5 minute freewrite 3019 prompt mouse rider

This is my post for #freewriters 3019 prompt mouse rider hosted by @mariannewest

I was more than happy today, my husband decided to change the impeller in the water pump on the lower unit of his engine instead of us changing engines. It is a much simpler task. After changing it, he took his boat to the river and ran it, it did not run hot. The motor still has other issues, but they are the same as he has been dealing with for years now.

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When will this winter end? We had a temperature of 91F today, this was from the gauge in our yard. The weatherman says another Bomb cyclone is coming our way. I live 20 miles north of Vero Beach. First they said low 40s, now mid 30s, I expect below freezing where I am.

Yesterday I saw a rabbit with a mouthful of pine needles and sticks, I wondered if it was preparing for the cold weather. Today, my husband showed me a huge rat's nest in his shed. It has every sprinkler head we own in it. I do not know why it thinks the sprinklers will keep it warm, but after this cold spell is over, it had better find some wheels and become a mouse rider because it is getting evicted.

I spent the day getting all of the plants that need to go back in the sheds closer to them. I am only putting away the pineapples with fruit on them. I have 14 of them, and the four biggest ones that I can not cover. The rest I will cover with cardboard, palm fronds, and weedmat, that seemed to work the last time on the ones in the ground.

This banana plant has one new leaf. It will not make it. The plants are dead, but they will all come back from the ground.

I hope not, but would not be surprised if the areca palms are killed this time. I do not know how much they can take, if they are like me, not much more.
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