Pollito's sidekick / Queen of Procrastination - UPDATED

Last Thursday I was raking mesquite pods when a black truck came to a stop along the fence line.  I could hear a man talking on his cellular so figured he just pulled over to answer his phone. I was wrong it was Pollito's sidekick.

He told me he had stopped the other day and knocked on the door but that no one had answered.  I asked him when Pollito was going to come and finish the job he started in July and has yet to complete. He said they were very busy so he wanted to know if I wanted to have him mow the lot where my parents' house is located and leave the other two lots to Pollito.

Asked him when he could get it done and he said he could come early Saturday morning so I agreed to hire him. At 9:30 a.m. I gave up and closed the gate back up.  I keep it close because of the boys as I do not want any strays or regular dogs coming in and attacking them.

At 10:08 a.m. I heard the sound of the weedeater so went outside.  He apologized for being late and said his daughter had arrived last night from out of town and they had stayed up late talking.  Well, it was him who was going to have to do the mowing in this hot and humid day...not me.  So, I put a cooler outside with some water bottles to keep him hydrated so he would not feel the need to pop open some beers like he did the last time he came with Pollito.

Front yard

He finished at 12:44 p.m. and while he only charged me $40.00 it did not include cleaning up and he did not mow to the back of the fence.  At least he cut the weeds that got in the way when I go to hang clothes on the clothesline so I think it was a fair price.

I can walk to the clothesline

This is all my fault because I should have had put together my electric lawn mower months if not years ago but all I did was get it out of the box and put it to the side...they do not call me the queen of procrastination for nothing :-(

He only mowed the grass to the propane tank
but not the back of it or even close to the back fence.

We had a high of 101, low of 77 with a heat index of 106 degrees.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.



Betty Boop Saying of the Day

Good Neighborly Deed

Got up early for me 7:00 a.m. to open up the gates and move the trash bin in case the propane guy comes by.  Mind you he was supposed to come Monday and we are still waiting for him, grrr!!!!

Mom has a doctor’s appointment this afternoon so was busy getting all her medications and paperwork ready when I heard a lawn mower very close by.  Ignored it but it got louder and when I looked out the window mom’s neighbor from across the street was mowing the street portion of her lawn that due to the recent rains have grown at least three feet tall.

I thought that was very nice of him.  He is a likeable fellow who always says hi unless his wife is with him or she is anywhere in the vicinity.  She has probably said hi to me twice in the twelve years since they moved here.  Will only greet my mother if she is alone.  This in spite of the fact that her mother and my mother go to the same congregation and are friends.  I have no idea why, but I don’t particularly care either.  Mom and I will have to thank him when she is not around.  Thank you Joe, we really appreciate it.

On another note fellow bloggers Billy Bob http://billybobsplace.blogspot.com/

and Barney http://ofmadventures.blogspot.com/ are in Del Rio, at the San Pedro Campground in Lake Amistad.

I am hoping to be able to pay them a visit as soon as I finish my antibiotic regiment, as I do not want to give them my cold.  God forbid I make Billy Bob sick he will be writing about it for years. :D

Have a nice day.