Adventures in Lawn and Cat Grooming

Today is a work-at-home day for me, so I had a couple of appointments scheduled. One was a landscaper for a quote to fix the godawful-ugly front of my house, and the other for a mobile pet groomer to come shave my Persian.

The landscaper seemed happy to do what he could to keep costs cheap. When I described to him the sorts of things I wanted around my house other than what's there -- hippy dippy things like sunflowers instead of discolored white marble chips and three peonies that look nice for