Project: Front Yard Lawn Part 1

We install our new sod today.

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3 pallets arrived and we had our work cut out for us.

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Gino and I started just moments after the sod was delivered at 11:45 a.m and by 12:30 we had the south side almost finished.

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Just after I took the above photo our neighbor to the north arrived to help and I was out of a job.
Actually with 3 people working on it, the job gets done a lot faster.

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By the time we finish the south side our other neighbor from across the street came over to help with our sod project.
I still had work to do. I kept the pallets of grass wet, unloaded sod while the men laid it, kept the edges from drying out, and kept the men hydrated too!

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By 4:30 the front yard sod was down!

THANK YOU! Neighbors!
(without their much appreciate help Gino and I would still be out laying sod)

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Looks great!

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Walking around looking across the yard from the driveway.

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The extra grass in the curbed areas will not stay there, just keeping it moist.

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Trimmed up and rolled out.

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It’s finished… on to the next project!

Smashing Cans

To earn extra spending SAVING money, Isabel smashes aluminum cans just the way I did when I was growing up!

She fills a garbage can with smashed cans and then we take the can to they recycle center. We’ve taken the filled garbage can twice (since she agreed to collect) and has gotten as high as $12+ for her smashed cans.

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She’ll have some money in her pocket to save.

Good Guys 27th Pacific Northwest Nationals And Car Show

This weekend was the Good Guys Car Show at the fairgrounds. We choose today to go, to beat the crowds.

It was a great day, warm with a breeze to keep the heat down. Enjoy!

 

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The first car we see and I don’t even notice that it’s a “bug”!
That’s cool!

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Corvette.
Didn’t get the year on this one.

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Our first purple car and Isabel is in love.
It’s purple and it’s cool.

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International Scout 4X4.

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1939 Ford Roadster, now I was in love!…
and this pearl yellow baby was for sale!  Asking price of about $70,000!

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An odd green but it’s beautiful and the truck floor bed was wood. Sweet!

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We thought this was odd; it had Mustang rims.

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Some of the many cars from the show.
Not as many as the time that we went in 2012.

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Cobra!
This car was nice!

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Gino said his Dad owned one of these.

We took a tropical ice break to cool down and rest our hot feet and while we rest… the cars drive by.

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Look at the trunk on that thing!

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Cruising by in Chevrolet. Didn’t get the year.

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This is really long!

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Isabel wanted to show off her cherry tropical ice tongue!
She was hoping it would stay this red forever.

Now back to the show…

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This 1956 Ford F100 was sweeeet!

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1937 Ford in grey.
The front windows opened, I thought that was cool.

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She saw only a few cars in purple and this one was another one of her favorites
or at least the purple part.

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1950 Ford F-1 custom pickup truck with a 1982 Corvette rear end.
Chrome accents.

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Chrome under the hood.

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Front end of the 1950 custom Ford F-1 pickup.
We like it!

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Another beauty for sale. The paint was gorgeous.
She can be yours for $54,000!

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The front end intrigued me and finding the name of this car was game of hide and seek!
Do you spot the name? Do you know what kind of car it is?

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This car has a whole different style to it and it’s a… Studebaker Commander!
Very interesting! I wish I would have gotten the year!

Project: Front Yard Curbing Part 2

This morning the curbing guy came back out and stained and sealed the curbing in the front.

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This curbing close-up looks O.K., but needs to be darker.

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Looking at the curbing from here you can see the blotchiness.
Gino says it looks purple. I say it needs to be darker.

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The “jellybean” is splotchy and looks terrible.

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Looking across the yard toward the southwest.

In this picture you can see that the color around the new curbing is not the color of the existing curbing (far left). The curbing guy will return on Monday and maybe we can get a closer match.

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I remembered to get the south side of the front yard!

The side on the left of the curbing will be grass and the side on the right will be a row of evergreen plants or some type of shrub. It’s still in the planning phase.

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A view from across the street looking east.

I can’t get the whole yard unless I stand in the neighbors yard and even then I get most of the street.

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Close-up of pattern, color and seal.
Blotchy and not the right color.

Project: Front Yard Curbing

The curbing guys came on Tuesday but I was unable to get out and get pictures because the next 2 days it rained!

So tonight I was able to get out and get some photos of what our new front yard will look like.

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Looking southwest over the whole front yard and the new curbing.

The tree curbing (in the foreground) will be filled with rock.

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Looking south toward our “jellybean”.

This new “jellybean” will be filled with dirt and then plants.
We haven’t really decided yet, so it’s still in the planning phase.

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Looking northwest toward the “jellybean” and street light pole curbing.

The curbing around the street light and tree (on the far left) will be filled with rock.

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Looking north from the top of the driveway.

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Detail of the new curbing, the pattern is very close to the original curbing
we had put in back in May of 2009 by another guy. Hopefully we can get the color to match.

BTW! Sorry… I forgot to get pictures from the south side front yard curbing. I will make sure to get pictures after we get the color and seal added.

Vacation Bible School – Wilderness Escape 2014 – Day 5

Today is day 5 of VBS and it’s the final day.

Isabel didn’t have much to say about her day at VBS when I picked her up. Other then she had gotten hit in the eye when they were singing. She’s fine.

The Bible Point for today:

Rocky the Badger says “God guides us, so… trust God!”

Today they…

  • the “mystery” picture was revealed and it was Moses. Isabel had guessed it right!
  • no crafts or games today.
  • Pastor S. and his “helpers” did get they help they needed in their skit.
  • ate S’mores.
  • Bible verse for today; “I will bless the Lord who guides me.” Psalm 16:7.
  • heard about God giving Moses the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 20).
  • ended the day with watching a Veggie Tales movie.