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I couldn't access my website this weekend, which means I also wasn't able to receive or send any email. (Is the plural of "email" "emails"? I just typed and erased it both ways a couple of times but nothing looks quite right and although I'm too lazy to hunt down the answer on the internet, I'm apparently not too lazy to type out this ridiculously long aside.) Although the first few hours were tough because I'm an email junkie, being forced to go cold-turkey was cathartic. I spent far less time running to the computer to check my inbox, which meant I also spent far less time on the internet getting sidetracked by random surfing. I need to beef up my willpower and go email-less on the weekends more often.

Yesterday in an effort to make progress with some house projects we went to Lowe's and spent $100. We felt much better afterward, except for being $100 poorer. This summer I'm going to make an effort at getting some sort of vegetable garden going, both in our little square garden box in the backyard (which is strategically placed to take advantage of the three square feet of consistent sunlight we get in our backyard over the summer once all the trees have leafed out), but also by interspersing some vegetables within our flower garden. I also bought a container to start a container herb garden. And, as if that weren't ambitious enough, I'm thinking of starting a tea garden on a small plot of land we have near the house that gets some decent light. Yesterday Henry and I had a great time planting some seeds in some flats we have leftover from last years nursery purchases. I've never started plants from seeds and have a feeling I'm already failing miserably, but time will tell.

Meanwhile, Dave took the door to our back room off the hinges so he could repair and sand it. The previous owners had a dog that had scratched the door a lot and, in doing so, managed to dislocate the lower panel of the door so it would drag on the floor and not open all the way. Now it's in Dave's workshop, freshly glued, mostly sanded, and ready for a coat of paint. Everything in the garage has a fine layer of wood dust on it, including all of the items that are in two boxes that we had set aside for a garage sale. This morning I had to vacuum the vacuum cleaner before bringing it in the house. Lovely. The door looks great though.