Weekend activities

We had a weekend visitor.  Leo came up on Saturday and we immediately put him to work around the house.  Bud bought a new car top carrier for our upcoming houseboat trip.  The new Subaru doesn't hold as much as the old Cadillac did and we often fill up the car with stuff to take down.  Any excuse to buy a new toy.  He needed a  guy to help with this project and Leo was just the man to help. 

 They put it together first.  It is a nice carrier. 

 It looks great on the top of the car but the car doesn't fit in the garage with it on the top so they also cleared out the carport area so he could park in it until after the houseboat trip.  We had leftover wood stacked there and it was kind of messy so it looks better now.  I am trying to encourage him to use the leftover siding to make some kind of storage container to put in there along the wall.  I heard the guys talking about how it could be put on wheels so that we could move it out easily when we wanted to use it for a car.  It sounds like a plan. 

 Then I grabbed Leo and his truck to help me with my potting dilemma.  We went to Meijer and just 'jumped into' the garden area.  It is easier to make decisions when you have someone along to talk with.  It didn't take us too long to find enough pretty plants.  We came home and went right to work.  We planted the 3 pots out by the road.  They look pretty good but Leo reminded me that the next few days will be the test of our planting skills.  I bought Miracle Grow potting soil like Eva suggested so I am hoping that all the 'wresteling' we did with the plants will be offset by the wonderful fertilizer in the soil but only time will tell.  It looks good right now. 

I had this other pot too.  I think Eva and David gave it to us several years ago when they stayed here or maybe they just filled it for us one time.   Anyway, I decided it would look good between the garage doors.  The little pop of color is nice in that spot.  We now have a lot more sunlight in  that part of the yard so the flowers should grow there. 

Our reward for working was dinner and a movie.  We went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie in 3D.  It was fun and entertaining.  LOTS of fight scenes that were sometimes a little long but just a typical Pirates of the Caribbean movie. 

Leo stayed for a breakfast out on Sunday and then drove home to do some mowing at his place.  Bud did mowing here too so our lawn looks as good as it gets.  It was nice to have Leo visit and help with our chores.  He has this whole week off but the boat trip is at the end of the week.  He has been working a lot of hours and hasn't had a day off for a long time because he has been working 7 days a week. 

Not much else going on here.  I hope you had a great weekend, not filled with too many chores or maybe you had someone visit and help you too.