly inappropriate in a skirt and blouse I must say!) After that workout we really needed to cool off so that called for something drastic - BEER. I'm not really a beer fan, but there is something about it on a hot day that just seems to fit.

  
  

  OnMyWayToParadise also dropped by with her sister and her sister's boyfriend. We dug up some plants and poked around my "mystery" garden. All kind of shrubs are flowering right now and I have no idea what they are, but they are lovely.

  
  

  It was then time to water the back lawn. This time I used the psssssccchhht psssccchhhht sprinkler. The kind that goes in a circle spitting water making a chik chik sound. Of course me and water can only mean one thing - time to get wet. This time though it was on purpose. It was so hot there was nothing for it but to run and jump in the sprinkler. Chanelling ones inner three year old is so much fun!

  
  

  Trish's boyfriend came by after he finished work and very kindly put up that horrid, nasty, evil curtain rod in the living room that had been the bane of my life last week. HOORAY! I now have living room curtains hanging on a proper rod, not sheets and twist ties!! Another giant leap in renovation land!

  
  

  Lots of laughter, lots of good feelings today. It was such a nice feeling to have people drop in and (hopefully) feel at home.

  
  

  After everyone had gone it seemed very quiet. I didn't feel like cooking so I just made a salad and opened a can of tuna. The old hound called to say hello before he started work which made me happy, hopeless romantic that I am.

  
  

   A little boy knocked at the door and asked for six dollars in payment for the Oshawa Paper that gets delivered three times a week. The funny thing is, I never had any formal agreement to get the paper and I don't even know if that was the paper boy because I've never seen him!! (Not that I'm complaining, it's a good little paper - just amused at my trusting nature - knock on the door and ask for money: I hand it over!  I'm not even sure how often payment is due for it. )

  
  

  The sun has gone down now, and it's dark outside. I feel pleasantly lethargic. It's still hot but when you're not doing anything it's fine. I feel like another cool shower, a nice cold drink, then curling up with a book before bed. The perfect end to a perfect day!

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