{"id":1378,"date":"2012-11-12T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T16:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2012-11-12T10:22:01","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T16:22:01","slug":"brrrr-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/brrrr-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Brrrr!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, where did my 65 degree, sunny days go? \u00a0What a bummer. \u00a0Guess it&#8217;s inevitable, if a bit disappointing. \u00a0I don&#8217;t like the harsh weather swings though. \u00a0Need to ease into these things a little.<\/p>\n<p>I am left, once again, with precious little to report on the entertainment front. \u00a0Friday I spent my evening on the patio at the Brooksider, if only to sneak in one more day of nice weather. \u00a0Sigh. \u00a0It was a beaut though, had a fine time. \u00a0Donette got back from another week in Chicago around 7:00, and we headed up the street to Jalapenos for a little dinner. \u00a0It was remarkably good, possibly because we got one of our favorite waiters. \u00a0All in the presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday we started in earnest on our long weekend of nothing. \u00a0I guess, all things considered, we actually did get a few small items accomplished. \u00a0Donette headed out early for a day with her running team, and I stayed home to tackle a few long overdue tasks in the yard. \u00a0I have an annual Fall battle with a particularly ugly shrub in our backyard, and Saturday marked the date for this monumental event. \u00a0I think this bush is something in the honeysuckle family, I&#8217;m not quite sure, but I do know it&#8217;s about two steps removed from a big weed. \u00a0Every Fall I cut it back, and before you know it, it&#8217;s grown totally out of hand. \u00a0This year it was a good twelve feet high. \u00a0Yeah, yeah, I know; \u00a0It should probably be regularly trimmed back during the year. \u00a0Add it to the long, long list of things I just don&#8217;t get around too. \u00a0Anyway, instead of getting out the ladder and trying to hack it into submission from the top, I elected to crawl under it and just start cutting at the bottom. \u00a0By the time I called it finished, I was left with a formidable pile of brush in the middle of the yard and a six-inch stump where the bush once stood. \u00a0I spent the rest of the afternoon bundling up the mess, which now occupies the better part of my patio. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure how in the heck I&#8217;m going to get rid of it all; \u00a0That&#8217;s a problem for another day.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday I woke up\u00a0remarkably\u00a0sore from the previous day&#8217;s chores. \u00a0Perhaps I should think about hitting the gym a bit more often. \u00a0Not sore as in a bit uncomfortable, sore as in struggling to get around the house. \u00a0I am not aging gracefully, that&#8217;s for sure. \u00a0Reduced to this state of limited mobility, I had few options but to spend the afternoon on the couch watching TV. \u00a0I&#8217;ll grant you, that&#8217;s probably what I would have done anyway, but I felt a bit more justified at least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, where did my 65 degree, sunny days go? \u00a0What a bummer. \u00a0Guess it&#8217;s inevitable, if a bit disappointing. \u00a0I don&#8217;t like the harsh weather swings though. \u00a0Need to ease into these things a little. 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