February 23, 2003

more dead trees, dammit

Today was mostly spent at the property planting a couple of trees and sawing out
yet another couple of dead ones. &^*&#%$ bark
beetles.

Brought some of the wood back, at least; we're having a
Mardi Gras pary next Saturday and will probably fire up the firepit. (It's sort of
like an extra-large round grill with sand in the bottom, and has a sort of fence
to go around it that we generally don't use. Come to think of it, we should haul
that out in case there are kids.)

The party will feature deep-fried
turkey and king cake ordered from New Orleans. Latest decision: whether to use
disposable cups or plastic ones caught from actual parades on Bourbon Street?

Oh, by the way, I did not go back to buy the cool clothes from yesterday. Self
image issue or not, I realized that in the next month I will have to pay for two
sets of car insurance (6 months' worth), two car registrations (significant in
this state, where they tax cars as property -- probably $600 or so for the
two) and the credit card bill for the Ireland trip airfare. And what are the odds
I won't treat myself to something or other for my birthday, two weeks from
tomorrow? I mean, really. So maybe this isn't the best time for more clothing I
don't really need....

Posted by dichroic at February 23, 2003 06:22 PM
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