Springing Back to Life
Our patio has gone through many iterations over the past 29 years. When we first moved in, we were poor. Our budget was tight so we had to be content with the grass and shadowbox fences with the neighbors. We knew we always wanted a patio and saved up for it. I want to say we paid $1200 for a paver patio. We picked out the huge 18"x18" slate look pavers from Lowe's and got a patio set that was an ambitious size. It was nice to have a space to relax outside and have a little flower bed where our pooch would happily walk up to smell the flowers. After a year or two of constantly having people catch our eye as they walked their dogs or themselves, we said it was time for a fence with a gate. I think it was around $700 back then. Damn those prices make me nostalgic! Over the years, we had various outdoor area rugs, curtains on the fences to cover gaps, tropical hibiscus trees during our Hawaii years to remind us of our second home. ...
Yeah I am a lot more beat up than I even realized. Yoga sounds like a good option today. It is hard to get motivated to clean up the house and it's probably because the house is so cluttered. One of those vicious circle type of problems.
ReplyDeleteIf your garage sale falls through, I wonder if there's a place you could donate your hair products? We have a food bank in town that also takes random hygiene products for distribution when people are displaced from their homes.
ReplyDeleteI have to get to decluttering here too. It's crazy how much junk I have, and this summer I've got to pare it down. I keep saying I'm going to start in the kitchen tomorrow, and then not doing it. It's just so overwhelming, but I have limited time so I need to get to it.