Okay, the big item, the chandelier, is FINALLY listed on eBay. Took me long enough.

The front yard is mowed and I took time to trim away a Salvia greggii that was severely damaged by the hard freezes this winter. I have seen at least three others that will need to be removed, or cut way back to see if they grow from the roots.

I finished reading The Hobbit on Thursday and have started The Fellowship of the Ring. The only way I'm going to get through these three books anytime soon is to set aside regular reading time. Once I finish these, I have the director's cuts of the films to watch. I am on a mission. :) I saw the first two Hobbit movies and was under-impressed with everything that was added into them, and this is what pushes me to reread all of the books and then to wallow in hours upon hours of director's cuts of the LOTR movies.

SRS