Weekend Activities

Wow, what a busy, but productive weekend I had!!! My folks came down while I was at work Friday and got started. When I got home from work I jumped in to help, after all it is my yard. Anyway, we put that weed cloth stuff down and covered the entire front yard. We got the pond, stream and waterfall in and it came really good. Then I had bought 50 bags (3 cu ft each) of red cedar mulch and we started spreading it over the weed cloth. We have it about 75% done and I have 30 more bags coming at me to finish it this weekend.....oh and to my buddy Dan who will be visiting this weekend--if you're reading this you're helping! I'll buy the beers. Anyway, my dad--who is really good with wood working--built me a pergola which is a frame with slats over the top for shade and it has a bench that swings hanging from it. It is awesome. Of course, all of this is putting a huge dent in my bank accounts but hey, it's a lot cheaper than if I had someone do it for me. Also, landscaping is the #1 improvement for increasing property values. Right now, based on a recent appraisal and pending these latest improvements I can sell my house for double of what I paid for it. And now that they've broken ground in the poconos on several casinos property values will rise even more dramatically. Not that I am planning to sell right now.

Anyway, on Sunday morning we rearranged all of my furniture in the house. The new couches are bigger than the old ones so I had to do some shuffling. Now I have tons more room which is always nice. Then we went to the worlds largest general store which is about 10 miles from my house. They have a petting zoo, food stands, playgrounds, huge store and outdoor/garden section. I bought some pond supplies and fed the Llamas and goats. Then we got 6 hot dogs and 2 lemonades for $2.00. Everything was a quarter. Can't beat that.

Anyway, once my folks went home on Sunday I just finished putting some stuff away and then laid around because I was tired. Plus, the U.S. Open, world cup, and NASCAR were on so I watched a bunch of sports, drank some beers and that's about it. Another weekend I didn't get to use the boat but I will be sure to go out on it next weekend or maybe one day this week after work. ANyway, sorry to bore you with a rundown of my weekend. I promise that I will put my Germany pics up soon and also put up some pics of my front yard. Bis spater.