Memorial Day weekend

This weekend we worked our rear ends off by installing stone from the side walk to the back of the house. That's 226 stone, we also planted 15 different flowers or shrubs and put down 2 cubic feet of mulch. I was looking for some before and after but couldn't find a before. Maybe I'll dig some up later and post them just as a comparison. I'm sure we have some somewhere. If you look to the left at the tall bush that's where the mulch used to end. My neighbor helped me dig all the grass out and we tried to salvage what we could then replanted it in his yard. That also took a while but he did help me a lot.


This was the last day. This was actually during the last 'phase', the mulch spreading. I got a nice sunburn the day before because I didn't put the sun screen on until late so I had a scarf under a hat today. Mandy and the neighbors were making fun of me but it helped to keep the heat off of my neck.


This is what 2 whipped pups looked like after 3 long days of working. There's Mandy drinking a 'Land Shark Lager' - Jimmy Buffett's beer and myself a Blue Hawaiian. I suggest trying both. When your tired and you have one of each, if you close your eyes you can hear the waves crashing. I also haven't shaved since Wednesday.

Hail Storm

We had a nasty storm system blow through last week. It was pretty rough and kicked up some verified tornadoes. Mandy was home and I was at work. It was a little scary for both of us, primarily because we didn't want our vehicles getting beat to death. Luckily I didn't ride the Harley to work that day.

We had approximately $0.36 worth of hail.