Officially Fall

Fall has officially arrived and even though I have been preparing work for this time I am still having trouble believing it is here. I have to figure out what I will do with all the leaves that will soon be falling to the ground. I need to rake now. I need to fertilize now.
I gave myself some pain lifting the small piece of concrete into place on the addition of the grill. It has taken some time to get over that. I'm in the mood to procrastinate. Fortunately I have put myself in the position that I must force myself to act. I set goals and sitting on my thumbs means failure. So I have to get my mind and body up to do what needs to be done.

I grilled some chicken yesterday evening. Only the second time I have used the new grill. It does take time to get up a good fire in the grill. With a gas grill you just fire it up and it is ready in minutes. But you have to deal with gas cylinders, unless it is hooked up to the house gas. But all in all I like taking the time to do it right. I have to start early so that we don't eat late. Everyone raved about the chicken. I fixed it two ways: half was marinated in Italian dressing and the other half got bar-b-que sauce at the end. I have had shortcomings before by having the chicken under done. I use a cooking thermometer and at 160 degrees the chicken was underdone. This time I went to 180- 185 degrees and it was perfect.

I did not do a thing in the yard except take the blower and move the leaves off the porch and patio. I sat by the fire thinking about all I could have been doing instead of staring at the charcoal. I've got to get the energy up in my mind to get up and get on with the work I want finished this fall.