We spent much of the day outside planting bushes and shoveling dirt. The backyard now has six trees and two butterfly bushes. The north side of the house now has five bushes and two lilac bushes are now planted next to the fence. We had a load of dirt dumped in the hole on the north side of the house — which turned out not to be enough to fill the hole. It still had to be moved and now the hole is half filled. The yard is beginning to look like people who care live here.

Now the problem is that my body hurts! Some soaking time in the hot tub will feel very good tonight. In about an hour that’s where I’ll be found.

After we finished working in the yard, Nina and I went uptown to buy some book cases for downstairs. We don’t have enough places to put books! We first went to Fred Meyers and came away without buying any bookcases as there weren’t any there! We then drove over to Walmart. They had a reasonable selection and we bought three. These Sauder bookcases went together very easily and we’ve now got another twelve and a half feet of book shelves.

Now I’m watching the second half of the Ohio State vs Texas football game. Early in the third quarter Ohio State is leading 19 to 13, but Texas is knocking on the door. I’d like for Ohio State to win this game. Unfortunately Michigan didn’t fair so well against Notre Dame earlier today and Iowa lost to Iowa State as well. Not the best of days for the Big Ten, particularly considering that they went 10:0 last Saturday!