Slept in this morning and in afternoon friend wanted to come over to help with some yardwork. He cut down some weeds I couldn't get, was trying to get the little tree but I can't find the battery for my chainsaw and my mini chainsaw is dead. It has 2 batteries and neither work. Could potentially be the batteries, but I don't know. I've now got a Ryobi mini chainsaw in my cart. Also have my eye on a snipper tool because my weak hands have trouble with snipping.
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But can anyone tell me what this thing does? (its called a cultivator)
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Does it chop up soil?
Anyway, friend was working on weeds when my brother found a chicken snake stuck in some mesh on an old torn up mattress in the car port. Friend decided to rescue the poor thing. At first it tried to bite but it was weak. He used a bottle of Powerade to distract it. After awhile it stopped trying to bite and barely moved. It took ages for him to carefully cut the mesh off-- some of it had actually cut in to the poor thing. I poured a little bit of water on it to cool it off and let it hydrate a little. Friend finally got it loose and when he set it down it rolled on its back to play dead. He poured out some more water for it to drink and then rolled it back upright. It was too afraid to move so we left it alone. Friend took another try with the small tree but it wasn't cutting and my tools weren't working. He did chop down more stuff with my hedge trimmer and he likes it. He checked on snake after and it wasn't there so it must have slithered off.
Went to TSC to grab some tools and sweet feed. Because I was getting dizzy my friend insisted on lifting the sweet feed for me. Went to O'Reilly's to grab him some more work gloves and a cabin air filter for my truck. He changed the filter out for me in the parking lot-- old one was full of leaves and dirt.
Went to Walmart after-- friend needed diapers for the 4-yr-old and wet wipes. I got some stuff on Mom's list but forgot to pick up her RX. Almost passed out bending down to pick up something at the deli. Went to a local IGA store after to get potatoes for Mom. Friend got some stuff to cook for dinner. Then we both went home. Friend said he almost passed out in the shower.
Mom was pissy when I got back and was being melodramatic about stuff but I calmed her down with food. She had some Chinese leftovers followed by steak. I made her happy by cutting the steak up into itty bitty pieces for her.
Rupert decided to climb up on my shoulder and cling to me for over half an hour. Mom couldn't finish her steak so I finished it off and shared a little with Fippy. I chewed up some pieces for Rupert (he has no teeth). Mom had the rest of the Samsclub apple pie for dessert.
I'm probably going to nap soon.