Mow when dry

When I got home last night I noticed that most of the areas of the yard that have been underwater for most of the last week had actually dried up.  I changed and immediately hopped on the mower to just mow down those low areas as Cindy should have time today to mow the rest of it.  I have become conditioned to drop everything during the brief periods that the yard dries out during wet season.

Cindy had the chickens out in the yard while I was mowing.  All three of them were hanging up near the house taking turns sitting in the hole that Pebbles dug.  Cindy grabbed our 8th egg yesterday, all of which seem to have come from Betty.  We suspect that Wilma might be getting ready to lay as well.  She has been making some odd noises lately including the first ever classic two syllable chicken noise, BUK COK, last night.  Up until that point the chickens only made one syllable noises.

Yesterday my new Chuck Taylor sneakers arrived.  I had one pair of high top Chuck Taylors decades ago, a camouflage pair no less.  These navy blue low tops were bought primarily to be used for squats and deadlifting so I don’t have to walk around the gym in my socks.  The very flat and thin soles on these sneakers work well for that sort of lifting.  They also can pull double duty as a pretty hip footwear choice for casual attire.  I am sporting them at work today where we are allowed to dress down on Fridays.

I forgot to mention I am in the middle of watching Sharknado 2.  I got interested in it when I heard it promoted on the Stern show because Benjy is in it.  The movie is unapologetically low budget and cheesy but I have been laughing out loud a lot. I love all of the cameos of older/B list celebrities in the film as well.  For a free movie on the SyFy channel it’s hard to beat.

This weekend is pretty standard fare from what it is looking like, some work, some play, some exercise, and plenty of sweating.