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swingchickieseriously. i am so just so gloriously happy this time of year. this morning at 6am, angus started his usual "feed me, feed me" wake-up routine... but instead of it being pitch-black outside, the sun was starting to peek through the windows. and the birds -- the tweeting from hundreds of birds singing in the neighborhood was almost deafening. it's like they're having a kegger every sunrise to celebrate being back together. it's one of my favorite sounds in the world.
yesterday was an exhausting but awesome day. who knew it was going to take 2 people 7 hours to paint a bathroom, and not even finish? jack got to tackle to door, which was coated with 3 different colors' worth of thickly slapped-on paint... he spent the day wearing down the high spots with an electric sander outside (there was no way that door would ever close again if we just painted on top of the existing stuff). i was in charge of the rest of the bathroom -- sanding down the doorjamb, then 3 coats of paint on the trim and one coat on the walls and ceiling. 1 more coat on the walls/ceiling this morning and we should be done. but yesterday, by the time 5pm hit, i was falling over exhausted and soooore. we showered and dragged ourselves out for indian food, and 1/2 hour after we came home i was passed out on the couch.
another awesome home/spring thing -- jack found me a lawn service yesterday. my neighbor has been doing my lawn since i moved in, but she hasn't mown at all this year. well, she's done her lawn, but not mine. hrm. at the same time, for the past 3 weeks the house has been dark and empty most of the time, and when she's home there's a slew of people with her cleaning out the garage and putting stuff into a u-haul... i'm thinking she's prepping the house to sell. (if anyone wants to be my neighbor, here's your chance. :) ) so i'm guessing she's been too busy to mow my lawn, or even tell me. it's been getting so bad i've been mortified... no lie, it was a good 6-8 inches high in places, and packed full of weeds. so yesterday while i was finishing painting, jack spied a landscaper guy mowing another neighbor's place, and went over and asked him about prices and all and hired him for me. his rates are reasonable, and jack said he seems like a nice guy. all i know is within 10 minutes he was over mowing my lawn, and 20 minutes later it looked fantastic. what a great way to end the day -- an almost-finished bathroom, a freshly-mown lawn, the physical effects of a hard day's work, and topping it off with indian food. i was really happy last night. :)
yesterday was an exhausting but awesome day. who knew it was going to take 2 people 7 hours to paint a bathroom, and not even finish? jack got to tackle to door, which was coated with 3 different colors' worth of thickly slapped-on paint... he spent the day wearing down the high spots with an electric sander outside (there was no way that door would ever close again if we just painted on top of the existing stuff). i was in charge of the rest of the bathroom -- sanding down the doorjamb, then 3 coats of paint on the trim and one coat on the walls and ceiling. 1 more coat on the walls/ceiling this morning and we should be done. but yesterday, by the time 5pm hit, i was falling over exhausted and soooore. we showered and dragged ourselves out for indian food, and 1/2 hour after we came home i was passed out on the couch.
another awesome home/spring thing -- jack found me a lawn service yesterday. my neighbor has been doing my lawn since i moved in, but she hasn't mown at all this year. well, she's done her lawn, but not mine. hrm. at the same time, for the past 3 weeks the house has been dark and empty most of the time, and when she's home there's a slew of people with her cleaning out the garage and putting stuff into a u-haul... i'm thinking she's prepping the house to sell. (if anyone wants to be my neighbor, here's your chance. :) ) so i'm guessing she's been too busy to mow my lawn, or even tell me. it's been getting so bad i've been mortified... no lie, it was a good 6-8 inches high in places, and packed full of weeds. so yesterday while i was finishing painting, jack spied a landscaper guy mowing another neighbor's place, and went over and asked him about prices and all and hired him for me. his rates are reasonable, and jack said he seems like a nice guy. all i know is within 10 minutes he was over mowing my lawn, and 20 minutes later it looked fantastic. what a great way to end the day -- an almost-finished bathroom, a freshly-mown lawn, the physical effects of a hard day's work, and topping it off with indian food. i was really happy last night. :)
