yeah, no work today. we were busy all week last week, finished 3 jobs actually, but so far this week we've got nothing officially on the books. we have a number of bids out and such, but its a waiting game to see when we actually get one. in the meantime, still waiting on checks to come in from last week so... we're definitely playing the waiting game.
yesterday i got a ton accomplished and honestly, im drained from it. im actually kind of glad that i have the day off because to be frank, im feeling rather fizzled. so yesterday, i went to early church - per-yuge, came home and got laundry a-goin, - well, what was left over from saturday that is - then i cleaned the kitchen, then i cleaned the dining room, ate lunch at some point, talked to the wifester a little online before school, wrote my lesson plan for this week, wrote my assignment outline for this week, wrote my quiz for this week, laid out all the laundry on the couch in the parlor so it didnt get wrinkly, cleaned the entry way.... didnt make it to cleaning the parlor or to actually putting the laundry away.... i know, i know, im a terrible husband. but ill get around to it before she gets home. and even if i dont.... =P
then i ended up spending a couple of hours online chatting with one of my kiddos about music. surprisingly, she actually has pretty decent taste in music for a teenager, lol! most of the kids i run into these days listen to nothing but crap. and i introduced her to all the greats from when i was her age, hahaha! yessir - project86, mxpx, living sacrifice, SUPERTONES! ahhhh!!!! so much fun reminiscing... and then, i ended up staying up late enough that i got to chat with the wifester a litte more after school before i passed out for the night. hmm... maybe the late hour could have played into my lack of enthusiasm or concentration today. maybe. ;]
annnnyway... i suppose i could post a few "after" pictures of 2 of our jobs from last week [only afters, because i forgot the befores, oops...] if you guys are into that i mean... no? well alright, i mean i offered and all...
heh. i love being in charge of the blog. i get to have all these fun little conversations with myself, and ya'll [gasp!] just have to sit there and keep reading if youre actually interested in getting to the meat n potatoes. control complex? who me? never... just your average twisted sense of humor, irony, and satire all blended up into a nice delicious blog-smoothy.
alright, so enough benign banter, heres the pictures youre waiting for.
[job.1]
so i came on board with colin for the second half of this job. i think he got in a little over his head if hed actually done it on his own, but with my experience and aesthetic eye, we were able to pull it off way faster than either of us expected, although it was still a LOT of work. this bed was HUGE! colin had done a good bit of the hard part grubbing out the existing weeds and ivy the owner didnt want, and actually cutting in the main bed. of course, my "expertise" helped smooth out some kinks all around, and then we proceeded to acquire plants, mulch [damn near 5 yards! whew!] etc, and get everything in and laid out nicely. overall it was a bit of a grueling project, but we managed to pull it off i think. enjoy. [appologies for the image quality, theres only so much i can do with a cell phone...]
so you have to ignore the leaves in the beds, they were raining down continuously the entire time we were working, there was just no way to avoid it. no, the rubber bed liner edge was not my idea, and i wouldnt normally put something like that in because it ends up looking a little tacky, but you have to do what the client wants. and no, we didnt purchase the hastas like that, theyre in bad shape i know, but they were transplants from another part of her yard and colin had already dug them up before i got there. next time we'll try to be a little more careful... over all i think it turned out pretty well. its a little sparse, but the bed was HUGE and we totally blew our budget on plants, good thing we got em wholesale ;]
[job.2]
This one was much less glamourous. essentially a cleanup job for some existing "beds" although there werent really beds to begin with. so we weeded, removed some dead shrubs and some nuisance plants and cleaned up what was left, then we actually cut in the beds to give them a nice clean edge and mulched it all up. [this one only needed 1 yard for comparisons sake...] it turned out really well i think, i really should have taken before shots of this one, it was a serious mess... oh and see that lovely decorative grass on the end there? yeah, that thing hated me. my entire right arm is sliced and diced from wrist to ribs. those grass blades were like razors and i have what amounts to dozens of long papercuts all up and down my arms, they burned like friggin hell that day, but now a few days later, theyre healing up nicely and the pain is gone. =]
MUCH cleaner than it was, let me tell you... =]
alright, well, i think thats all ive got for now. im just hanging out, watching a little tv, maybe a movie, reading some, and potentially - if the motivation comes along - working on some school stuff... but i doubt it. haha, after all, the title speaks for itself, lol! thinking maybe chinese for dinner... anyone wunna go to red pepper? or is there a better chinese place in cincy i need to try?! do tell ;]
hope you all have a happy week, feel free to comment if you feel so inclined. =]
i dont have a witty sign off this time, sorry. ill try harder next time round.
"i'm all jacked up on mountain dew! i will come at you like a spider monkey!" - official landscaping quote of all time - thanks to my former landscaping crew, you guys are awesome!
