For starters, Poppy & Nanny gave Jackson a playset for his birthday. It is sitting in our driveway, closely resembling a pile of scrap lumber. Being pre-owned, it was infested with bees & ants (by infested, I mean Ben killed upwards of 100 bees) and Ben not only had to use massive amount of bug killer but also had to fill in over 100 half-inch holes left in the wood thanks to the carpenter bees. We had long since given up our grand ideas to sand, stain & assemble the playset prior to the weekend, but as of 4 days prior to the party, it resembled a pile of over-sized lincoln logs that are scattered all over the driveway.
Earlier this summer, we decided to transplant the azaleas that were growing poorly against the back of the house, leaving a muddy 3 foot trench between the house & deck. In 1 week's time, Ben's graded, papered & filled in this space with 3" river rock. Hauling a ton of stone is no easy task but nothing gets that wheel barrow rolling like impending deadlines (and nagging wife).
And on my list, I've been wanting to sew a shade canopy to cover the pergola for several years now. It gets SO hot during the summer time and the lattice does not provide hardly any shade. Ben got some great performance fabric from work last year but I've been putting it off. The hotter it gets & the bigger I get, I've prioritize this little project. I had hoped to have all 3 panels finished & installed by the party but considering the temps were in the mid-90s, 2 out of the 3 was better than nothing!
And none of these projects factored the multiple hail storms & damaging winds into the equation. Check out this mess! All in all, everything that was absolutely necessary got finished by the big weekend, and the other things are still on the never-ending to-do list.
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