I saw some sand burr plants in the grass so I re-applied the pre-emergent although I think that I used less water than I should have, evidently there are 8 pint to a gallon not 16, oh well, still did the right area so it should be fine.

Finally got the last stuff back into the master bedroom and got the gun safe cleaned out to boot. We left out one chest of drawers and didn’t put the refrigerator back in the bedroom. I just didn’t see the need for it anymore I guess. We may decommission it and store it for another…

As I’ve grown older, I get particular about my yard tools. As much as I’d like a motorized jet backpack like my neighbor, with the small property I have, I’ll stick with the electric. And not the wireless, with my fathers passing I have about half a mile of extension cords so give me a…

Got up this morning and hit the gym at 5:30am so by 6:20am I had all my circles closed. Came back home and fell asleep until 9:30, when Sandy got home from her running around it was on and we hit the paint. Today I ran the roller and got all 4 walls done and,…

I got a little more finalization work done on the bricks today. Also moved furnature in the master bedroom so painting can commence, the painting will happen tomorrow so I’m not sure where we’re sleeping tonight. Did the annual cleaning of the AC compressor too, should be good to go for the summer. I also…

Bit the bullet and got the rest of the bricks mostly knocked out. I’ve proved that I don’t have much of a career in landscaping and that I mostly don’t know what I’m doing but I’m happy with it.

As we move into real springtime here in TX, we’re due for some wonderful weather in the form of tornado’s, heavy winds, rain, and hail. To that end it’s good to be able to hanger (garage) anything you can and hope for the best when the bad weather outbreaks hit. So I spent the day…

It was a banner day for spring project completion at the house. Another 105 sq ft of pavers were laid and the alley to the backyard is bricked. and the eastern front yard bed has been raked and trimmed thanks to Sandy’s efforts. I also cleaned up the east side by the HVAC unit. We…

I’m not sure how it happened but I got Sandy involved with yardwork and we took it to the Nth degree but we got an amazing amount done. I got some cleaning done behind the shed, more dirt moved, leaves picked up and bushes trimmed. We had a ridiculous amount of bags out at the…

Although no bricks were laid, I did make some progress with the excavation of the dirt and relocated it to the ramp to the shed which was never to my liking. There’s a lot of dirt that needs to be removed. Well, it’s not a lot but with the tools I have (shovel and wheelbarrow),…