Project Updates:

It is spring and I am tearing up my backyard again. I started by moving all of the rocks that are the border for my flower beds. I put newspaper, junk mail, magazines down to prevent grass and weeds from moving from the yard to the flower bed (who needs that expensive landscaping fabric and edging?).

I was going to buy mulch but I decided to check out Craigslist first. No luck. I did some research and the City of Austin Landfill gives away free mulch. Needless to say, I was up at 7:30 this morning to meet my co-worker for our adventure to the landfill. I think that we ended up with the equivalent of 15 bags of mulch. Had we gone to HomeDepot we would have spent about $50. I could probably use 2 more tubs of mulch. I had just enough to fill in one side of the flower bed and cover the paper under the rocks.

Part II of today's project involved saving my house from being taken over by Asian Jasmine . It is currently growing between the house and the greenhouse (it's in there amongst the little trees). My co-worker brought me some carpet to lay over it in the hopes of killing it. I had just enough carpet to cover it all (once I cut down the trees) and I started pulling runners of jasmine out of the siding.

Things to do (in the near future):

• Finish the new bike. I need to wet sand it one more time. I need new handle bars and a back wheel with a flip/flop hub.
  
• Power wash the house.
• Cut down the time it takes to bike to Megan's house and back.
• Get my cat microchipped.
• Pay my library fine.
  

• Still clearcoating the bike.
  
• I started reading "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"
• I am still spring cleaning
• I went to the Zilker Botanical Gardens on Saturday.
• I saw Ra Ra Riot and the Little Ones at Stubbs
• I cheered my friends on as they crossed the MS150 finish line.

That's right. The plague is gone and the lingering cough seems to be exiting.

Things to do (in the near future):

• Finish the new bike. I have a coat or 2 of clear coat to go on the frame. I need new handle bars and a back wheel with a flip/flop hub.
  
• Power wash the house.
• Cut down the time it takes to bike to Megan's house and back.
• Get my cat microchipped.
• Pay my library fine.
  

• Still clearcoating the bike.
  
• I had the light fixture installed in my kitchen.
• I had the trees in the yard trimmed back/up.
  
• I reorganized the music on my hard drive and on my ipod.
  
• I read Freakonomics, The Game, and 21.
  
• I did some spring cleaning (I couldn't remember the last time I cleaned the baseboards).
• I took my cat to the vet.
• I got my tax return.