{"id":95239,"date":"2026-03-30T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=95239"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:24:41","slug":"home-sweet-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=95239","title":{"rendered":"Home Sweet Home! AKA, Back To Work!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We both woke up dreaming about Hawaii, but then reality hit!<\/p><\/div>\n

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA!\u00a0 My niece is now officially thirty years young and happily married with a beautiful son!\u00a0 Wow, how time flies!!<\/p>\n

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Lisa, I remember when!!!<\/p><\/div>\n

We had to sprint out the door to the gym for our twice-a-week appointment with the Stretch Council\u2014aka the place where flexibility is optional, but suffering is mandatory.<\/p>\n

As we passed the front door, our chair, normally empty, was groaning under the weight of last week’s mail and Amazon deliveries.<\/p>\n

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HELP HELP HELP!!!\u00a0 I am being suffocated!!!<\/p><\/div>\n

So off we went to get professionally bent out of shape\u2014and they did not disappoint.\u00a0 I had no idea the human body even had that many muscles, let alone that they could all file pain complaints simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Mary crushed her workout like a responsible adult. I, meanwhile, took the \u201cfloor model” approach while my trainer rearranged my back into something that might survive yard work later\u2014basically a pit stop for my spine.<\/p>\n

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That dumbbell really got a workout today!<\/p><\/div>\n

After the gym, we ran by home to meet with the painters before going to the “sleep doctor” to pick up my sleep testing kit.<\/p>\n

Seeing as how we were both tired and wanted to get to doing garden work without delay, I suggested to the boss that we stop at Roberto’s for a good Mexican meal.\u00a0 She agreed, and we did!<\/p>\n

The greeter was in rare form today!<\/p>\n

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No margaritas before lunch, says no one!!<\/p><\/div>\n

I had one of their excellent burritos, and it was so good I took half home!<\/p>\n

“Burrito” translates to “little donkey” in Spanish, likely referring to the donkey-carried bedrolls they resemble or the heavy loads of food they hold.\u00a0 Originating in Mexico in the 1910s, they became popular in the US during the 1930s.\u00a0 The San Francisco “Mission-style” (1960s) gave rise to the giant, rice-filled, foil-wrapped version popular today.<\/p>\n

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Yummy!<\/p><\/div>\n

Being a good girl, Mary ordered the salad.\u00a0 It was so good she made it a two-parter: half for dinner today, half for” look how responsible I am” tonight.<\/p>\n

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Rofrigo’s on Katella is an excellent place to dine!<\/p><\/div>\n

Eating Mexican and giving us the Hawaiian sign confused me, so I decided to have a margarita anyway!\u00a0 BTW, the name “margarita” is Spanish for “daisy”\u2014and the drink is closely related to the Daisy cocktail family (spirit + citrus + sweetener).<\/p>\n

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That salad is not long for this world.<\/p><\/div>\n

When we got home, the painters were power-washing the house, and paint chips were flying everywhere.\u00a0 I am anxious to see the “new house”.\u00a0 We are having the front side painted bright white so the Govee lights will reflect the color better.<\/p>\n

We hit the garden for a full veggie checkup\u2014leaf inspections, stem audits, and a very serious “How are we feeling today?” assessment.\u00a0 Tomorrow we’re going to H&H to pick up watermelons and spaghetti squash\u2026 because nothing says “we have our life together” like impulse-buying produce the size of a small toddler.<\/p>\n

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Almost as high as an elephant’s eye.<\/p><\/div>\n

The lyric “The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye” came to mind as I saw something moving in the corn!<\/p>\n

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This was worrying, so I took a second look!<\/p><\/div>\n

I began whistling “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'” from the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!\u00a0 (1943) and before I knew it, the object raised its head.<\/p>\n

Nope!\u00a0 It was not an elephant; it was my AW (auto weeder) in action.\u00a0 I nicknamed it Mary-Digger.\u00a0 It removes weeds by simply pouring wine into it, attaching a hand spade, and a bucket to the arm-like extremities.\u00a0 \u00a0It is very efficient, water-cooled, and makes little noise (unless you ask it a question).\u00a0 It does not rust and operates rain or shine.\u00a0 It runs for hours, only stopping when the moans grow loud and last several seconds.\u00a0 Thank you, Amazon, best tool I have in the shed!<\/p>\n

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I found out the hard way that if confronted, it roars!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary did the weeds, and I trimmed the grapes back as they were going crazy.\u00a0 Now they are nicely trimmed and attached to their wires.\u00a0 With the extra growth trimmed back, the grapes will get fuller since the energy will be directed into them.<\/p>\n

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Trimmed, tied up, and ready to provide a lot of grapes this summer!<\/p><\/div>\n

We are going to put tree fertilizer on the various fruit trees around the property tomorrow.\u00a0 The plum tree is going wild, with hundreds of blossoms already.\u00a0 We noticed the apple tree already has 30 apples on it.<\/p>\n

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Loaded for bear!<\/p><\/div>\n

After working for almost five hours straight, we headed to the hot tub for some serious soaking.\u00a0 We watched the movie “Logan’s War” starring Chuck Norris.<\/p>\n