I got plenty sore yesterday, picking up piles of boards and finding all kinds of garbage goodies buried in the leaves.  Everything is stacked in appropriate places now, waiting for removal.  And I raked all the leaves back, and can now see that a lot of digging will be required to make a drainage area away from the garage.  The question of the day is, can I do this digging without hurting myself?

After a hot bath, a good night's sleep, and a lot  of coaxing of back muscles, I think I am ready to try the shoveling part.  This is important, I tell myself.  And being Sunday morning, I turned on the TV in time to catch a few of the exercize shows.  Of course, my favorite is the so-called belly dancing routines, and after I got done with that program, I noticed I had NO pain whatsoever in my back.  So I'm cooking dog food now, and when it's done, out I go for another work session.  I have more than a week left to finish painting the garage, and landscaping the area around the garage (which I had not known was going to be important!).  I keep telling myself that once the garage is made nice, that is the end of outdoor work for this year - except for gathering the firewood.  At least I will have help with that.  Or more specifically, I will only be a helper on that chore. 

The weather has been so cool lately (in the 40's one day) that it seems more like fall now.  My bare feet are cold, and I need to put socks on.  I can't believe how good I feel.