Saturday ramblings
7 Jul 2007 21:37![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nephirThe weather here broke somewhat and made it possible to be outside without heatstroke (thank goodness) so I broke out the new hedge trimmer and the cord and went to town on the yard....
Didn't get as much done as I'd like -- the vibration from the motor kills my hands and arms but I did get the hedge in front of the house hacked down to a reasonable size and you can actually walk to the front door now.
Then I went on to attack the azalea and rosehip monster that has taken over the front of the porch. It's about half down now. If the weather keeps up *and it's supposed to* then I'll work on it a bit at a time. The bigger hassle will be getting a chipper shredder to deal with the detritus.
To recover from the trimmer I came in to have some tea and watch the episodes of Dr. Who that we had on the DVR that I'd not gotten to watch yet. Loves....oh loves....
The spouse and I then headed out to Lowes to ger risers and new steps for the back porch, which had become a health hazard, and since everyone comes to the back door....they needed to be replaced.
We ended up having to buy a circular saw as well (yeah! Power tools! uruuruuruurrrrr)
Tomorrow's plan is to tear out the old stairs, cut the new steps and attach them all to the porch. Eventually we'll have to replace the porch as well, but it's in reasonable shape so it's ignorable for now.
Best thing seen today? The truck with the following window sticker:
Slash X Ranch Cafe in Barstow CA....
I snickered all the way home.
Didn't get as much done as I'd like -- the vibration from the motor kills my hands and arms but I did get the hedge in front of the house hacked down to a reasonable size and you can actually walk to the front door now.
Then I went on to attack the azalea and rosehip monster that has taken over the front of the porch. It's about half down now. If the weather keeps up *and it's supposed to* then I'll work on it a bit at a time. The bigger hassle will be getting a chipper shredder to deal with the detritus.
To recover from the trimmer I came in to have some tea and watch the episodes of Dr. Who that we had on the DVR that I'd not gotten to watch yet. Loves....oh loves....
The spouse and I then headed out to Lowes to ger risers and new steps for the back porch, which had become a health hazard, and since everyone comes to the back door....they needed to be replaced.
We ended up having to buy a circular saw as well (yeah! Power tools! uruuruuruurrrrr)
Tomorrow's plan is to tear out the old stairs, cut the new steps and attach them all to the porch. Eventually we'll have to replace the porch as well, but it's in reasonable shape so it's ignorable for now.
Best thing seen today? The truck with the following window sticker:
Slash X Ranch Cafe in Barstow CA....
I snickered all the way home.