When does that ever happen?  Being done I mean (and the well done part too since I’m asking anyway).

Some nice weather (65 degrees, baby! Yes I am rubbing it in) allowed me to “finish” edging my front lawn…

(Yes, the grass was even growing out of the layer of dirt on the sidewalk in some many places.)

I have gained inches on the width of my walkways (and those inches look like I will be spending the weekend scrubbing them with bleach).

but now I feel like I should weed a little lot, mow the lawn, trim back the flowers (they are starting to take over), and buy some new plants to replace what didn’t survive the winter.

It’s so true that a gardener’s job is never done.

Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it.  ~Author Unknown

I got a new toy today.

A Black&Decker lawn edger.

I’m not normally a B&D fan, but the price was right.

I can hear my neighbors cheering already (and thinking maybe now her front yard won’t look so decrepit!)

I got started right away - the sun was shining, and the baby (Little Man) was happily sitting in his high chair by the open front door watching me.

Perfect right?  Ummm, I guess I forgot to knock on wood!!

After the first pass along only one side of the walkway, it began to drizzle (what happened to my sun!)

Next thing I know, I’m caught in a sudden torrential downpour at the same instant Little Man begins a screaming wail that threatens to strip paint.

I packed away the tools and glanced back out at the lawn which had that hopeful look that said Please don’t leave me like this!

So… I didn’t get to spend much time with my new toy,

Little Man is screaming, and

it took 5 minutes before I realized…

I had stepped in dog crap.