Last weekend was an expensive one.
If you remember a couple of weekends before we started laying the border for the bed on the side of the yard......
Well last Saturday we got this......
a truckload of white stones
$$$!
We laid down the landscaping barrier I got at Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap!)on sale and using a 10% off discount card......
Then Hubs shoveled a large quantity of that pile of stones......
On Sunday it was off to Lowe's to spend more money.....
on a bench. I wanted to one of the far right.
Of course they only had one left in stock and it was up in the rafters of the Garden Center......
So after wrangling an employee he mounted the fork lift and ascended toward the heavens...
and retrieved the last of that bench in the store.
Yay! Hubs with the yet-to-be assembled bench.
More $$$!
One more stop before the check-out for some garden seeds..........not on sale, boo!.......
then home to put the bench together(which was much easier than we thought it would be!)and Voila!
Once the trees leaf out it will be a nice tranquil shady spot to contemplate ones navel this Summer.
And Hubs bought a hose last week too......
Let it never be said that Hubs is kinky. ;-)
On Saturday morning I also finally broke down and ordered a freezer......
It arrived early Wednesday morning and by Wednesday evening I had filled it.
Did you know that the freezer compartment in a full sized fridge is only slightly smaller than the freezer space in a 7.1 ft. chest freezer?
Did you also know that you need a step ladder to reach the bottom of a chest freezer if you are well over 4 feet tall?
Well now you do! 8-)
Since my last experience with a new Whirlpool standing freezer that died after 3 whole weeks of owning it I have been gun shy about replacing the freezer. This one is much smaller(with 2-3 people at home fulltime, we just don't need that much space for frozen food anymore)and much cheaper so if it dies well before it's time I won't be in a panic to replace it and save a lot of food but I will still be summarily pissed off if it doesn't last at least a few years.
$600 give or take a few $s leaving the account last weekend for all this....rocks, barrier cloth, seeds, bench, hose and freezer.
I can't WAIT for the credit card bill to arrive for this month.........actually I can wait........lolz
This weekend is more low key as we are picking up College Boy on Saturday for his Summer vacation. I am sure he will bring with him a whole mess of hooliganism back into our lives.
Can't wait.......*insert eye roll*
Sluggy
If you remember a couple of weekends before we started laying the border for the bed on the side of the yard......
Well last Saturday we got this......
$$$!
We laid down the landscaping barrier I got at Ollie's(Good Stuff Cheap!)on sale and using a 10% off discount card......
Then Hubs shoveled a large quantity of that pile of stones......
On Sunday it was off to Lowe's to spend more money.....
Of course they only had one left in stock and it was up in the rafters of the Garden Center......
More $$$!
One more stop before the check-out for some garden seeds..........not on sale, boo!.......
then home to put the bench together(which was much easier than we thought it would be!)and Voila!
Once the trees leaf out it will be a nice tranquil shady spot to contemplate ones navel this Summer.
And Hubs bought a hose last week too......
Let it never be said that Hubs is kinky. ;-)
On Saturday morning I also finally broke down and ordered a freezer......
It arrived early Wednesday morning and by Wednesday evening I had filled it.
Did you also know that you need a step ladder to reach the bottom of a chest freezer if you are well over 4 feet tall?
Well now you do! 8-)
Since my last experience with a new Whirlpool standing freezer that died after 3 whole weeks of owning it I have been gun shy about replacing the freezer. This one is much smaller(with 2-3 people at home fulltime, we just don't need that much space for frozen food anymore)and much cheaper so if it dies well before it's time I won't be in a panic to replace it and save a lot of food but I will still be summarily pissed off if it doesn't last at least a few years.
$600 give or take a few $s leaving the account last weekend for all this....rocks, barrier cloth, seeds, bench, hose and freezer.
I can't WAIT for the credit card bill to arrive for this month.........actually I can wait........lolz
This weekend is more low key as we are picking up College Boy on Saturday for his Summer vacation. I am sure he will bring with him a whole mess of hooliganism back into our lives.
Can't wait.......*insert eye roll*
Sluggy
