Sometimes, you just can't win

Hi there, do you have a second to answer a question about poor people?

We're kind of busy but okay.

 Do you know any poor people?

 Oh heavens no. We only know and hang out with hard working people who save and contribute to society.

But poor people work hard and contribute a lot to society and they pay a bigger percentage of their income in taxes than most wealthy people do.  

Well, if they're working and they pay a bigger percentage of the income in taxes, then they're not so poor after all, are they.  They just need to make better decisions on how they live and not spend all their money so quickly.  They need to save it instead of spending it.  But you know what?  If they can save money, then they're making too much and they should have a pay cut, the greedy bastards.  Now leave us alone so we can go sailing on our yacht.

Nearly there

Our outdoor spring project of replacing the old fence on the side of our yard is nearly done.

We tore out the old fence that had been shaded by trees for years. 

It had been beaten down by falling tree limbs and it was rotten in places so it needed to go.  So we knocked it down and took out all the rotted fence posts.  Then we started putting in the new fence.

I used the old fence posts for a guide and if possible I put new posts in the exact places of the old ones.  Some were easier to get in than others were.

After a bit of fussing and arguing and with a bit of help from our neighbor, we got the first post in, then the second one, and then the first eight foot section.  

I was able to use an existing post, so the second section went in pretty smoothly, with the help of my friend Keith.

The third section went in after a few days delay due to rain and a cold snap.  We have to have a gate at the bottom of the fence so I can get the mower in and out easily, so I had to put in a shortened section, another post, and then the gate, which I'm still working on.  

Even with the remaining adjustments needed to the gate, I was able to go ahead and paint the fence yesterday.  

It looks pretty darn good and it's miles better than what used to be there.  This fence should last years and years longer than the old one due to not having trees near it.  We had the pecan tree cut that used to shade the old one and our deck and the neighbor had the old diseased maple on his property cut.  

One project down, many more to go.  Oh, the joys of home ownership.

I see hard labor in my future

We bought a pallet of flat rock the other day.  It was delivered yesterday.  I see myself carrying a few of these at a time to Sparky who will be stacking them.  Pictures to follow sometime soon.