great weekends can also include work

Sep 27, 2022

If I were to rate this past weekend on a 10 scale, it would’ve been above a 7. And there was a LOT of work done outside.

Bye bye playset!

The sellers have kids and had a playset in the middle of the back yard here. Free to a good home, the queen of dumpster diving, NaLona, was the first to jump on it. She enlisted brother, Tim, to help disassemble it enough for transport.

NaLona and Tim

They about came to blows over how it should be done. My money was on NaLona. 🙂

Then came the big guns… the calvary to the rescue.

the swing set calvary

The dump is almost to disappear.

The sellers also used the edge of the woods as a dump. From tires and fencing to tarps and chairs — everything broken or unused was pitched over there. The dumpster diving crew hauled off one load of items they found valuable and should be back today for yet another load. We’re getting there!

Perry got the door open on the outside wood furnace (in addition to regular heating and air, the floors have radiant heat powered by it) and cleaned it up a bit. And then he fixed fence.

Perry fixing fence

When you’ve got a good boss, anything is possible.

To complete a great weekend, you only need to throw in a your favorite people.

Ben & Colette

TIL (Today I Learned): Out of 465 documented cases of medical self-experimentation, 8 cases resulted in the self-experimenter’s death. 7 resulted in their winning a Nobel Prize. Another 5 won a Nobel for unrelated work.