I'm Getting Too Old For This......

Please pass me the Tylonol....been putting all this backyard work off too long....time to take down the Ligustrums.....we actually hired someone to do it but today decided he was taking to long to get to it so we jumped in ourselves....felt good to be outside working.....I went out at first to just raise the TV wire to my man cave....it had fallen off the nail on the pole....this is how the day ended up....I still have to remove the stumps....


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Still gotta clean up and get rid of all the old pool stuff.....

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Storms finished off my fence....it has to come down and hauled to the street....

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Gotta trim the suckers off the oak tree and dig up the stump from a copus palm....

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Didi trimmed the Sago Palms.....

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Raised the sat. wire to my mancave....scary to be that high on a ladder.....

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This is where the in ground concrete pool used to be....

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Exterior decorations.......

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Guard Cat.....

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Past hurricane blew a tree limb across our old cast iron bell & broke it....need to get it welded back....

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Another use for duct tape.....the old dish antennae was attached to the fascia board and it rotted away....when I removed the dish it left a big hole so I taped it up till we can replace the board.....already bought the board (30 ft) just got to paint it & install it....gotta replace some of the plywood underneath also.....

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When will it end....I need to go fishing....

Wow!!! It looks like you got much accomplished today... but still have a bit left to do too. It will all be finished one day... at least that's exactly what I keep telling myself about all the huge projects I have going on. There's nothing you can do but just keep chippin' away at it until one day when you can sit back and look at it and be thankful that it's finally behind you.

Nice looking place brother.

best thing to do is just go fishing and get to the projects when you can, instead of vice versa. time you get thru with all the projects, you will be dead and I will have caught all your crappie :Rofl

Now I know what keeps you and Mrs Didi looking so young, HARD WORK AND LOTS OF IT! Thanks for the pictures and story Bruce but know I'm tired just from reading it!

Buddy I feel your pain or at least mine since I'm doing some of the same stuff. It does give one a sense of accomplishment and a good excuse to go fishing.
"gene"

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Buddy I feel your pain or at least mine since I'm doing some of the same stuff. It does give one a sense of accomplishment and a good excuse to go fishing.
"gene"

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Yes it does on the accomplishment part.....Didi said how can I feel so good and so bad at the same time.....Oh well...we did save $250....my old Sears reciprocating saw did the trick on the bushes....now, just got to haul it to the curb for Thursday trash pickup......

Clean up finished....now waiting for the rains to blow thru B 4 we tackle something else.....took down part of the fence to drag the stuff to the front (shortest distance between 2 points).....got a stump grinder guy coming tomorrow to give us a price on grinding 15 ligustrums and one copus palm stumps.....truck to the shop tomorrow....oil change and replace an oxygen sensor.....

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Great job Bruce and Didi, as I imagine she did more than her share. Now I wish mine was all done, but Linda keeps wanting to go fishing. It's hard to ignore her wishes.
"gene"

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Great job Bruce and Didi, as I imagine she did more than her share. Now I wish mine was all done, but Linda keeps wanting to go fishing. It's hard to ignore her wishes.
"gene"

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Thanks PPG.....Didi is a very hard worker....I would say Linda has all her priorities in the right place.....

Goodness that was a lot of work. I think you and Didi deserve a little break. :)

Boy Howdey you put in a good days work

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Goodness that was a lot of work. I think you and Didi deserve a little break. :)

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We will rest tomorrow....special day.....Friday having the house pressure washed($)....next Tuesday having the stumps ground up and the big oak tree trimmed($).....next, replace all the rotten fascia boards($)....and fishing soon as I get a chance....

Sounds like you have a plan, and we all love it when a plan come together.
"gene"

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Sounds like you have a plan, and we all love it when a plan come together.
"gene"

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I'll bet the boat he's drawn a few(plans) LOL

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I'll bet the boat he's drawn a few(plans) LOL

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you bet....a lot in pen & ink....from interstate bridges & highways, airports, reservoirs, dams, huge docks on the Mississippi River, fertilizer, petrochemical, chemical, and pharmaceutical plants.....control rooms and labs.....sorry, got carried away....couldn't resist.....

looks great, but i haven't seen ya on the water...i feel so guilty letting my honey dos go to catch fish...not ..lol..i save my task for late summer when its too hot and too many storms to go..hope to see ya soon.

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looks great, but i haven't seen ya on the water...i feel so guilty letting my honey dos go to catch fish...not ..lol..i save my task for late summer when its too hot and too many storms to go..hope to see ya soon.

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Hey Bob.....most of my fishing time is at Henderson because it is so close.....however, the wife & I did make a trip down south recently (Attakapas, Sherman, Cheramie areas) but only put 3 in the boat.....sure like the scenery there....hope to see you soon also......thanks for dropping in.....

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you bet....a lot in pen & ink....from interstate bridges & highways, airports, reservoirs, dams, huge docks on the Mississippi River, fertilizer, petrochemical, chemical, and pharmaceutical plants.....control rooms and labs.....sorry, got carried away....couldn't resist.....

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Is that a complete list? I new you did, but never new to what extent.

A book might be in order.

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Is that a complete list? I new you did, but never new to what extent.

A book might be in order.

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No book....I loved what I did at work but that is the past that I have put behind me.....my thoughts these days are strictly where and when am I going fishing.....

Bruce I understand about no book. Upon my retirement I was asked to work for a company that we did work for. My answer was "I didn't retire to go back to work". I had a great job and I loved it, but enough is enough. It's been 3 years now and I have just about forgotten all that I knew about what I did, not because of a bad memory, but because I don't want to clutter the little brain that I have. So many people live in the past but I always look forward towards tomorrow and pray that I get one.
"gene"

Here we go again.....this time, with both of us having aching backs, we hired someone to cut down all the small trees and poison ivy along the back fences.....took two of them most of the day including a 2 hour rain delay....we didn't want to fool with all that poison ivy anyway...

and PPG, the answer is no....there ain't no fish in that ditch.....that's from that deluge we had today.....

I bet JR could catch some GOO out of there. If you think that plenty water check out my yard down in Dularge. A little more and my son could launch his boat.
"gene"

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WOW......

Wow, Mr. Bruce, that's a lot of work for just one day and for just two people. I'm like Dwayne, I am completely worn out after just looking at the pictures. Next time just have a crawfish boil and invite a few folk over. The work will be much more enjoyable when shared with a few friends. If you don't believe me, just ask Tom Sawyer. He whitewashed a whole fence and hardly picked up a brush. LOL.

Update.....getting close to the end.....just a little each day.....with some time out for fishing....

Finally got the house painted (contractor)...
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Ligustrum stumps ground up...might be a good spot for tomato plants.....

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Added border & mulch...

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5 New plants around backyard patio....thinking about a patio cover over this area....

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Finished building a gate in the fence....

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relocated and re-potted this plant....

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Got the oak tree trimmed (contractor-stump grinder)...

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Backyard.....

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New table....old chairs to be painted....

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Looks great Bruce

​Nice looking place to relax and enjoy.

You've got it done my friend and it looks super. You deserve the rest of the year off to have some fun. I think I'll invite myself over to sip a mint julep, it does look inviting.
"gene"

I'll have a ........ beer....

Super nice Bruce, a job well done. I like your old metal signs, I have a few myself. On the back fence row you need some tomato and cucumber plants to finish it off.

I poked some onions around in some of my wifes flower beds