We've been spending a lot of time at Home Depot/Lowe's recently. We've acquired a grill, grill accessories, pick axe, wheelbarrow (FYI an assembled wheelbarrow does not fit in our camry), axe, rosemary plant, hose sprayer, and a bunch of other stuff.
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treewishes, Raoul, gnomad, and durdge came over. D. made yummy burgers on the new grill. R. used his impressive arborist skills to cut down the huge dead tree limb that was hanging over our yard. Yay!
We figured out why the tree is dying: the limb was filled with big black ants. Now have lots of firewood and I think need to call a bug guy? The yard is really close to our wooden shed, deck, and house.
That night durdge and I cleaned out the hot tub to prepare for the spa guy. He came this morning. Our hot tub is really old (20+ years) and has frost damage. We could spend a couple of thousand dollars to jury rig a fix, but it might be better to just scrap it and save for a new one. So we have to think about disposal, and what we should do with this dropped down section of the deck which will have a big hole in it. We'll never find a new spa to fit the hole so we could deck it over and put a raised spa there, but there might be better places in the yard to put one. (I think a new spa is not a project for anytime soon, but D. now has his heart set on one, so I guess we'll see.) What else could we do with that weird deck section? Maybe this means we can just rip out the big overgrown bushes that I don't know how to prune?
Suggestions welcome.
D.'s ankle is better than it was, but it's still uncomfortable for him to walk. My spots are almost better. They're mostly confined to my legs now and slowly healing. I'm still itchy, but I think it's mostly from dry skin. I'm using a lot of lotion, but I'm using a lot less allergy medicine.
Dance!
Depending on who you are I think these DC area Flash Mobs sound like the best thing or the most horrifying thing ever. I'm in the first camp. We might try to do one or two of them. I'm playing with the idea of dropping by Busboys and Poets tomorrow night to check them out. (I think I could easily fake the Jump choreography, it's pretty easy, and I do have a soft spot for Beetlejuice. Help is more intricate and would take more advance practice.) If anyone wants to come by (to dance or just watch) show is 6:30, call is 5:45.
Sunday
treewishes, Raoul, gnomad, and durdge came over. D. made yummy burgers on the new grill. R. used his impressive arborist skills to cut down the huge dead tree limb that was hanging over our yard. Yay! We figured out why the tree is dying: the limb was filled with big black ants. Now have lots of firewood and I think need to call a bug guy? The yard is really close to our wooden shed, deck, and house.
That night durdge and I cleaned out the hot tub to prepare for the spa guy. He came this morning. Our hot tub is really old (20+ years) and has frost damage. We could spend a couple of thousand dollars to jury rig a fix, but it might be better to just scrap it and save for a new one. So we have to think about disposal, and what we should do with this dropped down section of the deck which will have a big hole in it. We'll never find a new spa to fit the hole so we could deck it over and put a raised spa there, but there might be better places in the yard to put one. (I think a new spa is not a project for anytime soon, but D. now has his heart set on one, so I guess we'll see.) What else could we do with that weird deck section? Maybe this means we can just rip out the big overgrown bushes that I don't know how to prune?
Suggestions welcome.
D.'s ankle is better than it was, but it's still uncomfortable for him to walk. My spots are almost better. They're mostly confined to my legs now and slowly healing. I'm still itchy, but I think it's mostly from dry skin. I'm using a lot of lotion, but I'm using a lot less allergy medicine.
Dance!
Depending on who you are I think these DC area Flash Mobs sound like the best thing or the most horrifying thing ever. I'm in the first camp. We might try to do one or two of them. I'm playing with the idea of dropping by Busboys and Poets tomorrow night to check them out. (I think I could easily fake the Jump choreography, it's pretty easy, and I do have a soft spot for Beetlejuice. Help is more intricate and would take more advance practice.) If anyone wants to come by (to dance or just watch) show is 6:30, call is 5:45.
