Creatures of the back yard
Tree Removal…May 16, 2006
Attic Stairs…May 30, 2007
It didn’t matter how much this project cost, the attic was useless to everyone (but me). There were pull down stairs that came down in the stairway that went to the basement…and they were a step short, so the previous owners made a make-shift step to sit the pull down steps on…and when you went up 3 steps its went backwards like a hyper-extended knee…scary shit!
New Deck…May 22, 2006
This was a fun project…when I stepped out the back door with Holly, the old rotted 2″ x 4″ broke right down the middle…so instead of replacing the ‘deck’ that was there before, we decided to go for a deck we would really use…and an extension to put the grill (under the soffit).
tear down the deck…May 19, 2006
Shed…November 15, 2004
Going back in time…this was probably my first big project around the house…I still need to find the before pictures
Sewage…July 2, 2005
The bathtub refused to drain…so we had to get a plumber with a camera…turned out the terracotta was crumbling about 2 feet away from the house.
We had signed up for a supplemental insurance policy, but there was about 5 more days until it was ‘active’…so we abandoned ship…kinda
While this was being worked on, we packed up the dogs and headed over to stay with Aunt San’s and then I would come back home during the day and work from home and then head back over (didn’t want to overwhelm aunt san too much)…Jen spent a couple days with the parents in State College while this work was being done…
planning a vacation in Sept
Rent an RV? rent a cabin? We’re thinking Poconos…
We’re taking a week off in September and the discussions have started. Whatever we decide, it will include taking the dogs with us. I did like taking them to Wildwood a few years back and on the trip to Yorktown.
What I don’t like is housekeeping/maintenance coming into the room…
I’ll let you know what we decide!
Birds
I love all of the seasons, but my back yard is busiest with creatures in the Spring…
So today, I look out the back window and see the biggest robin ever…which made the DJ in my head start early. I have no control of the order or what’s next, so I’m sharing the bird songs that started my day…
FreeBird <– not even linking this one…I’ve heard this one enough in this life time
Right about here I got tired of hearing about birds and just went right down the youtube rabbit hole! Just let it play the next song
Still rebuilding & catching up
Today, I fixed the email sign up portion from the first version of this site. So this post will be the test to see if it’s working. If it works, I will probably pause it until I get it all back together.
The hardest part about rebuilding has been figuring out which pictures I posted the first time around. I was thinking about once I get it all back up and happy, I will go through my .jpgs and do some “revisiting” posts with more thoughts and pictures.