This weekend was a blur. It all started Friday with my wonderful wifey putting me to work in the heat of the day. Nah, not really, it was on me, she would never ask me to do something that could be detrimental to my well being.
Anyway, as some may have read a few posts ago, we had an old dying tree cut down in the front yard. It left a large bare spot and we had three options:
- Replant a tree
- Leave it bare and plant grass seed
- Landscape with flowers and stuff
Replanting a tree was thrown out because we have a water line that runs close by were the roots would grow. It was a wonder the previous tree had not damaged it. So option 1 was out, we didn't want to chance it.
Leaving it bare and planting grass seed was my vote. Less that has to be trimmed and mowed around. Less maintenance period. Option 2 had Joe's vote.
The wife already had flowers planted around the previous tree. She dug them up and saved them before it was cut down. So where do we put them? Her answer was back where they came from and plant a flowering bush of some sort. Wifey votes for option 3.
Now I am not sure how other married folks houses work, but mine doesn't work like a government voting system. You see, ours is more like a corporate structure. The more shares you have, the more voting power you have. My old lady has earned her shares in this little family corporation over the years and she has majority vote.
Options 3 it was.
The heat finally shut us down. It really shut me down. I have been a little wonky for a few days since. That is okay though, I enjoyed being outside and doing something.
Wwe have some dressing up of things to do. The youngest and I will be setting and pinning down the landscaping timbers today. We will also be drilling some holes in the timbers for some landscaping lights.
I think the wife plans to add some more flower later, but not sure. After the landscaping timber pinning and drilling is finished, my job with this little project is finished.
So after being baked to near death on Friday, I was ready to stay inside Saturday. Wasn't in the cards though. Seems the previous owners of our home had fabricated a fix to the armature that opens the garage door. Well, the fabrication didn't last and decided to break Saturday.
It tore a hole in the garage door and frankly was a shabby repair job they did. We are now going to need a new garage door. Actually, we were probably needing one before this. The rollers and springs I think were going bad on this one. It seems old and is probably the original door from when the house was built.
So I contacted the handyman we like to use. I just don't, and can't do these type of things anymore. He took a look and gave us a quote for putting in a new door. It was reasonable and we will get it done sometime soon when he has availability. He is a good handyman, so is in demand and booked out a couple weeks.
After dorking around with the garage door most of Saturday, before calling the handyman, I was spent and decided to lay down for some rest. Ever since then I have just been BLAH!
That is until this morning. It seems I just over did it Friday and a little more Saturday. That is okay though. As I start getting more mobile, I won't know what my limits are unless I test them occasionally.
Well, my coffee is getting cold and I need to grab a quick bite to eat for breakfast before the son and I start hitting the landscaping timber.
Thanks for reading,
Joe
Note: Images are my own taken with iPhone6s and iPhone11
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