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Wired

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Last month I mentioned that I wanted to fasten hardware cloth to the area under our deck to keep out furry little animals and snakes.

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Repairing the chewed wiring for our deck lights cost us a pretty penny and we want to avoid that problem again.

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This part was done several years ago.  It was cool enough yesterday to finish this side.

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The ground was as hard as cement as we haven’t had much rain lately.

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The rocky soil (if you can call what we have “soil”) and the slope of the ground meant the hardware cloth had to be cut to different heights.  Plus we had a mechanical failure with the heavy-duty staple gun but Mr. Aitch fixed it.

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This side shouldn’t be as difficult as the ground is relatively even.  I want to scrub this section first and will be much easier to clean before the hardware cloth goes on.  Then all of this will be painted black so that it disappears.

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Little Miss Muffet

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No tuffet sitting here.  Nope.

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Beautiful tuffet kit available here: http://tuffetsource.com/

Awhile ago I was in a hurry to go outside to do one little thing so I didn’t bother putting my socks on first.

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I heard a crunch and felt something.  This was inside the toe of my garden boot.

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And I discovered it the hard way.

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With my toes.

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Believe me when I say that it is dead.  I used tweezers to uncrumple the legs so you could see it better.

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You’re welcome.

 

To-Do list revisited

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As I said in my earlier post, the to-do list changed as the day went on.003-List-3

Before I starting on the “real” work, I had to make a phone call and take bread dough out of the freezer.

Then I tackled the list.

Flower pots – clean and put away.

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Tomato cages and hardware cloth/mesh – gone but not forgotten.

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I want to staple/nail the hardware cloth to the lattice around the base of the deck and a few inches underground then paint it black.  Small furry creatures like chipmunks and rabbits live under the deck and I want them to move.

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Heartless?  Maybe.  But those little furry things ate through the wiring for our deck lights and repairing that was a bit costly.

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And it might keep snakes out of there, too.

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After Mr. Aitch weed whacked, I raked up all the debris and clippings.

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Waffle mix.  Done.

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I also moved a planter box that was between our cars in the garage to another place along the side wall. 023-Planter

And picked some grape tomatoes to share with our neighbor, Peggy.

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It might be cheating but I add things to my to-do list after I do them just so I can cross them off.  It gives me a sense of accomplishment and proof that I did something.  Do you do that, too?

Painting the wall above the shower and sewing the box bag didn’t make the cut.  tomorrow-ia-another-day

 

To-do list

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Looks doable.

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Already adding to it…

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As the day wore on, the list changed.

Mr. Aitch and I have waffles every Sunday.  I used to buy a mix but now make my own.  I just mix up several batches of the dry ingredients and store it in a container with the rest of the recipe taped to the side.

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After a shower emergency (more on that another day) last month, I have to repaint the repair.

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When we cleaned out the garage earlier this summer these pots “were” scrubbed.  They have been sitting here for way too long so they need washed again before going back into the garage.

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That big black thing on the left was the collar for the septic tank that was removed in June.  It was buried up to the top for easy access clean-out for the septic tank.  Now that we don’t need the collar anymore I want to fill it with soil and transplant my mint so it doesn’t take over the yard.  It won’t stay there but I’m just not sure where to put it.

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Mr. Aitch can’t weed-whack around all that.

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Yes.  Rain water and grass clippings in that tub.  Gross!

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Again from the garage cleanup: Hardware cloth/mesh and tomato cages.  Two of the three tomato plants don’t need any additional support from the cages and the third one is a monster and too unwieldy to get a cage around it now.

 

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Mr. Aitch said four little words to me and I am on it!  Today!!

What did he say?

This will attract snakes.  It was the last word that got me.  Snakes.

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In the 22 years we’ve lived here, I’ve only seen three snakes.  That’s pretty good for living in a rural area.  God has a purpose for all creatures but I’m not a fan of snakes and I certainly don’t want them close to the house.

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These have to go NOW so the grass/weeds can be cut down.

What I really want to do is sew and start making a box bag.

Do you make to-do lists?

Do you follow them?

Did I cross off everything on my to-do list?