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Thursday, May 27 2010 @ 01:19 AM EDT |
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Weather continues to be crappy. The lawn however is growing like
nuts. Next time it dries out it's not gonna be a pretty mow...
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Tuesday, May 25 2010 @ 02:04 AM EDT |
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Spent the afternoon cleaning out the gutters with the shop vac. They
kept overflowing, so I cleaned them out. Utterly disgusting. If
you are squeamish, you may want to stop reading here.
It used to be that it was just gravel from the shingles that was
in there. With the new metal roof I figured I would not need
to clean them as much. Wrong. There was close to an inch of
... stuff ... in the bottom. It was two layers, the bottom layer
was like lumpy brown gravy, and the top was like lime Jello. If
I were to describe it like a perfume, it would be called Eau de
My Fucking God. It reeked like you would not believe. Sadly, I
recognized the smell. It smelled like greywater. When I was a kid
I helped my grandfather dig up his greywater field behind their
house. When I opened up the tank, that was the smell. And with the
new roof sticking a little further into the gutter than the old,
I can't use my old gutter cleaning attachment (it won't fit into
the gap now). So I can't clean them from the ground. Have to get
up close and personal. Today that was a real liability. I really
would have rather not looked at or smelled what I was working on...
Yuck.
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Sunday, May 23 2010 @ 10:21 PM EDT |
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The May long weekend is traditionally kinda awful weather-wise
here. Today there was a 30% chance of rain, and it rained about 30%
of the time. On about a 30 minute cycle it would be sunny and then
downpour then go back to sunny. Crazyness.
I managed to get the lawn cut before the first downpour. Spent
the rest of the day washing windows inside and out. My arms are
sore now :-) but I have nice sparkly windows!
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Saturday, May 22 2010 @ 09:10 PM EDT |
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Well, that was a long week! But now the long weekend is here, and
I have the whole thing to myself. Of course the May long weekend
traditionally has crappy weather. This year the forecast is for
mixed sun and cloud with a slight chance of rain. Of course today,
I've tried to go out to mow the lawn twice and there has been a
downpour within 2 minutes...
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Monday, May 17 2010 @ 12:23 AM EDT |
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Another busy day. Dug out the sprinkler system controllers. Freaking
things are put together in a way that would make Rube Goldberg
scratch his head in wonder.
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Saturday, May 15 2010 @ 09:04 PM EDT |
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Spent the day around the house mowing, trimming and cleaning. Very
domestic. Place almost looks presentable...
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Saturday, May 15 2010 @ 01:47 AM EDT |
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Took off work early today and went for a ride in the sun. First
really warm day this year. Tried a newly built run. Walked up the
walkup trail that runs near the new trail, and then later down
the real trail. The walk up was brutal. The sign at the bottom
said 6 minutes to the top, but it turned out to be a sick joke).
Ride down was lots of fun. It's fast, has bermed corners, and has
lots of jumps on it. Just as I like it :-)
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Friday, May 14 2010 @ 12:59 AM EDT |
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Weather is nice, so I'm ducking out of work early tomorrow to head
out for a ride.
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Wednesday, May 12 2010 @ 01:17 AM EDT |
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Had a good ride Monday night. It was rainy in the morning, so the
trails were still pretty mucky. Earned a few new bruises while I
was at it :-)
Today, the weather turned awesome. Sunny and nice, and supposed
to be that way right through the weekend. Excellent.
Tonight I did some percussive maintenance on the lawn
mower. Sometimes, the Deere just needs to be hammered into
submission...
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Sunday, May 09 2010 @ 11:19 PM EDT |
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Hey folks!
I've been busy since I went back to work, post vacation. Working
a bit of over time, riding my bike a few times. And the weather
is good, so lots of work around the homestead. This weekend it
was lawn/ditch/fence-line mowing, pond liner repairs, getting the
little shed for the generator outside and reassembled, and getting
errands and stuff done. New rear speakers for the car to replace
the blown ones, and taking my mom out Lee Valley to get a mother's
day gift, then up to Bear Mountain for lunch. Whooo! Busy times!
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