This is Mr. Yappy.  I dubbed him so because, frankly, he just won’t shut up.  Woof Woof Woof….all the time.  10am, 2pm, 1am, it doesn’t matter.  This pic was snapped as he was barking at me for mowing the lawn.

Yes, I mowed the lawn!

Normally, my mom does around the outside of our backyard and then the front (which is smaller than our backyard).  Then I do most of the backyard, which is a fairly large size.  Today, I did both the front and the back!  It took me a little over an hour, but this is a major NSV for me.  Three years ago, I got out of breath just looking at the backyard.

Lucky me, I’m stuck mowing the whole thing for the next six weeks while my mom recuperates from gallbladder surgery.  She had it on Wednesday, and except for some pain, is doing well.  The worst for her is when she needs to cough – and let’s not even talk about the time she sneezed!  Ack! The poor thing.  So that’s what I did on Wednesday – sat in the hospital for 7 hrs!  I’m just glad that she’s doing okay.

Anyway, hope you all are having a great weekend!  I’m going to go baby my poor sore hands (from the mower).  Note to self:  get some padded garden gloves if they have them…