Yesterday I started pulling baskets of papers and other things out from my closet shelves, sorting into "keep", "recycle" and "thrift shop" piles. I have boxes of tiny shape erasers and stickers that I bought to use to bribe children when I was supply teaching. I hope that the grandchildren and great grandchildren will visit often. I had to throw everything back into the closet last night to make floor space again for my mattress. Now the closet looks worse than before I started.

When I woke this morning it was sunny and dry outside. I knew my son and grandson planned to come to town today so I phoned and asked if they could spare an hour or so to rake lawns for me. We made a good team. The "boys" used the two thatching rakes. I picked up the thatch and deposited it in the compost box. That's one very big job that I'm happy to see finished for this year.

The plastic sheeting that protects my carport from rain had been buckling and funneling water into the carport. I pried the eaves trough off from under that side of my deck and nailed the sheets back up where they belong.

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