Where's Flartus?

You know where I've been...working. Certainly not blogging; and sadly, not even commenting on your blog. (I have been reading my usual list, but haven't had the time or brainpower to spare on many comments. My apologies to you all, sincerely.)

However, there's a dim light at the end of the tunnel. Job #1 has started to slow down a little, and I finally got a new, more useful, textbook for my French course. Hopefully, that will cut down on preparation time for me...once I completely re-write my syllabus calendar (wheee, looking forward to that.)

But, most exciting of all: I actually got a Saturday off!! For the first time since February, I had the whole weekend away from the office. Of course, having had little time during the first part of the spring, I had a growing "to do" list. Which I've been doing. And since Miss Chef and I are supposed to be heading out the door soon, this post is going to consist solely of my "satisfaction" list.

Because this is what we got done:

Mowed the lawn
Cleaned up a week's worth of dishes
Took Rosie for her annual checkup
Farmers' market (only one this week)
Nap (just me)
Put the soaker hose in the garden
Planted the last of the garden (tomatoes and herbs)
Watered, watered, watered
Added some wire to the pea trellis
Pulled out a holly rootling I'd put in as an experiment 3 years ago, and planted it as a new shrub
Emptied and rinsed out one of our two rain barrels
Transplanted a houseplant
Put together Miss Chef's new compost bin from wood pallets
Emptied the compost tumbler and moved it
Dug a hole for a shrub Miss Chef bought yesterday at the farmers' market (mountain fire pieris)

There were probably one or two other little tasks we took care of, but I'm too tired to think much harder. Oh, yes, I almost forgot: picked THREE more radishes. Take that, you attempted radish thieves!

Oh, and when I was mowing the lawn, I scared Mama Robin away from the nest, and saw this:

The third egg mysteriously disappeared. So now we have twins! Shall we name them? :)