Passed the NC Real Estate Exam first attempt. Whoot! Got on
a plane and flew to Alaska the next day. Got to share a Mexican dinner with my
Alaskan women friends. So far, this has been the most beautiful summer I’ve
experienced since arriving in 2006. Greg says it’s easily the best in ten
years. Lots of sunshine and warm temps. Not too much wind. Just lovely.
Project Number One: putting a deck on the front of the
house. We went back and forth on the design and (finally) came up with one we
both loved. It is a BIG deck! Ten feet wide the fifty-foot length of the house.
Only minor injuries—ever-present cuts and bruises (one especially pronounced on
my left cheek…and I’m not talking about face.)
Got a good start on prepping the yard for seeding. DW rented
a bulldozer last Saturday and scraped and contoured. He dug up twenty trees we
wanted to save. Karma moved several wheelbarrows of rock under the deck for
drainage. Sunday evening Greg and I re-planted the twenty spruce and birch
trees along with three lilacs I bought in celebration of our getting all the
floor boards down on the deck. It rained on Monday so I think they all may make
it.
We have company arriving Friday from Georgia. Still need to
stain deck, as well as add railing and steps into house. That will just have to
wait until we are done spoiling our company. Cooler temps and overcast skies
have been the norm for the last ten days. Am hoping the sunshine and warm temps
return to welcome the cheechakos.
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