Friday...the Fence has begun!

So Friday turns out to be an OK day, no rain as predicted. So off we go to Rona and pick up a few fence boards. ( 137, ouch) And when we return and after some discussion begin the process of screwing these boards to the rails. ( more $ then nails but much better). After a few hours the fence is beginning to take shape. I think we can see the horizon in the distance in the house yard work...maybe.

Thursday...isn't done yet?

Well Thursday turned out to be a nice day and I took this opportunity to set all the fence posts and pour in the concrete. Have you ever mixed 16 bags of ready mix by hand in a wheel barrow? It is a bitch of a job. With the help of the "Inspector" we managed to get all the posts straight and true and over the next few days will begin to build the fence. The top soil still has to be raked out and this whole area seeded. Better then waiting for 4 weeks for sod to be available. Should turn out nicely. ( We hope) Forgot to take some pics so here is one taken at 11:00 PM. Get some more tomorrow.

Monday & Tuesday..wall erection

Well it's been a busy couple of days as the Davey's Landscaping crew have been real busy building our retaining wall. These guys are really good and are perfectionist. It has to be just right before they continue on to the next step. In a matter of a few days we will have our wall and then can start on the fence.

Friday, well what do you know.is that going to be a wall?

Friday, cold, damp and miserable. We are discussing how the landscaper hasn't called about the retaining wall when we hear a bit of a commotion outside. We look out to see the orange Kobota digging up some dirt where our retaining wall is going to be. John has started the wall and by the end of the day has the foundation in , leveled and packed ready for the blocks Monday. Hope Monday is a nice day.

Tuesday-Wednesday

Well these two days have been kind of cloudy,cool and wet. Really not much to do while waiting for some sunnier and warmer weather to arrive. We did take down the black shutters and paint them a rust/brown/red colour to better match the house brick. They look better then the standard "black" issue. This is the colour we are going to paint the main door and side lights. Should look nice when completed. We also painted a section of the porch bench to match the new colour. Also took some time to finish off painting the interior walls of my garage. Oh yes, had to strip the old paint off the door and found out it wasn't a very good paint as it practically peels off.

Sunday--Monday

Actually kind of a quiet two days that we had here. The only real work was to scrape off all the builder's paint from the front door that was crap and get the door and shutters ready for a nice paint as soon as it gets a bit warmer. Dar's real birthday was Sunday and together we all celebrated that day. It's hard to imagine that she is 61 years old, she doesn't look it at all. Guess the good genes were on our side. I'll be joining her in June at the 61 mark..sigh..

Saturday..Gazebo up..

Well its Saturday and its turning out to be another nice day. Brother-in-law, Rod, is here and together we all managed to put up the gazebo on the deck. It is 10' x 10' and takes up a good chunk of the deck floor, but at our age too much sun is not good. The gazebo is situated in such a way that you can still get plenty of sun if you wish or sit in the nice shade if you so desire.
After this was done we took a nice drive through Cobourg to show Rod the town and waterfront, and that took all but 10 minutes!...nice to be small and have most everything close. This evening its BBQ'd steaks!

Friday...what a beautiful day.

Turned out to be a gorgeous day. The sun was shining, the wind was calm and it hit 25 C on our deck ! We had our longest and dearest friends over for a BBQ and chat. Christened the deck with spilt wine. We also celebrated my dear wife's birthday. She is 61 years young come April 4th. doesn't look it, no way no how. It's always nice to celebrate something new with those you hold dear. We had a great time and plan to have many more this season. So after a nice day it's time to rest as next week once again bring things to do.

Thursday...oops why did the battery die now?

A beautiful day, time to take the Harley out of hibernation. WE wheeled her out of the basement (love that 42" door) and fired her up. Makes a big difference when you store your bike in a nice warm place, she started like it was running yesterday. (helps to have a battery minder plugged into her over the winter.) So off I go to the Sunoco station to get some fresh gas. Get there, gas up and ...NO START...the damn battery in the security fob has gone dead. duh! Now the bike thinks its being stolen and shuts down big time, ...Luckily I'm only a few blocks away from the Wal-Mart. Trudge over there, buy a new battery and trudge back to the station. The old girl fires right up and off to home I go. Dar is really pissed since I didn't take my cell phone and she had no idea what had happened. Poor woman thought I had been smucked by a truck or something. Told her what happed but still got shit. I should know better.

BTW we have almost finished staining the deck...hard parts done...only floor deck to do.

Wednesday.....almost done..

Well Wednesday turned out to be nice and fairly productive. We finished the stain on the lattice, straightened out the stairs ( no comments please) and the landing at the bottom of the stairs. Dar had me bring out all the deck furniture and we got the BBQ tank filled and are ready for Friday and our first guests. The stair railings haven't shown up yet but Sylas says they should arrive Thursday afternoon. Hope so. Having built and finished this project before April was just lucky. I truly thought that this wouldn't be done until May. Now if the contractor would only show up to do he retaining wall I can start of the fence...sigh!