As long as I had to clean house

We skipped regular school (B’s just cranks along, he looks at his chart, does his assignments,  hopefully does not loose his work between printer and notebook, and remembers where they are when I debrief him. I’m, “the parent at the elbow” with M.)  My landlord was coming over to fix a noisy fan in the bathroom.

And as long as we were cleaning, we drove over outgrown clothes to the Salvation Army, we’ve been given 3 large bags to sort through ourselves for the boys, I wanted to see the living room floor again.  And I bought a pruning saw and leather gloves at Briggs nursery.

M bought a Venus Flytrap.

So here is my garden before pruning

And after, when the kids went inside to play games

Pruned shrubs look so gawky, don’t they?