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. ...
This week went by super fast but I am not complaining at all about that. So glad it's the weekend and happy that we made it to October!
ReplyDeleteWhat a week...glad it's behind all of us now. Just came back from a long drive in the country with the dogs. First time I've gone the long route in quite a while. It's a wee bit too chilly though with the windows open and no real change of colors yet. We're due in about 2 weeks so I'll take them out there again. I'm doing laundry today and putting together a neat little table I bought. The rest of the weekend is typical stuff with grocery shopping and work. I'd say doing house stuff but I make no promises at this point. LOL And I WILL make my banana bread today (she said for the past three weeks)!
ReplyDeleteHave a super duper weekend! =o)