Because a) there so many, b) there are so, SO many, c) our yard is what you could call "oversized" and; d) finishing outdoor projects is not exactly a strength of mine - our yard is peppered with projects that one could file under On-The-Go.
For instance:
While you're in the city, J. (the husband) says to me, would you mind stopping in at the huge home improvement warehouse (that may or may not rhyme with Chrome Repo) and picking up a coupler for this here irrigation hose?
Of course I wouldn't mind, I replied, demurely.
When I did start to mind, however, was when I arrived at Chrome Repo to find that for every 8 or maybe 10 thousand customers, they had only 1 or no staff to help locate aforementioned hose coupler.
Not willing to follow around a complete stranger with plumber butt in an orange apron for 10 - 15 minutes while they served other well-meaning but completely clueless customers, I decided to find it myself.
In 598 aisles that looked exactly like THIS.
I swallowed my pride and hunted down an Orange Apron and followed it around the store for a full 20 minutes until he had the time to show me that the coupler? For the irrigation hose? Was located exactly two feet to the LEFT of where this photo was taken.
Thanks, Orange Apron Person. Now, if there were only a couple few (dozen) more of you working on any given Saturday...
Next: The Deck.
We went two full summers in our house without a deck. Tragic, I know.
But because we had a Russian Thistle Problem bad enough to alarm Saskatchewan Agriculture, the deck was put on the back burner until now.
Our friend, BD, and his various brothers (TD & JD, respectively) have been busy building our deck over the past several weeks. As it's "L" shaped, wrapped around our house, 15 feet high and 42 feet long (on one side...), we have many projects relating to the deck under way.
Mainly:
Chairs in which to lounge.
J. assembled them on the driveway and had a hellofa time. Had to re-something the screw holes because they didn't line up.
See? J. says to me? I KNEW one day I would need this ______ tool!
I put the pillow on. Pier One, if you're wondering.
Also: Fountains.
This one here was a gift from J.'s parents.
His Dad: "It's a fountain. For the corner. It's a CORNER FOUNTAIN. I was thinking it could go right HERE.
(points to the corner)
And so pretty much that's exactly where we put it.
This one here I ordered online.
Now, although I do like the idea of a fountain, there's a few things I don't like about it. Like:
It's loud. Like, running a bathtub kind of loud.
Also, splashy. As evidenced by the water droplets seen in the photo. By the end of the afternoon, the stairs were soaked.
ALSO, one of our children, and I'm not going to say who because I honestly don't know which, may have washed their hands in the fountain. WITH SOAP.
So now, not only is it LOUD, and SPLASHY, but also FROTHY.
Next? Baskets. In which to make hanging topiaries.
Honestly? They got as far as the dirt beside the driveway after I tossed them out of my trunk.
Whatever.
Throughout the day, The Girl was busy, being busy.
She is such a good little thing when it comes to just - playing. And keeping her own self occupied.
This is a sampling of the things she said to us:
My handlebars? On my bike? Are STICKY.
I touched them. Sticky isn't a good enough word for what those handlebars were.
I'm gonna wash 'em. Says The Girl.
OK. Says Me.
Washin' 'em didn't do ANYTHING. So her dad brought out the turpentine.
Which wasn't strong enough to get the stick off, but made her bike ridin' bearable.
OK then.
Earlier in the day, The Girl fashioned a boat out of a box using crayons and markers.
She called her boat the CandP. Why? Because it's for Cats AND People.
And that's how it all went down on Saturday.
Lise
Intertwine Design + Communications
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2 comments:
Good to see you putting your mad writing skillz to good use!
Write more. And write more often.
Cindy
That deck looks pretty darn nice - and that girl? pretty darn CUTE.
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