6 posts tagged “around the house...”

I:

- Went on a Big Big Walk with the pooch

- Put up my mom's canopy cover... not a big deal, but it looks better

- Fixed the leak in pond AGAIN! That's the third time for the record

- Played in the garden, moved 2 planters, pulled weeks, planted Black Eyed Susans, tomorrow Lavender...

- Sent and received numerous emails regarding the ladies 18 hole league

- Cancelled invite for Wednesday due to celebratory festivities at Viewpointe on Friday

- Have not celebrated Cinco de Mayo in the least, sadly...

- Caught a few minutes of Tom Cruise on Oprah, and was a little disturbed by all the ass kissing, but I do think he is a nice guy...

- Talked to my mom, MomG, Sister, BMW, KT, Billy, someone at Sutton Creek, the dog, and had messages from Sarah, and Gosfieldtel

- Heard many lawnmowers running

- Almost hit a squirrel

- Hung up wind chimes

- Briefly considered drinking heavily for no reason

And that's about it...

Yesterday was a gorgeous day, and although we did not go golfing, and I did clean the house, I was able to get outside some and enjoy the day.

Here is the newly stained lower deck.

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Here is some of our asparagus. In the background you can see on the left chives and on the right 2 rhubarb plants, and of course the greenhouse (completely empty... next week...)

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This is our kitchen island with our new paint colour. It's a hard colour to describe, but it does look kinda dark camo green here... but really it's more brown-ish, whatever it is, we love it!

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This picture was taken from the kitchen looking out to the back yard. I love that chair and that plant... there's pretty much nothing in our house that I don't love... 

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Life's good, what can I say?

Ah... I've just been wanting to use that line for a few days now...

Pretty uneventful week-end planned... thankfully... tonight we are going to watch about 6 shows that we have DVR'd (2 Big Brothers, Survivor, Earl, Big Break) and eat HOME GROWN ASPARAGUS (I should take a picture before I cut them down...) and pork loin. The hot tub is probably still off limits due to recently completely stained deck (can I get a Woot woot?).

Tomorrow I have league registration (whereby I sit behind a table and attempt to appear helpful), then a little golf. Billy is going to cut the grass for the first time tomorrow (wow!). Might golf Sunday, not quite sure, and hopefully 'burgs and salads at MomG's on Sunday night.

Yep, hold onto your socks kids - it's crazy! Life's good

Today was quite productive, and now I'm beat, although no lazing on the couch for me, (at least not my couch...) as TOL is having a few girls over tonight...

Let's see, today I...

- Cleaned out the barbecue... seeing as it is in the garage while the deck is stained, it was a perfect opportunity. It looks great, and took a couple of hours...

- Power washed everything I could, (no not the barbecue, Billy said it wasn't a good idea) the tools, the wheelbarrow, the outdoor furniture, a stool... I was seriously looking around for other things to power wash... fun...

- Drilled a few holes in the garage to properly hang tools. They are not level, and it doesn't look too great, but it works, and it is only a garage...

- Moved things around in the garage like pots, hoses, more pots and more hoses...

- Stained 1 section of the deck lattice, (not ugly lattice, more like a Japanese slat type BTW). It took 1 1/2 hours to do that 1 section, only 1 more section to go, then the lower floor, which I think Billy is going to try to finish tomorrow night... So far we have spent 10 1/2 hours staining the deck, and 10 cleaning it...

- Took my mom's dogs out, (nothing new there, I do that about everyday) and Halia decided to check out the concession behind us. I was really far back and she was still just a speck. Once she noticed that she was alone, she came a'running.

Because my mom is out of town, and my brother is who knows where, I have to take the dogs out again, then get ready, do some errands in the metropolis of Essex and head to TOL's.

And that is the exciting day in my exciting life... ;)

It seems regardless of what time I actually fall asleep at, my internal alarm starts squawking at 6:45am. So here I am, at the 'pute.

This morning I have an exciting meeting about the ladies' nine hole league. Seeing as I'm simply a scorekeeper, and my job is easily defined, I don't understand why my presence is necessary at all. Maybe it's because, aside from the women that ran it last year, I may be the only one that knows my job, and there is security in numbers, or something, I don't know.... what I do know is that by having the meeting at 9am, then breakfast (or vise versa), we are still a ways away from 11 am, the time I can tee off after.... so obviously no golf... sometimespeoplemakenosense.

Billy is golfing this morning, but he being a primary member, and me a spouse, I can't join him, so that's cool. We're trying to get stuff done around here to make for an enjoyable spring and easy summer. Doing the deck ain't easy. He spent almost 4 hours on it power washing it, and he isn't done yet... then it has to be re stained.... I still have to do the pond, which I'll attempt after this silly meeting.

So it should be a mellow week-end, featuring left over spaghetti, no friends over, and MomG's for dinner on Sunday. Sometimes that's nice...

Today we are expecting the painters. Actually, they're late.... super. I'm not sure if I mentioned, but Billy thought it would be a good idea to not paint the big main room. Thank God!

Here are my reasons why hiring professionals are a good idea:

- 9 - 25 foot high ceilings, depending on where you are standing

- 9 - 25 foot high walls, depending on where you are standing

- Crazy big windows with essentially no way to get to them

Those are more than enough reasons, trust me!

So I cleared out the plants yesterday, there had to be over a dozen in that room, and because I don't know how they are painting the back wall (ladders, scaffolding, etc) I had to also clear out all things that were in the 'hole' or the wide open area in front of the fireplace.

The house looks naked and lonely. Plants really do make a difference as well as the 2 pictures we have hung in the big room. Here are some naked pictures of our house...

This picture is taken from the basement (it's a walkout) looking up the fireplace. It's a long way up...

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It looks so naked and stark!

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Even the kitchen looks bleak.

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Halia has been wondering WTF for the last day. She gets anxious and weird when we're packing, so this has her in a state! She's been following me around and driving me crazy!

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So, with regard to my list yesterday, I was able to cross trimming back the poinsettia. It looks totally violated and pathetic. That thing better bloom this next winter, or I'll be mad at having to look at that spindly plant for the next 6 months... I had a lot of plant maintenance yesterday, so that was good...

Today I'm going with MomG to pick up her new Ford Edge. That's exciting, and tonight I'm going out with a couple of girls for dinner. The conversations should be great!

Billy called the golf course and they should be open on April 1st... if not the course then the clubhouse. I hope the weather starts getting better! There is still some snow on the ground!

Anyway, life is good, and I'm looking forward to having the painting done and the house back to normal... also it looks really dirty when it's empty...