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I don’t get headaches very often.  Not the daily garden variety.   But today I have a doozy, parked right behind my eyes.  I am not sure if its mild dehydration from working in the garden this morning in the nice bright beautiful sun.  Or if its from the nice bright beautiful sun and no shades while working in said garden and its rays bouncing off the pool.  Or perhaps its from staying up until 3:00 a.m. watching “An American Werewolf in Paris”  I got sucked into the movie when I turned on the tv about 1am.  Not something I would have usually stayed on but I haven’t seen a good Zombie movie in quite a while and although this doesn’t really count as a zombie movie, well it was werewolves and bad science and lame plot and it was perfect for the 1 to 3 am slot.  So maybe the headache is lack of sleep.

As I sit here with the headache I can remember some blurb on NPR yesterday about the the FDA restricting Ibuprofen or was it Acetaminophen because of potential toxicity that can cause liver failure and even death.  Yea pretty sure its Acetaminophen.    At least I hope thats it cause I took a couple Ibuprofen.

Then again, my headache is starting to feel better,  the Ibuprofen helped.  Its either that or my overly perfumed headache just walked out the door.

Deck before/after

The deck was stained on Sunday and on Monday I got the table treated and stained
and Tuesday the six chairs.

Now the deck is ready for summer and lounging!

Before

 

After

Instant proof of the Summer lounging….Mary and Dana visiting over coffee.
(Well really its over a cigarette but gross coffee sounds so much better)

To Do List

And this is why the To-Do List is never ending.
Something new to deal with is always shattering my plan.

It is going to require a complete replacement.  *sigh*

Deck & Dogs

I got the deck stained today.  This is something I had been waiting for a couple dry days for and it all hinged on the “slight chance of drizzle” this morning to not hit in my own little weather zone and it didn’t.

Last year when the deck was new I did stain it twice.  The first time I bought this handy dispenser that you pour the stain in and “mop” it on.  It was a completely time consuming and very messy way to do it.  It was also the first time and the wood really soaked up the oil.  It took about 8 hours.  The next time I did it with a paint brush and on my hands and knees and again it took about 8 hours.

So last week when I went and bought the penetrating oil stain I was looking for an inexpensive disposable mop.  I found in the paint isle a paint sponge that I could screw a handle on.  I already had handles from painting so I picked it up and crossed my fingers that it would work as I wanted it to.

I stained the deck today in just over two hours.  I just poured the stain in a container that the painting sponge could fit in and mopped it on.  It worked fantastic.  Now to get the furniture and grill back on the deck and the wood table re-stained in black.  I love the wood deck and the wood table and if one weekend a year keeps them looking like this it is so worth it.

I will put before and after pictures up of the deck once I get the table done.

Because it went so quickly it gave me time to get some vacuuming and general house work done, since you know I didn’t do anything yesterday besides the marathon.  After that I went and picked up Sophie and took the dogs to the park for a walk as Katherine was in rehearsal, her show opens on Friday.

We did four laps, the dogs did more because I kept calling them back.  Here are some pics.  I love the one of Sophies ears flapping while running toward me.