Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Man, I Could Use Some Phins......
I haven't been able to post much lately....work, work, work, work ad nauseum. Man, could I use a long weekend in Laughlin with about 500 of my best phriends. Wait.....is it already Phins weekend? Couldn't come at a better time. I'm going to lay around and listen to music for a couple of days.
Last week, I was out at Sam's Club when I came across a large pergola, marked down dramatically. I have an open spot in the yard that we've wanted to put something like that on for a while, so.......what's that? You don't know what a pergola is? Neither did I. It's one of these, and now I own one. But not until after some assembly required. They need to be more specific about some assembly required, don't you think? There's some assembly required, then there's heavy assembly required, then there's all assembly required, and then you have my pergola. It's more like:
Shitload of loose parts in gigantic box weighing 300lbs. Air compressor, pneumatic wrench, sawzall, forklift, paramedics and fire extinguisher required. Beer not included, and you'll need lots.
Friday night, TFMCD and I were hanging out with Wayners and Janners at Fins in Mesa, and the get together spilled over to their house with Bo and Brooklyn. Long story short, Wayners might have one or two or twelve too many. He agreed at some point during the evening to come over to my house Saturday and help me build the pergola. When he showed up at the Casa de Crime Dog the next day, he looked vaguely like he'd been beaten with a shovel and thrown from a roof. Needless to say, he wilted quickly in the 100 degree heat, and we sent him home. I think he only stayed as long as he did so he wouldn't throw up in his car on the way. We got a lot done before he crashed and burned, and I was able to finish up Sunday when I had a couple of guys to help lift it into place.
I planted a bunch of stuff Sunday afternoon as well. I had some vincas left over, and decided to pot them in a plant stand and flower pot I found in the garage. It looked real nice in the gazebo, next to the pool. That's where I failed to think it through.......
See, there's only one thing that can happen to a plant stand in a gazebo next to a pool. It can get knocked over. And when it is inevitably knocked over, there is only one place it can go. Yep, you guessed it.
Last night, it was so nice out that TFMCD and I decided to hang out by the pool and watch TV in the gazebo. I was in the pool when she backed up her chair, bumped the plant stand, and ....... you ever see what a couple of gallons of potting soil can do to a swimming pool? It looks like coffee, but with sticks and shit in it. Both pool filters filled up faster than Margaritaville on Freddy and the Fishsticks night. So, instead of chilling and relaxing, we spent the evening in an emergency pool-cleaning session. We set the record for the earliest pool shocking of the season.
So, a long weekend is just what the Doctor ordered. What doctor, you ask? Why, Doctor Feelgood, of course. See you there.
FLASH............FLASH..........FLASH
This just in to the Crime Dog Newsroom: Kobe Bryant is still an asshole.
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Last week, I was out at Sam's Club when I came across a large pergola, marked down dramatically. I have an open spot in the yard that we've wanted to put something like that on for a while, so.......what's that? You don't know what a pergola is? Neither did I. It's one of these, and now I own one. But not until after some assembly required. They need to be more specific about some assembly required, don't you think? There's some assembly required, then there's heavy assembly required, then there's all assembly required, and then you have my pergola. It's more like:
Shitload of loose parts in gigantic box weighing 300lbs. Air compressor, pneumatic wrench, sawzall, forklift, paramedics and fire extinguisher required. Beer not included, and you'll need lots.
Friday night, TFMCD and I were hanging out with Wayners and Janners at Fins in Mesa, and the get together spilled over to their house with Bo and Brooklyn. Long story short, Wayners might have one or two or twelve too many. He agreed at some point during the evening to come over to my house Saturday and help me build the pergola. When he showed up at the Casa de Crime Dog the next day, he looked vaguely like he'd been beaten with a shovel and thrown from a roof. Needless to say, he wilted quickly in the 100 degree heat, and we sent him home. I think he only stayed as long as he did so he wouldn't throw up in his car on the way. We got a lot done before he crashed and burned, and I was able to finish up Sunday when I had a couple of guys to help lift it into place.
I planted a bunch of stuff Sunday afternoon as well. I had some vincas left over, and decided to pot them in a plant stand and flower pot I found in the garage. It looked real nice in the gazebo, next to the pool. That's where I failed to think it through.......
See, there's only one thing that can happen to a plant stand in a gazebo next to a pool. It can get knocked over. And when it is inevitably knocked over, there is only one place it can go. Yep, you guessed it.
Last night, it was so nice out that TFMCD and I decided to hang out by the pool and watch TV in the gazebo. I was in the pool when she backed up her chair, bumped the plant stand, and ....... you ever see what a couple of gallons of potting soil can do to a swimming pool? It looks like coffee, but with sticks and shit in it. Both pool filters filled up faster than Margaritaville on Freddy and the Fishsticks night. So, instead of chilling and relaxing, we spent the evening in an emergency pool-cleaning session. We set the record for the earliest pool shocking of the season.
So, a long weekend is just what the Doctor ordered. What doctor, you ask? Why, Doctor Feelgood, of course. See you there.
FLASH............FLASH..........FLASH
This just in to the Crime Dog Newsroom: Kobe Bryant is still an asshole.
