Week 2, Day 3

We are up and getting ready to head out the door. I've called the bakery to reserve 8 loaves of SRB. 3 sliced, 5 unsliced. Might change my mind on that when we get there. Also have found a chest freezer on the Sears website for $229 - auto defrost is more expensive but I'm fine with it 'cuz I don't like defrosting freezers. Had to do that a lot as a kid and no more. Not sure we'll bye the

The gardener is here incredibly early - which is another God moment - 'cuz now J. can talk to him and get an estimate on how much he would charge to remove the various shrubs, etc. J's doing a great job - but it takes a lot of weekend time that we don't have. AND we have to deal with the trimmings, which currently are stacked up in various places all over the backyard. The recycle for yard waste only happens every other week - so we'll be awhile getting rid of all this. If the gardener does it, he'll haul it all away in one trip. Done. So we'll see about that.

The boys spent the night at a friends house and are heading to the Delta this afternoon with the youth church group! They will have a ball. I just wrote them a note reminding them to NOT take cell phones or iPods on the boat - lock them in the trunk - and to take towels, sun screen and snacks - beverages will be provided by the church. They will have a ball! and should be home around 9ish.

The gardener is already lined up to do the work this weekend - $320 which includes removing 5 big shrubs and trimming two huge trees. It's worth it. J. works so hard - I don't want his weekends to be filled with 'chores'. So it's worth the money to have it 'done' - and the gardener will haul it all away for us, which is great. We would be taking weeks to get done what he'll have done in a weekend - AND he'll trim our two shade trees, which need it desperately!

OK - that's it for now. We're heading to Berkeley for a bread run. Soon to be repeated, I hope, when I have a freezer in the garage so I can store more.