The next stage is to dig out some channels towards the house to protect the foundation, and then start the brickwork (border). following that, we will be cementing the interior (in sections). The discussion over the color of the bricks, final concrete and the design of the sections is still ongoing.

As you would imagine, there is a downside to doing a project like this, and having dogs. This problem is made all that more challenging when it rains.

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After years of talking about a patio extension, I woke up this morning determined that today was going to be the day (besides, I’m procrastinating about other stuff). So after relaxing in the sun this morning, while I did my yoga-like activities, I built up the momentum to get things started.

Did I mention that it was meant to be cloudy and a little rainy? Well when I started (as Phase 1 pictures were taken) it was sprinkling a little – yeah, a sun shower. But that quickly stopped. By the time I got to pulling up the sod, I was saturated and starting to thinking just oatmeal wasn’t going to sustain me.

I’ve stopped for the day, and will continue working on this tomorrow and over the weekend (I’m hopeful I’ll have an extra pair of hands to assist on Saturday and Sunday).

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This picture was taken in September 1998, a few days after I met Chris for the first time. My ex and I were visiting friends in Dallas, and Chris had recently become a roommate of theirs. Days before we landed in Dallas, Chris was sent off to New Orleans (he worked for State Farm National Catastrophe at the time). After we landed, we decided to pay Chris a visit in New Orleans, and here is where this picture was taken, at Pat O’Briens.

We have had an incredible journey together, and I am hopeful that we will have many more to come. I think we are different people today, compared to those two sitting in that picture, but we are stronger, wiser (a nice way of saying ‘older’) and still very much in love.

Happy Anniversary Chris. I’ll always love you.

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Anyway, I worked with a couple of other members of Frisco Pride, and collected a good amount of trash. At first we thought the area that we were assigned was too small (for the amount of time — we were wrong). Sadly, most was related to building materials (like plastic wrap, etc.), and got me thinking that I hope the city actually gets a clean up bond or payment from any builder (chances are this is not the case). After an hour and a bit of cleaning up, we finished, and I came home to wash the morning off me.

When I got home, I found this on the answering service (we have Vonage, so it emails any messages left as WAV files *snicker*):

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That was Chris (who is in Florida for the weekend). Isn’t that sweet? He might be a litle off key, but I loved it Of course, the safe thing about Chris being in Florida is I can post this just to prove how sweet he can be

(Side note: the little WordPress audio tool/plugin can be found here.)

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You know its finals week coming up when the garden gets a make-over In an effort to not study for finals, I decided to work on the garden yesterday and today. Today was unexpected, especially given how achy I was last night after going through and tearing out weed, grass, and who knows what else.

Today, after lunch with some friends, we managed to visit Lowe’s and picked up a bunch of plants (I think 36 in total). All but five are in the ground or in a pot.

I hurt!

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