It's been a long time since I've posted, and a lot has happened since then. The most recent entry was December 2008, so here's a quick update for the last year ( Read more... )

Um, there's snow on the ground right now... there was a few inches this morning (complete ground cover, people were building snowmen). They closed all the bridges in the area today. Tons of accidents. I'm pretty sure I was the fastest moving car on the road this morning. Silly southerners.

Cut the grass on Wednesday (#6). Spread some weed & feed on the lawn today. I was about half-way through the watering when it started to rain. Just my luck. I have to go in to work tomorrow, probably a full day. I'm just hoping I don't have to work Sunday. It's been a long, long week.

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

damn. that's all. just damn.

AC is working again.

Going to finish up with painting in the morning. Next step - packing and moving. Carpet is being installed on Thursday and hopefully I'll also be getting my lawnmower back from repairs. My lawn looks like crap right now (it hasn't been mowed in a few weeks). Goodnight.

I spent about 4 hours yesterday and 4 hours today doing yard work. I've got about 25% of the "jungle" tamed. I call the back portion of my yard the "jungle" because it's overgrown with various types of vines (including poison ivy). It also had close to a foot of dead leaves coating the ground. So, in about 25% of that section of the yard, I've ( Read more... )

Alright - locks are changed. Spent a few hours shopping around for carpet. I need a 12'4"x10' bedroom, a 12'4"x10'5" bedroom, and a 10'x4'2" closet carpeted. I got estimates ranging from $1220-$1780 for Stainmaster (or something similar) installed including padding. That's a big spread, so I need to do a little more research. I spent another ( Read more... )

Made it back to Baton Rouge safe. Gonna go unpack now. Later.