I hope that each of you are doing grand.  I am doing grand.  I have been extremely busy of late, as I am sure all of you have been.  At my new job (working for me self), I get up at 5AM and am usually finished with work by 2 or 3PM.  There is a lot of manual labour involved but it is very entertaining.  Yesterday we raked, seeded, and strawed a long bank.  Today, we laid paving stones and built a retaining wall. 

I’ve done more work in the last week and a half than I’ve done in the last three months.  Almost every muscle in my body aches and my palms look like sandpaper.  The good thing about so much hard work is that I’m starting to resemble the Hulk (okay…not really).   I don’t reckon a short fuse and a lot of TNT would be a good combination?!  

Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and tell you all that I’ll be back as soon as I can.  tomorrow is kudzu thrashing day, so I must rest me bones.

Best

jd