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Dividing life into factions of pleasures and chores
Took today off from work to do things around the house. Got up early because I had to check on a process at work which hasn't been behaving during morning startup, but happily today it behaved itself.
The getting up early was a good thing because even though I wasn't moving particularly fast, I was able to get a good start on the day. Sharpened the chainsaw. Cut up the collection of small rounds I had accumulated by the sawbuck. Then took the chainsaw down to where we'd pulled out three more buckthorns. Cut them up into transportable chunks and hauled them to their next destination.
My two large projects for this weekend are the first mowing of the lawn and putting additional supports under the woodshed. Our woodshed suffered catastrophic failure of one of its sills, apparently a pressure treated 2x6 eight feet long can't hold one side of 2 & 1/2 cord of wood. At least that one couldn't. I replaced the sill a while ago, but before I fill it I'm putting stub posts at the center of the front and back.
After starting on the lawn and discovering my frozen shoulder really doesn't enjoy that, I took a break to work on the woodshed. It was a beautiful sunny day, with a few blackflies but not bad yet. I put on music and just puttered my way through it. I got all four posts cut, notched, attached and got everything cleaned up. I really didn't expect to finish that job today!
I did get about a third of the lawn done. We finished the day with the first brush burn of the season. The pile was huge and we managed to get through maybe half of it. At least now there is room for more to be added.
Spring is tricky. There is so much to do and I'm always trying to figure out if I'm behind or ahead of prior years. I'm certainly behind on the exercise/hiking side, but we have got a lot of the yard work done this year.
The getting up early was a good thing because even though I wasn't moving particularly fast, I was able to get a good start on the day. Sharpened the chainsaw. Cut up the collection of small rounds I had accumulated by the sawbuck. Then took the chainsaw down to where we'd pulled out three more buckthorns. Cut them up into transportable chunks and hauled them to their next destination.
My two large projects for this weekend are the first mowing of the lawn and putting additional supports under the woodshed. Our woodshed suffered catastrophic failure of one of its sills, apparently a pressure treated 2x6 eight feet long can't hold one side of 2 & 1/2 cord of wood. At least that one couldn't. I replaced the sill a while ago, but before I fill it I'm putting stub posts at the center of the front and back.
After starting on the lawn and discovering my frozen shoulder really doesn't enjoy that, I took a break to work on the woodshed. It was a beautiful sunny day, with a few blackflies but not bad yet. I put on music and just puttered my way through it. I got all four posts cut, notched, attached and got everything cleaned up. I really didn't expect to finish that job today!
I did get about a third of the lawn done. We finished the day with the first brush burn of the season. The pile was huge and we managed to get through maybe half of it. At least now there is room for more to be added.
Spring is tricky. There is so much to do and I'm always trying to figure out if I'm behind or ahead of prior years. I'm certainly behind on the exercise/hiking side, but we have got a lot of the yard work done this year.