Jun 192012
 

The big guns got pulled out to finish clearing the 2 lots we bought.

The arrival of this bad boy came over Sunday to get ready for all the heavy lifting.

Before I left for the eye doctor appointment, they had already filled up 2 big trucks with branches and cut down trees.

This overgrown Transformer seemed a tad overkill for the job, but you know how boys like to play with their toys every chance they get.

Only 5 short hours later, everyone was gone and we were left with… well 2 lots minus garbage trees and underbrush.

Now the question is do we plant grass or moss.  (If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you’ll understand the sick humor dilemma.)

Oh, and if you want to see the transformation from start to finish, click here and here.

Jun 182012
 

Rick & I went to the eye doctor today for checkups and new glasses.

The Doctor was a pretty nice guy and the whole procedure was fairly straight forward:

1.  See how many number/letter combinations you can guess without making a total fool of yourself

2  Have a bright light burning into your retina while he sees if your retina’s are doing OK

3.  Get your eyes dilated so he can shine an even brighter light in your eyes to see into the back of your eye for any possible damage that may or may not have been caused by the first burning light.

Now you can deduce by this event that there is nothing drastic that occurs.  Until you walk out of the office into a sunshiny day.

With dilated eyes.

We. Were. In. Pain.

The sun immediately seared our enlarged pupils.  If that is what terrorists would do in interrogations, they could extract more information than waterboarding.

Once we made it to the relative safety of the car 8 feet away, the real fun came:  I had to drive 12 miles to drop Rick off at work, drive back into town and get out of the car at 2 stores to do my shopping, and then drive back home.

Trying to do this through slitted eyelids and tears pouring out of my eyes hoping that I didn’t cause an accident or hit a jogger on the side of the road should earn me a gold medal.  Hell, I think that they should make that an Olympic sport!

Every person that participated in it would look like a Japanese animation character.

Or someone high on drugs.

Which is quite possible that a couple people in the store though I was today.

 

Jun 142012
 

At the beginning of the gardening season, Rick surprised me with a little gift

When I saw it I thought it was the coolest contraption!

It does this wonderful whirligig action that spins it in different directions.

It’s up much higher than the typical sprinklers that I’ve used, so it reaches all but the very corners of the garden.

And everybody knows that if you want it to rain, just water the garden.

Or wash your car.

In this case, my garden needed it more.

Jun 122012
 

Psst… Hey buddy

I hate to tell you, but that’s not the dumpster you’re looking for.

The one with all the good stuff has been traded in for one with a locking cover.

Quite frankly, you and your buddies have been making quite a mess lately and we really didn’t have any choice.

I’m afraid all you’re going to find in there is a bunch of paper and cardboard.

OK, suit yourself.

Just don’t come popping out and scaring the maintenance personnel, ‘K?