i am either on the phone or wielding a shovel

Mar 23, 2012

We found an arm in the pile of leaves we raked. A little freaky until we figured out where it came from. Yesterday, this poor child stood outside in the elements her last day. I’m not sure why outside products are manufactured that disintegrate if you leave them outside! I felt a little bad putting her in a garbage bag since she did such a good job guarding the plants in the back yard the last couple years, but seriously, this chick has seen better days. She won’t be replaced with anything even similar.

The child statue wasn’t the only thing that bit the dust. Even covered, gas grills don’t last forever outside in the Ville either. Perry and Coty made certain every grate of the new grill got dirty, spreading 7 burgers over a cooking area that claims to hold 45. Just putting that out there… not complaining or anything! Our first spring burger on the grill was incredible!

And for something pretty cool…

Branding 10,000 Lakes is a project by Nicole Meyer. Here’s what she says, “Lake logos have a tendency to be, well, fairly ugly. This project was created to rethink what they could be. One Minnesota Lake. One Logo. Every day. Should only take a little over 27 years to hit ’em all. Stay tuned and enjoy!” Now she doesn’t have a committee to create for or a panel to please — she’s just designing logos. And, I like them. Every. Single. One. Check it out, and have an amazing Friday!