Fences, fans, and fun!

Aside from trying to sleep in a bit this morning, today was anything but lazy.

First thing, I went out and bought some screws to work on the fence in the back yard. We started at about 1pm, and worked through the day, stopping for an hour to allow the cordless drill to charge.

The fence is 3/4 finished at this point. All I need to do now is put the bottom section on (to keep the gravel from spreading across the grass), and mount the plastic covered chain link. I have to buy stain for it, but I'm probably going to have to stain the whole yard's fence at the same time. I've got the first week of September scheduled off. Hopefully I can get it done then! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, seeing as it's the first fence we (Rob and I) have ever made. And all this with only one injury!

There's a before picture of the backyard at the top of the post.. Here's the "finished" one..

Another change is another ceiling fan. I swear these things were designed just to piss me off. Looking at the instructions you would think it is easy. They show you pictures and everything. But what they don't tell you is that you were supposed to mount the damn thing BEFORE putting the electrical box up and dry walling around it. Luckily, I've done four others before, and it only caused mild frustrations while installing this one.

Again, a before and after picture.

The tree at the front of the house is still grinding away on our nerves. We didn't get a chance to take it down last weekend, so we'll have to re-schedule it. It's definitely going to be removed before winter. It's scraping away on the side of the house and driving all of us crazy when the wind blows. And if you've ever lived in Saskatchewan, you know it NEVER stops blowing in the winter.

I think I'm going to have a nice long shower, relax with a cool drink, and watch tv for the rest of the evening. I have a feeling the rest of the week is going to be busy.