Monday once again!

 I have a busy work schedule today and all this week! I would like all work weeks like this! I just like the money making aspect! Being self employed fending for ourselves and getting jobs is always on my mind. More so now that Steve's work schedule isn't filled up! It's unusual as spring time is always gang busters. This year is different with coming out of covid with everyone doing home projects and now everyone wants to spend money on travel and not their house. There will always be work out there, we just have to advertise to find it! Zero calls for his ads we put out last Wednesday. At least I got a call and an email. Still haven't heard back from the email and the other woman who contacted me back in March! Guess, I can forget about picking up those jobs. At least I did get a 1x a month new client from this last advertising. Made it worth the effort! 

I'm not doing any advertising this week as it's going to rain every day, but Thursday! Plus, my work schedule is pretty busy all week. I'm also cat feeding two times a day till Friday morning. I'm on count down to how many days I have to do this! The hardest part is just remembering to go there. 

New sod!

Sod down and seed/dirt filled in the front yard. 

Sunday, we purchased 2 rolls of sod at $7.99 each for 6ft rolls. It was enough to cover the top part of the front yard where the dog tramples. We didn't want to plant seed/dirt since she would just bring in the mud and constantly walk on. The new sod is a bit thick, so I've been stepping on it to get it down. We roughed up the bare ground, added some black dirt and put the sod on top. I just ripped on sections and placed them down. It was a little bit of a dirty job, but it's done and I sure hope the grass gets fixed! I made sure to mow first since I won't be able to mow for a few weeks. We should get enough rain this week to take care of the watering but I'll still water today, and the days we don't get rain so it gets a dousing once or two times a day. We still have the back yard to add seed. We are supposed to get a ton of rain Tuesday, so didn't want to have it all wash away. We did seed/dirt some other spots in the front yard to cover up the tree roots. Hopefully, that doesn't wash away! You can't always count on the weather report.

Last night we made slider burgers. We picked up a package of 18 slides and a large bag of hotdog buns because there wasn't any slider buns. I think the sliders were $12 and the buns $4. Steve made some coleslaw and fried onions. Such a good meal on the flat grill. 

Saw this cute little pail drink cup idea. I might have to go to the dollar store and pick up some little pails with paper straws. We have a few umbrella drink toppers too. 

We also did our returns to Lowes and DWS. Steve ordered a different pair of shoes in his size to be shipped in 5 to 7 days. We never did find any stove side replacements to finish off to prevent food from getting in between the counter and the stove. We need to figure that out asap or order something soon! 

Other home projects we can do rain or shine, clean the garage and paint the walls on my side. I'll probably start working on this one of these weeks if not this week! I'd like my side of the garage all nice looking before all the camping stuff is in the way. 

We also have the seed/dirt to do this week on Wednesday. This will give it time to get rained on, so we don't have to water. We have a big sandy area that we had the tent/pool in for years that needs to grow grass. I have more flower seeds to plant somewhere in the yard too. I still don't see the old seeds I planted growing. At least I tried! 

I'll be taring the driveway in two weeks. It really needs to be done. Then probably the week after get mulch for under the apple trees or in the big berm to freshen it up. I'll have some weeding to do/ cutting growing trees before  we can add more mulch. Probably need to spray some weed kill. That will take care of that corner of the yard. 

I still need to clean the window screens. I probably should have done that over the weekend, but forgot all about it. Plus, wasn't feeling well yesterday after eating some watermelon. Made my stomach hurt for a few hours. I ended up taking a nap and I still slept good last night too. Now I'm afraid to eat any more watermelon for fear it might hurt my stomach again. That was pretty awful!