Now we wait for the guys from Counter Intelligence to come out…
... it's all about life...at Logs End...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Stoned!
Randy is getting closer to the end of his BGE Island! He put the last of the Air Stone on yesterday.
Now we wait for the guys from Counter Intelligence to come out…
Now we wait for the guys from Counter Intelligence to come out…
Monday, May 19, 2014
Fenced and Rocking..
Randy decided to try the wood frame idea ( I had) and I think he liked it, since he went ahead and glued it in place! The wood is the same wood we used for the deck so it will tie the island in nicely. The only thing he hasn’t decided yet is if he should make wood panels for the cabinet.
He told me he can’t wait to get done so he can get grilling! He isn't the only one some foods just taste better cooked on the grill!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Rock On…
We’ve been on a roll… with rocks.
Randy has been working in between rain drops on his island, I know how much he wants it done so he can get to grilling again. It's a time consuming process, especially when you are battling the weather, but wow does it look good!
Rock on!
Randy has been working in between rain drops on his island, I know how much he wants it done so he can get to grilling again. It's a time consuming process, especially when you are battling the weather, but wow does it look good!
Rock on!
Saturday, May 3, 2014
After, the afters….
So here’s irony for you, I delayed the posting of the Before and Afters until my family had a chance to see it in real life. We were very excited about surprising our parents that were coming in from out of town.
Nature decided that we were in for our own surprise and dumped 8 inches of rain on us in less than 24 hours. We know that we are fortunate because it could have been so much worse. It still however stung to see all the work that we’d been doing, washing away.
While the drain did it’s job, the wall and the pavers and the water did not play well together. The water came up over the pavers and the wall and flooded along the side of the drain area.
Our entire driveway was underwater at one point.
All the water from the front converged into the middle of the side and back yard. It was something to see. Gradually there was a lot to see..
The pipe that they dug a trench for reappeared much to my surprise. The water just kept flowing from every direction.
These grasses are outside of the pond normally.
These two pictures are of the ‘stream’ that came to life in our woods. In all the years I’ve lived here, I’ve only ever seen water flowing back there once or twice. Not only could I see this, but you could hear it too. I’d love to always have a stream back there, I just don’t want the river through my yard.
We have a lot of cleaning up to do and Nick at Acer Landscaping has offered to come out and make changes to anything that needs to be changed or fixed. The sun is shinning now, let’s hope things dry out and get back to normal soon!
Nature decided that we were in for our own surprise and dumped 8 inches of rain on us in less than 24 hours. We know that we are fortunate because it could have been so much worse. It still however stung to see all the work that we’d been doing, washing away.
While the drain did it’s job, the wall and the pavers and the water did not play well together. The water came up over the pavers and the wall and flooded along the side of the drain area.
Our entire driveway was underwater at one point.
All the water from the front converged into the middle of the side and back yard. It was something to see. Gradually there was a lot to see..
The pipe that they dug a trench for reappeared much to my surprise. The water just kept flowing from every direction.
These grasses are outside of the pond normally.
These two pictures are of the ‘stream’ that came to life in our woods. In all the years I’ve lived here, I’ve only ever seen water flowing back there once or twice. Not only could I see this, but you could hear it too. I’d love to always have a stream back there, I just don’t want the river through my yard.
We have a lot of cleaning up to do and Nick at Acer Landscaping has offered to come out and make changes to anything that needs to be changed or fixed. The sun is shinning now, let’s hope things dry out and get back to normal soon!
Sunday, April 20, 2014
BGE Getting Stoned
While it wasn’t a balmy 70 or 80 out this weekend (thankfully!) we did spend it working on a current project.
I told Randy that we needed to spend some time working on the stoning process of the grill island.
It took a few rows to get the pattern and process down but when he did,
Wow! I think it’s going to be awesome and I love the look of the stone, it just fits with our home.
Happy Easter!
I told Randy that we needed to spend some time working on the stoning process of the grill island.
It took a few rows to get the pattern and process down but when he did,
Wow! I think it’s going to be awesome and I love the look of the stone, it just fits with our home.
Happy Easter!
Monday, March 24, 2014
A Big Green Island…
It was cold outside but Randy was determined to work on his BGE Island!
It’s actually starting to look like something now! I know he’s excited to get the backer board finished. We still haven’t decided what’s going to go on the outside though!
It’s actually starting to look like something now! I know he’s excited to get the backer board finished. We still haven’t decided what’s going to go on the outside though!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The 40 bag Challenge!
If you know me, maybe even just a little, you know that I hate clutter. Being disorganized makes my skin crawl I can’t help it. The other side to that is also that I hate feeling like I have too much ‘stuff’, which happens often. I’m always trying to downsize, purge and pass on stuff. So whilst I am not Catholic, I am all for giving up things that I no longer need or use and the 40 bags in 40 days challenge (which coincides with Lent) is one I’m happy to take part in!
I don’t know the history behind this challenge, I just found out about it today from White House Black Shutters but in a nutshell, you clean up 40 different spaces or rooms and produce a bag of some size (or a piece of furniture) that you are going to get rid of. For me that’s easy enough and I started today with magazines. I’ve kept soo many magazines but funny enough I almost never refer to them, as I tend to go to the internet first. So out they go!
To be honest I added them to my already growing pile of purge that I started last week when I cleaned out the craft room and the guest bathroom closet.
Have no fear though, there is plenty more to do! So are YOU up for the challenge? What do you have to lose besides some clutter???
I don’t know the history behind this challenge, I just found out about it today from White House Black Shutters but in a nutshell, you clean up 40 different spaces or rooms and produce a bag of some size (or a piece of furniture) that you are going to get rid of. For me that’s easy enough and I started today with magazines. I’ve kept soo many magazines but funny enough I almost never refer to them, as I tend to go to the internet first. So out they go!
To be honest I added them to my already growing pile of purge that I started last week when I cleaned out the craft room and the guest bathroom closet.
Have no fear though, there is plenty more to do! So are YOU up for the challenge? What do you have to lose besides some clutter???
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