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Today we made our first efforts in the field of landscaping. Armed with a rake, a box of leaf & lawn trashbags and two pairs of blue-palmed rubber gloves we set off into the great unknown of our Front Yard.
- - We corraled
four six – i’ve been corrected - bags of pine needles and leaves.
- - We dashed the hopes of two young holly trees.
- - We uprooted several hundred weeds – oh, I hope those were weeds.
- - We unearthed some landscaping stone from an age gone by.
- - We evicted the lawn cherub and her ceramic bunnies.
- - We set the mailbox free from its 4-inch plastic cage.
We still have 2/3 of the front yard left to do.
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They came back. After all the work we made my parents do the last time they came down here, I can’t believe we duped them into coming back. Granted, this time the chore list was much shorter:
- - replace thermostats with programable thermostats
- - install ceiling-mounted heaters in upstairs bathrooms
Starting at 2pm after a late moring trip to Waffle House and Home Depot didn’t help, but we did get it done. I promised them we wouldn’t work all weekend. Mom was rewarded with a trip to the Giant Store of Cheap Junk You Don’t Need and Dad got his very own mini-keg of Coors Light to enjoy during the Super Bowl. But only after they prepped food for the party, hung blinds on the back door, set up the buffet and cleaned the powder room.
I told them next time they visit they can sleep on a real bed. I’m too good to them.
The plumber came by today and installed a shut-off valve. That’s a good thing.
Then the Leak Detective came by and resumed his search for the elusive leak. Two hours and three holes-in-the-floor later, the Detective determined a commode was running. Which one? Not sure.
