Meg vs. The Roof: Cleaning gutters

Friday:  Clean gutters, sweep the driveway.

You know your gutters need cleaning when plants start growing inside.

Luckily, the only ones that needed cleaning were under the nasty tree over the garage; all the rest were clear. Hooray!

But, true to form this week, I realized I am going to have to change tomorrow's goal. I need John's help with the shelves, and he has exams starting next week, so will be gone all day studying. Boo! So here's a new goal for tomorrow:

Saturday:  Go to nursery, get advice, and buy plants/supplies for square-foot gardens and fertilizer for fruit trees. Start putting planters out.

Meg vs. The Roof: Clearing the Debris

Saturday:  Sweep off the roof, clean gutters, look at potentially leaky spots.  [Trim tree over garage, install oven, get shelves put together]

Sorry, I neglected to take any pictures today; it has been pretty busy. As soon as John was available to watch the boys this morning, he helped me climb up on the roof and I got to sweeping. I decided that trimming the tree back was a higher priority right now than cleaning the gutters, since it is the tree that is clogging the gutters in the first place. So I cut back all of the branches within reach, some of which were sitting right on the roof and holding piles of poo-berry tree junk in place. There was already visible deterioration on the roof, so I'm glad I didn't wait too much longer.

Also, a friend of ours came over and helped us install our new (used) oven, which I had slated on my goals for next week. Then when I showed him what I was thinking for the shelves he took the materials home and whipped them up in an hour or so and then brought them back. We have awesome friends! So installing my awesome shelves will be added to next week. Even though I didn't do what I originally intended, I think it was a successful day!