Remember those dominos???

You would like to think that when someone puts something together...say...like a gazebo over a hot tub...that they would do it in a uniform manner. For example, when installing the cool panels at the top common sense at least would say screw the screws in in the same direction, or common courtesy for the next schmuck who follows after wanting to pressure wash all the green gunk off and make it look pretty again. (We're getting to the dominos) In order to pressure the top panels, each one has to be unscrewed to be removed. I am armed with my handy dandy cordless drill, my safety goggles (didn't need a hat...no stain this time) a little hand screw driver...just in case, and my two ladders...ready for bear as the saying goes. The first panel comes off without any trouble at all. Four screws and presto! I prop the panel up against two chairs and wishy wishy wash! Up the ladder and put it back...down the ladder...move ladder...up the ladder to panel #2. Two screws out, one is stripped...down the ladder for pliers...up the ladder...yank that sucker out! Panel two comes down...wishy wishy wash. You get the picture. On side 3 who ever put this baby up had to have gotten bored because the screws are going in from top to bottom, are in strange places, and are stipped...down the ladder...LARGE hammer...up the ladder!

Anyway, after several hours the gazebo is now mostly free of green stuff...and stain...so now I can buy some stain and make it pretty again.

(And the dominos continue to fall) As I'm standing back admiring my new masterpiece, I look over to the back fence and see Aragon, the big service dog from next door, stuck half way through my new fence. He has decided to come over and play with Bella, but after forcing a fence board down, can't seem to fit all the way through the single hole. In order to get him out I have to pull down another fence board. I then have to go call Michael next door to make sure the dog hasn't been hurt, find some nails and go fix my new fence.

I'm done now and sitting in my softy chair wondering whatever possessed me to begin this project! Tomorrow I have to re-pressure wash some of the gazebo because I can see several spots I missed...and I can't apply new stain over missed spots!

I've decided I'm entirely too damn old to do stuff like this! Everything in my body aches now...it's a good ache, but an ache none the less. But in spite of everything, it sure feels good to sit down at the end of the day and know that it's mine.

Oh, I almost forgot the most important part! After finishing putting the gazebo back together and putting everything else away, I was standing there admiring and smelled Mom's perfume. It was like she was standing right there admiring along side me. Made the whole thing worth while!

Love me