Tools Were Involved

I blame my son-in-law, Kenny. He’s the one who decided to spend the weekend in Phoenix clothes shopping for granddaughter Destiny’s last year in high school instead of staying here keeping me out of trouble. Because we all know what happens when I don’t have adult supervision at all times, don’t we?

I’ve been wanting to get the shed in our backyard organized, and now that Terry and I put up the shelves last weekend, I decided it would be a good time to hang up some of the gardening tools that have been standing in a corner of the shed.

Fortunately, I was able to find a 9 foot long 2×4 in the garage that the previous owners had left, so at least I didn’t have to use a saw, which greatly increased the chances of me still having all of my fingers when the project was done. But that doesn’t mean power tools were not used. I’m as surprised as you are that after using a driver bit on a DeWalt cordless drill, I didn’t pierce an ear or my nose or anything else that should never be pierced, but I somehow managed. And now I have the garden tools hanging up out of the way and easy to access when needed. I still have some other things I need to hang up, but that’s a job for another day. I quit while I was ahead and there was no blood spurting.

I know this seems like a simple job to anybody else, and it would be for anybody else, but I take my small victories wherever I can get them.

Terry’s efforts in the greenhouse are paying off as well. The kale is looking very good, or at least as good as kale can ever look, and she has a bunch of small tomatoes growing. Every day she brings a few in as they ripen. She tells me that the kale and tomatoes are both going to go into the freeze dryer, as well as a lot of other things that she is looking forward to running through the machine. That’s fine with me as long as I don’t have to eat any of it. Freeze dried veggies are still veggies, you know.

Congratulations Jenise Harper, winner of our drawing for a hardcover copy of I Will Find You, by former detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda, a name familiar with true crime fans from his television show Homicide Hunter, where he shared some of the cases from his 23 years in the Colorado Springs Police Department, helping solve nearly 400 homicide investigations. His book tells about cases that are too gruesome for television and some that still haunt him.

We had 60 entries this time around. Stay tuned, a new contest starts soon. Note: Due to the high shipping cost of printed books and Amazon restrictions on e-books to foreign countries, only entries with US addresses and e-mail addresses are allowed.

And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

Thought For The Day – The best helping hand you can get is attached to your arm.