I was going to be on an airplane about now, landing in sounthern California, but plans changed and so I won't be flying there for a few more weeks. But that's okay, it means I have a four-day weekend that I can spend getting things done around home. I am rather looking forward to that. Not quite as much fun as visiting a friend in California, but that's okay - It will just be more fun when I do get to head that way.

So this, I think, will be lawn and garden weekend at my place. Last weekend, the neighbors and I went to the home-improvement box store across the river over there in Warshington and got materials to build a whole slew of raised garden beds. So, I have a lot of cedar planks, stakes and other stuff just waiting for me to get my act together and start building. I'll go into town and arrange for a truckload of good garden soil to be brought in (the soil here in the hills is rocky and kind of clayish, so ammending is important). Then I can throw my back out moving soil into the raised bed frames. Woo hoo!

The other thing I need to get done is preparing a temporary pad for my new spa/hot tub to sit on. Not sure when it's going to be delivered, but I made the purchase recently and am looking forward to it - and so is my back, let me tell you. I say “temporary pad” because I am hoping in the future to add a deck to the house and move the spa up onto that. Big dreams, but hey - gotta start somewhere, right?

With the weather as nice as it's supposed to be, I am also thinking a trip to Brown's Camp with the 4-wheeler might be in order. Maybe - if not, plenty more weekends ahead.

Mostly I am just looking forward to doing a lot of whatever I want and not worrying about anything else. The blackberry is set to not receive emails, my desk phone is set to go straight to voice mail rather than ringing my cell phone llike it usually does, and I'm ready to disconnect for a few days. I need it.