Some weekendedness

[greatbear]

Weather this weekend was a really welcome taste of spring, with temps in the mid 60s. I took advantage of the t-shirt weather and started re-trimming the garage. Pulling siding off of the building I uncovered thousands of the annoying red and black insects that have been making messes wherever they perch. They are some kind of harmless beetle who's name escapes me. The little buggers were wandering about as I blew them out from under the siding with the high pressure air gun. I tried to sweep them out of the garage and off the concrete pad in front, but still it ended up being a smash fest. I have to pick up some more vinyl lath to use as trim and jamb extensions in order to finish both sides. Hopefully next weekend's weather is conducive to my project.

I'm currently watching the Grammys a little closer than I have been in recent years. Is it me, or are they trying a bit harder this time with the performances and interaction with the bands? Things dont seem quite as dismal. One could only hope. There's no point in asking for fewer freakin' ads.

Jeff had to work today after getting a call late last night. This was bad, but he did have the past three full weekends off for a change. He's changing things at work and it's starting to pay off in more time for himself and us.

In the vein of free time, we received our confirmed reservations for P-Town in July. w00t! We have our late May long weekend at Deep Creek Lake confirmed, now all we need to do is somehow luck out and get our weekends at Hillside mapped out. We will try to do some camping at other places like The Woods this year as well. Hopefully gas prices dont go insane like last year.

I have a strange couple of weeks coming up at work. Lots of extra work, with overtime and extra time off as well. Hopefully things will stay stable, but I am going to take the extra work while I can to build up a financial buffer. I have some major expenses on the house this year as I replace the roof and add a pair of skylights in the living room. I am really surprised the roof is not leaking at this point in time. The last big winds here blew off a big pile of broken shingle tabs bad enough that I moved the cars/trucks away to prevent paint damage.

Wish me some luck this week, as Tuesday would have been Mom's 83rd birthday. I hope I dont fall into a funk like I have been.

Have a great week, y'all.

Comments

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a pretty good report from what I read.

Hugs and good luck with the project under way.

[redmoonriver.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I caught the very tail end of the grammy's - just in time to see Ms. Krause win Album of the Year. I'm like, "I've heard of her but... have no clue..." So strange feeling so dissociated from the pop music scene.

*hugs* My thoughts will be with you Tuesday, hon. For what it's worth you have net-hugs on that day. :)

much love. :)

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

yeah the Grammys were twittering which was cool yet slightly weird.

The actual award winners were mostly YAWN, though. So no change there.