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So much to do

Jennifer came over this afternoon and indeed we did pitch that old fence out of my yard and over into the next door landlord’s yard. And pitched is a relative term.

The fence sections were heavier (waterlogged) that we’d expected. About the best we could do was lift each section to the top of the new fence and tip them over. They landed with a crash, too. Somehow we managed to make a fairly tidy pile, but they aren’t stacked neatly against his deck, that’s for sure.

I hope I’m not home the day he realizes they are out there. But fair is fair. His fence, his responsibility. I kept the sections of old fence that were mine. I’ll have to take them apart and bundle the pickets so that trash collector will take them. What he does with his is up to him.

After that job was done, we swept the driveway of all the crumbs remaining from the firewood and tidied the woodpile. Then I took a good look around the yard and felt quite overwhelmed. There is so much to do. Lots of yard raking, liming and fertilizing, tearing out the gardens and replanting...they are over 10 years old and need a complete overhaul. The deck needs scraping and painting. The deck floor needs to be scrubbed and sealed or stained, not sure which yet. Some more landscaping has to be done in the front of the house, the front porch needs a new coat of paint and the porch railings and floor need a couple of coats of sealer. And, of course, the new fence has to be painted.

I just hope this summer won’t be as rainy as last summer. It will take from now until the end of August to get all of these projects completed...if it doesn’t rain every other day. With rain, let’s say it’ll take until the middle of October. Sometimes owning a house isn’t a whole lot of fun. But it’ll be better when the weather warms up and things start turning green. It just looks so awful right now, with everything still wearing its soggy end of winter brown, that even I’m having hard time imagining everything looking green and healthy.

Posted on 04/09/05 at 11:03 PM
 




Linkmeister

My projects are indoors, and they’re ones beyond my pay grade.  Failing electrical switches, faucet washers leaking and vise grips that turn the whole faucet rather than the whatsit…

Harried homeowner, I calls it.

About your projects: there used to be a comic strip called The Small Society.  My dad laminated one of the Sunday ones which had the poor shmoo weeding and planting his garden and saying “to God, I’m probably a vandal.”

United States   Posted by Linkmeister on 04/10/05  at  01:57 AM





Jennifer AKA Me

Deep breaths, and a little time and we can get it all done. You have me almost every other weekend. I think if we keep at it we could get all the clean up and painting done before summer, and then it will just be the fun things like planting!
Hey remember, I was eight months pregnant when we put that fence up.And there was more fence! If I could handle painting that thing all by my self then lol, I think it should be a breeze now. And a few margarita’s might help too!

My word it fact LOL

United States   Posted by Jennifer AKA Me on 04/10/05  at  12:49 PM





Kate

Harried homeowner, that’s me! And I do suspect that I could be considered one of God’s vandals. It’s a perpetual fight with weeds around here. Weeds are weeds when they grow where I don’t want them to. If I let them take over, I’d have really lush and full gardens.

Of all the projects looming, painting the fence is the one I’ll actually enjoy. Scraping and painting the deck is the one I dread. But all help is gratefully received. I don’t think the lad will be around much this summer.

Oh well, it’s almost 70 degrees out there today. Time to get out there and do something.

United States   Posted by Kate on 04/10/05  at  01:23 PM





Kate

The flagstone area off the deck that I put down last summer is now all swept and cleaned. Looks really good. I got rid of winter debris from the deck and swept that off. Picked up twigs and branches out of the back yard and filled two trash barrels with stuff.

It already looks better. That is encouraging.

It was a beautiful day to be outside. More days like this, please!

United States   Posted by Kate on 04/10/05  at  05:27 PM





Jennifer AKA Me

Yes it was a nice day! I so enjoyed sitting on the deck chatting yesterday. We (I) need more of those kind of afternoons! Ugh, only in NE can it be 70 one day, and only the promise of it hitting MAYBE 50!

United States   Posted by Jennifer AKA Me on 04/11/05  at  09:18 AM





Kate

My thermometer says it’s only 42 degrees out. It’s going to have to hustle to make 50. After running around in a tee shirt yesterday, I’m bundled up again today and freezing my butt off. That’s spring for ya.

United States   Posted by Kate on 04/11/05  at  10:25 AM





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