Brian decided to start hunting this fall. When we were out to dinner with our friends the other week, the hunting discussion came up and the husband invited Brian to go turkey hunting at their camp, which they left for on Friday night. So, that was convenient.
Given this, I had no plans for the weekend, so I loaded up my “to do” list with a bunch of stuff and miraculously, I’m almost done with everything. I can get a lot done when I don’t have to leave the house. I’m not sure why I ever do.
Last night was Halloween, so, I had to watch something scary. I opted for the 2013 version of Carrie. Bonus: now I won’t get that godawful Europe song Carrie stuck in my head every time I view my Netflix list.
At any rate, I thought the movie was pretty good. From what I recall, I stayed pretty true to the original.
My rating: 3.5/5
Please note that this post does not have anything to do with teenage vampires. Or werewolves, for that matter. Rather, it is the result of not getting the garlic planted in my garden earlier in the month, when I took a day off work to do just that.
With the nice weather we’ve been having, I knew I’d have to commit to this task early in the week, lest I end up having to do it after the weather turns. So, I committed to planting the garlic today. I intended on leaving work a little early (or at least on time), but that did not happen. Still, I was able to get about half of the garlic planted before supper. I hurried up and ate and went back out, but it was getting dark already (and this fact isn’t going to improve after the weekend). But, I did manage to get all of the garlic planted.
Unfortunately, I have a bunch of other things that need to be done outside and it appears that I’m running out of time, but at least this task is done.
Brian and I finished installing the railing for the office porch yesterday. Whew! It turned out really nice, if I do say so myself. We ran out of time because we had a Halloween party to go to, so we were not able to install the hardware cloth around the base of the porch, but that’s a pretty small job so I’m sure we’ll be able to squeeze it in at some point before the snow flies.
As for the Halloween party–it was a costume one. This was the first time I wore a costume since I was a teenager. Not one for dressing up, I found an idea for a “selfie” costume, which Jake created for me. It turned out great! Brian went as a lumberjack (which, surprisingly, didn’t involve much of a change to his wardrobe) and Jake wore a red Morphsuit (which made him I don’t know what).
A couple of weeks ago we started to replace the back porch at the office. We’re making good progress, but it’s not quite done yet. All of the decking is down (including the trap door), so we can check that off the list. I finished patching the concrete in the brick columns yesterday, too. And, we started on the railing. It was a pain to figure out the first one, but I think the next three will go a lot more quickly now that we have the process figured out. But, that will have to wait till next weekend, because this is going to be a busy week.