Windy weather

With time to garden, I want so much to do the spring clean-up before our guests arrive on Saturday, but the past three days have been too windy - as fast as I rake the leaves blow back into the beds. I had no idea that so many leaves covered the gardens - but they do help insulate the plants. I did make headway at the entry door, so not all is lost. Now that I have had a taste of getting my fingers dirty in the very cold soil, I want to be outside every day that I can. I love to garden. Our new stove, refrigerator and microwave oven are here - only the fridge has been installed. The rest tonight. Maybe I can use the excuse of no cooking access to get a night out!!! Still have the toaster oven, so I think we will just hunker down here. Learned something new from a guest who was using the micro - it had lost power-took 12 minutes to cook a potato!! So I went on-line, and sure enough, they do lose power and mine was from 1984. The new one should be a lot better and more efficient. I can't wait to get it hooked up. That is all for now. Will start washing windows instead of gardening and listen to my books on CD . I have an i-Pod that I take with me to the gym, the garden and while washing windows.