This week was so busy and productive.
Granny came home from rehab on Thursday. She's doing well. But she is definitely different.
Where she used to be so sweet and non-confrontational, now she's quite beligerant and she will even totally ignore you at times. She does still have moments of her old self, though, so maybe in time this will get better.
She also tends to put her pants on backward.
Hopefully, she'll be back to her old self before too long.
Yesterday, my dad came first thing in the morning and we measured out my backyard... several times. Before spring, I want the back yard fenced in so the little ones can't escape the yard when I let them out to play. We have lots of woods and a creek that runs right behind our house, so I don't feel comfortable at all letting them out to play by themselves, so a fence is a must.
This is what I REALLY want...
well, it's similar to what I want, but I have a feeling it's probably going to be too expensive to do the whole back yard in this, so we're probably going to do the part that shows from the road in that and then the sides and back of the fencing in this...
It's black chain link.
I had never seen black chain link fence before, until I did portraits for this beautiful family...
And they had their yard fenced in with the white fence in front (the part that shows from the road) and then the sides and back in the black chain link. I really liked it. While I'm not a huge fan of chain link fencing (please... no offense if you have this kind of fencing, I just really like the white picket fence look), however, the black... I like. I still like the white better and because of that, my dad is going to get me quotes on both. That way, if doing it all in white is affordable, I can go that route, but if it's just not, then we'll do the combination fence. And I think it'll be okay. :)
And while my dad and I were doing that, he noticed that our downstairs HVAC unit had HUGE blocks of ice on the outside of it.
This is not a good sign. So, I immediately called our guy who installed all that when we built the house 3 years ago and he came out with his assistant guy and then an electrician had to be called, because some switch blew... and $100 later, we have a working HVAC unit again! And honestly, I felt like I got out pretty cheap being that all three of those guys were out here late on a Saturday afternoon and until sundown and they were here within two hours of me calling. Excellent customer service and worth way more than $100 in my opinion. :)
I love the Saturdays that my dad comes to spend the day with us, because he does more for me in a few hour span of time than I get done otherwise... in weeks. Because he does all my "man work" for me. :)
Like hanging things... hauling off the HUGE mountain of cardboard boxes from CHRISTMAS. Those were driving my mom crazy and she's been wanting to take them off everytime it's not 10 degrees outside, but I kept putting her off, because I didn't want that crap in the back of my car. We live in the middle of a field, which means that mice creap in through the cracked garage door ( I leave it cracked every night so Marley, the dog, can go out to pee if he needs to)... anyway, mice come in and poop their little pellet poop on everything on the ground.
This totally grosses me out and I don't want it in my car! Yuck!
I also realized today that I've read almost as many books this month as I did in all of last year.
I LOVE my book club, if you're not already participating, you should, it is SO MUCH FUN!!!
Granny came home from rehab on Thursday. She's doing well. But she is definitely different.
Where she used to be so sweet and non-confrontational, now she's quite beligerant and she will even totally ignore you at times. She does still have moments of her old self, though, so maybe in time this will get better.
She also tends to put her pants on backward.
Hopefully, she'll be back to her old self before too long.
Yesterday, my dad came first thing in the morning and we measured out my backyard... several times. Before spring, I want the back yard fenced in so the little ones can't escape the yard when I let them out to play. We have lots of woods and a creek that runs right behind our house, so I don't feel comfortable at all letting them out to play by themselves, so a fence is a must.
This is what I REALLY want...
well, it's similar to what I want, but I have a feeling it's probably going to be too expensive to do the whole back yard in this, so we're probably going to do the part that shows from the road in that and then the sides and back of the fencing in this...
It's black chain link.I had never seen black chain link fence before, until I did portraits for this beautiful family...
And they had their yard fenced in with the white fence in front (the part that shows from the road) and then the sides and back in the black chain link. I really liked it. While I'm not a huge fan of chain link fencing (please... no offense if you have this kind of fencing, I just really like the white picket fence look), however, the black... I like. I still like the white better and because of that, my dad is going to get me quotes on both. That way, if doing it all in white is affordable, I can go that route, but if it's just not, then we'll do the combination fence. And I think it'll be okay. :)And while my dad and I were doing that, he noticed that our downstairs HVAC unit had HUGE blocks of ice on the outside of it.
This is not a good sign. So, I immediately called our guy who installed all that when we built the house 3 years ago and he came out with his assistant guy and then an electrician had to be called, because some switch blew... and $100 later, we have a working HVAC unit again! And honestly, I felt like I got out pretty cheap being that all three of those guys were out here late on a Saturday afternoon and until sundown and they were here within two hours of me calling. Excellent customer service and worth way more than $100 in my opinion. :)
I love the Saturdays that my dad comes to spend the day with us, because he does more for me in a few hour span of time than I get done otherwise... in weeks. Because he does all my "man work" for me. :)
Like hanging things... hauling off the HUGE mountain of cardboard boxes from CHRISTMAS. Those were driving my mom crazy and she's been wanting to take them off everytime it's not 10 degrees outside, but I kept putting her off, because I didn't want that crap in the back of my car. We live in the middle of a field, which means that mice creap in through the cracked garage door ( I leave it cracked every night so Marley, the dog, can go out to pee if he needs to)... anyway, mice come in and poop their little pellet poop on everything on the ground.
This totally grosses me out and I don't want it in my car! Yuck!
I also realized today that I've read almost as many books this month as I did in all of last year.
I LOVE my book club, if you're not already participating, you should, it is SO MUCH FUN!!!
3 comments:
Ohh... wouldn't a white picket fence be so charming?!? I LOVE it. It's so expensive though.... so I think that a black chain link is a good compromise in the back. :)
and YAY for dad coming for a visit! I totally wish that I could see more of my dad! They are good for everything, AND you have them wrapped around your pinkie. Seriously. Dad's are the greatest.
I'm glad that your grandma is out of rehab and at home now. It's probably hard seeing a different personality climb out of her.... although the pants on backwards is pretty funny. Hopefully she hasn't lost her since of humor ;)
Yeah... you are pretty much putting the rest of us in book club to shame with your reading! I cannot believe what a machine you are! Pretty dang impressive.
I'm so glad that your grandma is back home now, but sad that she isn't all herself. I think we both know that it just comes with age:(
I love the fence! It will make the look of your house look even more like a dream home.
Oh, and I am planning on coming to see you on a Saturday. I'm not sure when, we will have to coordinate that later. I can't wait!!!!
Love that beautiful picket fence. :) I too am a chain link fence hater. LOL. But it's what I am stuck with right now. Blah. Hope you find that compromise...a fenced yard really is AWESOME!
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