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 time.

I got the yard done as it rained this evening, it looks really nice when it’s cut and everything is so green. The truck goes in for service tomorrow, should knock out the last two recalls that were pending from the manufacturer.

I sat on the front porch and watched as the storms came in, lots of lightning. It was nice. It doesn’t rain enough down here so enjoy it while I can. I did remember I have a leak in the kitchen roof, grrr. Add it to the list.

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 motor. No gas engine for this, I’ve already got half a dozen small gas engines (not withstanding vehicles) that I have to deal with and although I’ve recently become proficient in repairing them, I don’t need another.

I needed to replace my Portland (Harbor Freight) blower/vac as it finally bit the dust after like 5 years. Well worth it and was going to head over and pick it up but while Sandy and I were at Walmart, she pointed out the Hyper Tough blower/vac at Walmart. $6 more but worth it?

The answer is emphatically yes. I looked up the specs and the Hyper Tough (HT) is 400 CFM vs 375 CFM for the Portland. 2 year warranty vs 1 year respectively but most importantly the HT has a metal impeller so the mulching is much better and it’s pretty potent as a blower and vacuum. I don’t know if it’ll give me 5 years of residential service but I’m impressed so far.

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, considering the work done Sunday, we’ve only got one wall to put the second coat on tomorrow and it should be done.

I wasn’t too keen on painting today, we seem to do everything half-assed, liked we should have completely cleaned out the room, patched, sanded, taped, painted, touched up and base boards and then everything back. But we didn’t.

At least it’s coming to a conclusion.

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 got the truck washed and waxed and I forget just how big that truck is. I’ve been meaning to do that as we haven’t detailed the truck since we went on the epic western adventure. And we did minor trips since then. So the outside and undercarriage are done, still need to do the glass and the inside and that’s probably another day of work. Also need to do the Xterra and it’s in need of some TLC considering it’s 151k miles old. The tires were all 10PSI low for some reason. As previously mentioned, the TPMS is out and I’m not paying the $260 to replace at this time.

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.