A fence, a boat and the tummy flu

How can a fence, a boat, and the flu have anything to do with one another? Well, they describe Mother's Day weekend this year.

First up, a beautiful boating day. We took our Bayliner to the Peak (the local reservoir) for some fun in the sun. 80 degrees, little wind. Perfect.


Until......I lost my sunglasses while throwing the stick for the dogs. As they were spiraling into the water, getting fainter and fainter, I stand there watching "the decent." Dh is yelling, "Get 'em, go in and get 'em!"

Um, no.

That water is green, as in fucking cccccold. Dh attempted a couple of times to jump in and screamed like a little girl as he flounced around like a fish trying to get.out.of.the.water. Once he was back on the dock, he stated, "well, we know where they are, in two months when the water is warmer, we can try to get them then." Okedoke, it should be fun for him, snorkling for a 5 year old pair of Serengetti's that are probably worth $10. Mind you, he bought a nice pair of Maui Jim's last year and passed down the old sunglasses to me.

A couple of fun pics from our boating adventure. It's so pretty and green here. Won't last long, soon the ground will be brown and dry.



Our Big Sweetie, Bear, trying to perch on the back of the boat, as daintily as a 110 lb Lab can.

Next, the lovely flu. I awoke Mother's Day to a horrendous burning in my belly. I spent most of the day in bed, hating existance. However, once I found out Fred Meyer was having their buy 2 get 1 free sale on veggie plants, I ventured out. I hate to think of all the people I infected. But damnit, Mother's Day means I get to do what I want when I want, infectious illness and all. I was able to buy all sorts of beauties and can't wait to get them in the ground this week.

While I was feeling puny and ill, dh spent most of Mother's Day helping a neighbor fix his trampoline. It took 8 hours. Therefore, dh has attempted to make up for it by finishing my garden fence before he has to go on a business trip for 4 days. And mowing. And the dishes. And take the garbage out. He's a good dh :)

We have to protect every bush, tree, flower, and veggie from our lovely poochies. They are both males and LOVE to pee on anything they can get close to. Dh is going to hotwire the fence along the bottom so the Terror can't burrow. We have a small garden area, which is fine with me since I have limited time to spend in it.

Voila, done! It was inexpensive, very functional, and a bonding experience for everyone involved; the neighbor was able to come over and show dh up with his accounting/mathematical skills, dh was able to use power tools and keep all his digits, ds supervised, and I took pictures just in case something happened that would fulfill Julie's, author of ER RN, thirst for blood.

Out with the Gold, in with the Green!

I haven't been knitting much since the weather is nicer. Instead, have chosen to move onto outside and other household projects that need attention.

Our downstairs has been a multitude of paint colors for over a year now. As well as, not finished. A dear girlfriend of mine strongly suggested I get off my ass and finish the job, and offered to help. Did I mention I love her?

We had a light golden color, along with a red and a tan. On the SW color palette, it looked nice. However, in our open floorplan, it looked like major color confusion.

Dh and I chose Potting Shed Green by Martha Stewart. Lowe's just started carrying a new MS line, and the colors are very nice. We think the color goes well with our country/western decor.

Here's the Gold and Red from before.

And here's the new green. We find it very serene, and our wood furniture pops nicely now.

As you can see, we still need to replace the baseboards that had to be ripped up last year when the water flooded from upstairs, ruining the carpeting. We chose to lay down a laminate floor, and hope to finish the rest of the downstairs sometime this year.