by CJ | Apr 28, 2014 | Journal
Yard work. I whacked up some more of the hawthorn branches. Loppers and chainsaw. WHich had my back protesting Jane and I sat in the dirt, extricated river rocks (largish) that the fence crew had buried under excavated dirt. We flung the big ones into the lotus pond...
by CJ | Apr 25, 2014 | Journal
Poulan is offering a little electric for 50.00 that’s big enough for normal householder purposes. Suits me fine. The fence job left us some fairly large branches that need dicing up; and rather than hand-saw them, the little chainsaw does nicely. Hawthorne can...
by CJ | Apr 25, 2014 | Journal
We went over to Atkins shakes for breakfast because our standard was just a bit heavy on the fat; and a trip to Walmart after some necessaries (I hate shopping at Walmart, partly for ethical reasons) produced some chocolate mocha shakes that haven’t been...
by CJ | Apr 21, 2014 | Journal
Home Depot screwed up the order and shorted us a panel and a post-cap. We know darned well what was ordered, and we back our fence guy on that one. On the other hand, it’s gorgeous. Everything we hoped for in looks.
by CJ | Apr 21, 2014 | Journal
Home Depot screwed up the order and shorted us a panel and a post-cap. We know darned well what was ordered, and we back our fence guy on that one. On the other hand, it’s gorgeous. Everything we hoped for in looks.
by CJ | Apr 19, 2014 | Journal
We’re kind of stuck here waiting for fence to happen [Monday]…and we’re still on the Forever Diet, [but 40 lbs lighter than last year!] but— Who knows? We might get something special for dinner. Or something. I’ll have to see the cook...
by CJ | Apr 18, 2014 | Journal
Jane was up at 6, preparing, taking down tarp, raking, prepping. I helped at 7. By nine we were waiting… But we got a call from the fence guys: they’re in high wind, and wind is coming. This means no fence can be set. Sigh. So we get fence on Monday. We...
by CJ | Apr 16, 2014 | Journal
But all the holes are dug, and it’s less our problem today. We just raise and lower the tarp fence, and let the crew do their thing, while we try to bring order out of the chaos the house has become—mud on the kitchen floor, tools and parts of tools piled...
by CJ | Apr 15, 2014 | Journal
Turned out they wanted us to pull the fenceposts, too. I don’t think we’d have had it in us. We’re exhausted. And of course it turns cold, and we get a 25 mph gust with promise of rain…as they’re setting the concrete. We turned out to...
by CJ | Apr 14, 2014 | Journal
The last day before the post-setters arrive. We’ve got some work, yet, which is to pull two gates, a last panel of the back fence, and to bring the tarp inward in the final setup that will protect the pond while the new posts set. This involves less lifting, but...
by CJ | Apr 13, 2014 | Journal
…we’re going to have to move it. In the advent of the wind and rain we took the easiest course and fastened it to standing fence posts. We’re going to have to relocate it closer in, and figure how to secure it without the helpful posts. Today we...
by CJ | Apr 12, 2014 | Journal
No plan survives contact with the enemy. In this case, those sections of the fence are, at least the 18 feet we just took down, handmade on the hardware offered for the ‘bought’ sections. We may have some ‘bought’ sections on the west side, but...
