Today was a busy day. BYUFan and I woke up about 7:30 am and decided to do a little work outside in our garden area of the back yard. We spent the majority of our time spreading the “topsoil” onto our garden area. It was tough work because one, we had to shovel each… Continue reading Landscape Diary
Landscape Diary
The landscapers put the weed barrier down in the flowerbeds today and started on the flagstone paths and patio. . Nancy was excited when the truck pulled up with the stone. A few weeks ago we went down to American Stone and picked out the kind we liked – an Idaho quartzite called “buckskin” We… Continue reading Landscape Diary
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Today they hooked up the electricity and water to the waterfall. The pump is nice and quiet – in fact, you can’t hear it at all. It also has a low-water valve that is hooked to the sprinkler system so that the water will automatically refill itself if it gets too low. The top part… Continue reading Landscape Diary
PTA Carnival
The elementary school held it’s PTA Carnival tonight. The girls wanted to go quite badly. I could tell Nancy didn’t want to take them so she ask me to take them and she went with Samuel to his final T-ball game of the season. The carnival was your typical PTA fundraiser – inflatable rides, sno-cones,… Continue reading PTA Carnival
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Even though it threatened rain throughout the day the landscapers worked hard and got a few more things done today. They first had to change a tire on the bobcat because it was flat. After that was fixed they started work on our waterfall in the backyard.  I was playing with Thomas the Train… Continue reading Landscape Diary
New Artwork
We made our second-ever artwork purchase when we decorated our front room (our first was our purchase of some paintings on our trip to China). Nancy and I both really liked this print when we saw it at the furniture gallery. For some reason, the print wasn’t delivered with the furniture but it finally arrived… Continue reading New Artwork
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Today the landscapers put the rock wall into place. Our front yard had a bit of a slope in it so we decided to level it off with a rock wall. Some of the houses in our neighborhood have large multi-level rock walls but we didn’t need anything that fancy – just something big enough… Continue reading Landscape Diary
Singing Sam
Sam had is annual Spring Sing at Challenger School today. I worked from home in the morning so that I could go with Nancy to see the program. Sam did a good job of singing and dancing this year. Last year he fell and scraped his knee on his way into school and so he… Continue reading Singing Sam
Summer Rolls
Nancy has become a pretty good Asian food cook. She has learned to make a variety of Vietnamese, Thai, and Japanese dishes and we probably eat Asian food at least three times a week. Our favorite cookbook is Quick and Easy Vietnamese by Nancie McDermott. So far, every recipe we’ve tried has been relatively easy… Continue reading Summer Rolls
Landscape Diary
Our landscapers began the landscaping project this week. I would have liked to save money by doing the landscape myself; however, I know myself well enough to know that tackling a handyman project that large would be a disaster. My handyman skills are maxed out just by installing blinds. Installing a drip irrigation system? Fuggedaboutit!… Continue reading Landscape Diary