Last Day of March
Friday, March 31st, 2023 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snoozefestaudioIt rained and thundered late last night, and I slept in a while this morning, because there wasn't anything going on today.
But I was shocked to get outside and find that it was a balmy 63F!.. and all the little bluebells are now in bloom.
When this month began I was still part time, didn't own the house yet, and it was standard time.
Through March I transferred the deed, went through four weeks of work hardening for 17,000 steps a night... one of which included the transition to DST, and got the animals on a new schedule.
I also took out a huge loan, secured a tree contractor, bought a wood chipper, and took down the SCOP.
And now I've got a big plan for transforming the back yard, which may or may not include a patio... depending on whether Sergio strikes while the iron is hot.
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Since I was talking so much about the sheds in yesterday's entry, I snapped some pics of them this morning, to show you.
This is Dad's fifty year old lawn building. Once, the very symbol of his fatherhood and mastery over the yard. Now, a rusted, doorless shell of it's former glory, with a gaping hole in the roof.
It has been a good place to hide the plastic lawn furniture, as well as a dumpster for scrap lumber, and a place to stack firewood against... but at the price of being a hideous eyesore.
The back is especially rusty, and as you can see, a peice of roof trim has fallen to the ground over the winter... as the entire rear gable slowly falls apart.
And here's the tractor shed. In ways... more of an eyesore than the lawn building. It was ugly when it was new!.. definitely not meant to be visible from the street!
It's grown moss on the sides because the roof wasn't designed with any overhang.
And you can see the damage to the lower right door, which includes the hinge.
I have always hated the placement of this thing, but Dad put it close to the house because he was old, and needed it to be a short walk from the house to the riding mower and back.
And of course, this shed has sprouted it's own tree, because that's what they do!
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No word from Sergio this morning! But my grass mat rolls just arrived.
The next three days are going to be pretty intense, not just because of all the yard work, and the tree removal... but because I'll be paying off the car and cards, and doing start of month bill stuff.
So by Tuesday, when the dumpster gets here, the yard will already have been through quite a transformation, and I'll have a lot less money in savings.
Which is bad news for Sergio, unless he gets a guy out here next week to start marking the ground, and we nail down a date in April.
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12:20AM
A Tornado watch was the talk of the town today. Heard about it at Fiesta Food mart on my way to work, and then from five people in the building at Cloud.
Everybody was so scared they left an hour early.
But all we got was a little rain and a few crackles of thunder.
Then I got a flood warning on my phone.
Then, at 8PM, a severe thunderstorm warning!
The kind that take over the phone, so you can't miss it. It was saying 90 mile per hour winds and hail were coming to kill us all.
But all we got was a little more rain and a few more crackles of thunder.
By 10PM, I could see the moon and the stars out there.
--<>--
Now I'm home.
Five days down and my three day weekend begins now!
I've assigned myself a lot of stuff this weekend, but of all the things, I've been worried most about assembling the chipper, so I finally unboxed it tonight.
I'm not a big fan of gas powered machines, but when it comes to chipping up branches, electric just doesn't have the oomph!.. at least not for the branches I'm up against.
I looked through the instructions, and thankfully, it seems pretty simple. I'm just attaching the wheels, and the hopper and stuff. Nothing super complicated.
And this thing takes straight gas. No gas-oil mixture... which is a pain to mix by hand.
So, assuming I can start the bitch, with that pull cord... and operate and maintain it properly... this should be the solution to taming the yard, and keeping things under control... the overgrowth... the fallen branches from wind storms... general pruning of the big trees...
WITHOUT ANY MORE BRUSH PILE!
--<>--
I have been thinking about buying a chipper for over three years, but I was always spending my money on other tools and other projects that were more critical.
Or, last year, when the mulberry fell down... I was just too broke.
I did do some research, and multiple sources agreed this one was the, "best over all."
So, I'm glad I finally have it.
But with that... I think it's time to call it a night.
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But I was shocked to get outside and find that it was a balmy 63F!.. and all the little bluebells are now in bloom.
When this month began I was still part time, didn't own the house yet, and it was standard time.
Through March I transferred the deed, went through four weeks of work hardening for 17,000 steps a night... one of which included the transition to DST, and got the animals on a new schedule.
I also took out a huge loan, secured a tree contractor, bought a wood chipper, and took down the SCOP.
And now I've got a big plan for transforming the back yard, which may or may not include a patio... depending on whether Sergio strikes while the iron is hot.
Since I was talking so much about the sheds in yesterday's entry, I snapped some pics of them this morning, to show you.
This is Dad's fifty year old lawn building. Once, the very symbol of his fatherhood and mastery over the yard. Now, a rusted, doorless shell of it's former glory, with a gaping hole in the roof.
It has been a good place to hide the plastic lawn furniture, as well as a dumpster for scrap lumber, and a place to stack firewood against... but at the price of being a hideous eyesore.
The back is especially rusty, and as you can see, a peice of roof trim has fallen to the ground over the winter... as the entire rear gable slowly falls apart.
And here's the tractor shed. In ways... more of an eyesore than the lawn building. It was ugly when it was new!.. definitely not meant to be visible from the street!
It's grown moss on the sides because the roof wasn't designed with any overhang.
And you can see the damage to the lower right door, which includes the hinge.
I have always hated the placement of this thing, but Dad put it close to the house because he was old, and needed it to be a short walk from the house to the riding mower and back.
And of course, this shed has sprouted it's own tree, because that's what they do!
No word from Sergio this morning! But my grass mat rolls just arrived.
The next three days are going to be pretty intense, not just because of all the yard work, and the tree removal... but because I'll be paying off the car and cards, and doing start of month bill stuff.
So by Tuesday, when the dumpster gets here, the yard will already have been through quite a transformation, and I'll have a lot less money in savings.
Which is bad news for Sergio, unless he gets a guy out here next week to start marking the ground, and we nail down a date in April.
A Tornado watch was the talk of the town today. Heard about it at Fiesta Food mart on my way to work, and then from five people in the building at Cloud.
Everybody was so scared they left an hour early.
But all we got was a little rain and a few crackles of thunder.
Then I got a flood warning on my phone.
Then, at 8PM, a severe thunderstorm warning!
The kind that take over the phone, so you can't miss it. It was saying 90 mile per hour winds and hail were coming to kill us all.
But all we got was a little more rain and a few more crackles of thunder.
By 10PM, I could see the moon and the stars out there.
Now I'm home.
Five days down and my three day weekend begins now!
I've assigned myself a lot of stuff this weekend, but of all the things, I've been worried most about assembling the chipper, so I finally unboxed it tonight.
I'm not a big fan of gas powered machines, but when it comes to chipping up branches, electric just doesn't have the oomph!.. at least not for the branches I'm up against.
I looked through the instructions, and thankfully, it seems pretty simple. I'm just attaching the wheels, and the hopper and stuff. Nothing super complicated.
And this thing takes straight gas. No gas-oil mixture... which is a pain to mix by hand.
So, assuming I can start the bitch, with that pull cord... and operate and maintain it properly... this should be the solution to taming the yard, and keeping things under control... the overgrowth... the fallen branches from wind storms... general pruning of the big trees...
WITHOUT ANY MORE BRUSH PILE!
I have been thinking about buying a chipper for over three years, but I was always spending my money on other tools and other projects that were more critical.
Or, last year, when the mulberry fell down... I was just too broke.
I did do some research, and multiple sources agreed this one was the, "best over all."
So, I'm glad I finally have it.
But with that... I think it's time to call it a night.
°¦}
