Well, the fence is finished. My hands still aren't right. By the time I was finished they had swelled up. The inflammation irritated the median nerve in my left hand (I'm left handed, so it gets the most work), giving me all kinds of pleasurable sensations. It's mostly subsided, but something to think about before the next project. I'm sure the small post hole digger casued most of the stress.
Now my wife and I get to fight about the location of the dog kennel. I wanted it put in an unused corner of the back yard, close to the house. She wants it unseen from the front, and wants me to put it up behind the garage, directly on top of the landscaping I spent hours putting in a few years back. That area would also require removing or rerouting three sprinkler heads, the sandbox and the playhouse, not to mention the flower bed that contains nice muddy conditioned soil covered by fabric and trim, thorny rose bushes, and a half ton of river rock. You would think these facts would deter her, but since she's not the one who has to deal with it, she's unimpressed. My comment that she could get back to me after she finished the demolition and sprinkler rerouting doesn't appear to have gone over too well. So, now were at the understanding that I can put it where I want, but unless I put it behind the garage, she won't be happy about it.
Lord, give me strength!
Last edited by Kenyth; 04-15-2009 at 03:46 PM.
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