Sleeping In, Ball Games & a Bee with Bad Timing

Up at the shocking hour of 9am today — I honestly can’t remember the last time that happened. Clearly I needed it. After a quick bit of marketing, I headed outside to get a clear coat on the kids’ chair seats and give the wood frames a good drink with some salve.

S, meanwhile, was still deep into his second coffee and social scroll, so I eventually rousted him out of bed sometime after 10:30. Once vertical, he got right to work grading the yard, including leveling out the cargo trailer spot. We unloaded the box springs and golf bag, tucked them back into the storage trailer, and gave it a quick sweep before backing it neatly into place again. Productive morning all around.

I shifted into full-on plant mode—hauling out more planters and arranging them with cautious optimism that they can now stay outside (fingers crossed Mother Nature behaves). I also set up the new robot vacuum (parcel at gate last night), which meant the usual shuffle of furniture and “pre-clean clean” while it mapped the house.

S made a run to the pit with the wagon I had filled from deadheading flower beds, and just like that, the front yard was looking pretty darn tidy.

We were just about to head to town for Ada’s ball game when B popped by, off for a ride in the now full-on 20-degree sunshine (finally!). We made a quick Tim’s stop for a late lunch, then swung by the library to drop off my book and pick up my herb and veggie plants from their fundraiser. Bonus entertainment: the fire department rescuing a little girl from a tree. Small town life at its finest.

The blue circle marks where the little girl was stuck at and you can see fireman bringing her down the ladder

At the ball diamond, we joined AJ and the littles on the bleachers. Ada’s team pulled off the win, and she snagged Player of the Game — proud moment!

That's Ada playing short stop

Shaina shared this photo of her lunch dates while Nathan was golfing

Back home, S got busy sighting in his gun while I finished off the edges of the chair seats with some more decoupage detailing and gave my new garden plants a good soak in the sun. The robot got sent out for another round, and S claimed the couch for some sports time.

Supper was next level — BBQ ribs that were absolutely delicious. Time to take Harley for her walk with the herd joining us as we went.

We capped off the evening with a hot tub soak… which was relaxing right up until it wasn’t. Something landed on my forehead, I instinctively brushed it—and squished a bee. Unfortunately, it got me back with a sting. Fair enough, I suppose… but man did it smart.

S headed back to hockey (of course), while I sent the robot out again to deal with some mysterious muddy footprints (no names mentioned). I settled in with some Netflix until S finally gave up on the games and joined me. A couple episodes later, I was done for the day, while he stayed up a bit longer doing his usual phone scroll.