spent august laying patio pavers in backyard & finished the first phase of backyard fencing (1/3 of yard fenced this year, will do the remainder of backyard next year & then side yard & eventually front as well). patio pavers went down easily, but didn't settle as level as i would have liked, but fine enough. eventually will remove them & reuse as pathway pavers when i add a deck to back.
exterior painting still in progress. last weekend broke down & bought a paint sprayer to finish the job (will also can use inside as well). will be able to finish exterior in no time now & curse myself for not buying earlier.
basement debris has all been cleared & removed. had a dumpster delivered in mid-aug & everything was hauled away, including 16 80-lb bags of concrete that got wet in basement last may & were unusable for foundation repair (of 50 bags originally delivered). also cleared out shed in backyard which was full of furring strips removed from exterior of house last year.
got a used washer/dryer set from relatives in michigan, mum & don delivered last weekend when they came for labor day weekend bbq. spent rest of weekend hooking them up.
3-sept. bbq day. weather cooperated until about 4pm, then storms came through. had about 20 or so friends & family at the house. was nice turnout.
4-sept. waay hungover from bbq ... friend chip from GR stayed for weekend @ the house. nice to catch up w/him after some 20 years. hit the wildwood flea market, got a couple paint-by-number paintings to add to my collection.
9-sept. heading to house after work. hopefully doesn't rain all weekend & i can get sprayer out to paint the house. may also stain/seal the fencing, though not sure yet on that.
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