Well today I spent the day outside cutting down the ugliest tree in the entire world, well actually it was a spawn of a bigger tree so I guess that would make a spawn of the ugliest tree in the world. The tree is on the property line of my neighbor and ours. I told them last year that i was going to cut it down so in the fall I went over there with a drill and a 10 inch drill bit and some killzall. I drilled a few holes in the tree and then today I chopped that punk down. With the help of my Old Man's tree cutting utensils, chainsaw and axes, I was able to cut down 1 and 1/2 Chinese Elms that stood over 50 foot. It was quite fun. If you would have been there to see me you all probably would have been sick with the thought of me killing myself with all of the stupid things that I was doing. Swinging the chainsaw through the branches like a mad man. After I was all done cutting it down the neighbor kid had come home from school and so I paid him ten bucks to help me clean up all the branches.
I kept some of the bigger branches intact so that I could attempt to make some patio furniture with them. I went and talked to my neighbor after I got home from my couples PTSD clinic, and let him know what I was planning on doing with the other tree and that I wasn't going to put up the fence until I was ready to build a whole new fence, after I take out the hindrances on the fence line it should be a breeze.
Even though I spent the whole day doing hard labor it was refreshing to know that I was actually accomplishing something on the house to make it more along the lines of the ideas i have for it. My next goal is the front yard and the sprinkling system. I have read quite a few books on the whole thing and so I am confident in my abilities in being able to accomplish the task. I only have to wait for the Blue Stake people to come out and mark out all of the utilities so that I don't go chopping through anything that I'm not supposed to be chopping.
I have some pretty grand ideas for this little house of ours. Hopefully my body continues to work with me and allow me to work on all of my ideas. After the trees are cut down there shouldn't be too many other things that are quite so labor intensive, until I start on the garage. My neighbor also told me that he wants to lop down the Satan Tree that all these little spawnlings have come from. That will be a treat let me tell you. This monster of a tree is about 6 feet in diameter at the base. That is going to be awesome, but after i have that tree cut then I will have a table top and some chair seats for my patio furniture. Completely weather proof and durable for anything.
Moving from an apartment to a house has had some real eye openers for me. The fact that whenever something would break in the apartment you would have to go and tell the management that it was broken and then would have to get the lazy duffers that are supposed to be fixing these things to come over and fix it. That could be a lengthy process. One time imparticular I remember that it took those goofballs about 3 days to come and fix the light fixture that all they had to do was replace the plastic cover.
In a house it is all up to me to fix things so it only takes as long for the problem to get fixed as it does for me to get fed up with the problem and haul out to the good ol' Home Depot or Lowe's to get the parts I need and fix whatever it is that needs fixing. I am lucky that I have a dad like mine that knows how to take care of most of the things that I have problems with and can't figure out by myself. I would like to believe that I am Superman and can do anything without the help of anyone and that there are no limits to the things that I can do. There is some truth to that but sometimes even Superman needs a little help from The Justice League.
I am starting to really take off in the yard, finding out that any yard work puts me at ease. Even if it is cutting down a giant of a tree. Being able to make things into the visions that I have and be the cause of those visions coming true is really exhilarating. If everyone in the world could find something that makes them feel at ease no matter the circumstances and figure out a way to get paid for that. The world would be a lot happier of a place.
I kept some of the bigger branches intact so that I could attempt to make some patio furniture with them. I went and talked to my neighbor after I got home from my couples PTSD clinic, and let him know what I was planning on doing with the other tree and that I wasn't going to put up the fence until I was ready to build a whole new fence, after I take out the hindrances on the fence line it should be a breeze.
Even though I spent the whole day doing hard labor it was refreshing to know that I was actually accomplishing something on the house to make it more along the lines of the ideas i have for it. My next goal is the front yard and the sprinkling system. I have read quite a few books on the whole thing and so I am confident in my abilities in being able to accomplish the task. I only have to wait for the Blue Stake people to come out and mark out all of the utilities so that I don't go chopping through anything that I'm not supposed to be chopping.
I have some pretty grand ideas for this little house of ours. Hopefully my body continues to work with me and allow me to work on all of my ideas. After the trees are cut down there shouldn't be too many other things that are quite so labor intensive, until I start on the garage. My neighbor also told me that he wants to lop down the Satan Tree that all these little spawnlings have come from. That will be a treat let me tell you. This monster of a tree is about 6 feet in diameter at the base. That is going to be awesome, but after i have that tree cut then I will have a table top and some chair seats for my patio furniture. Completely weather proof and durable for anything.
Moving from an apartment to a house has had some real eye openers for me. The fact that whenever something would break in the apartment you would have to go and tell the management that it was broken and then would have to get the lazy duffers that are supposed to be fixing these things to come over and fix it. That could be a lengthy process. One time imparticular I remember that it took those goofballs about 3 days to come and fix the light fixture that all they had to do was replace the plastic cover.
In a house it is all up to me to fix things so it only takes as long for the problem to get fixed as it does for me to get fed up with the problem and haul out to the good ol' Home Depot or Lowe's to get the parts I need and fix whatever it is that needs fixing. I am lucky that I have a dad like mine that knows how to take care of most of the things that I have problems with and can't figure out by myself. I would like to believe that I am Superman and can do anything without the help of anyone and that there are no limits to the things that I can do. There is some truth to that but sometimes even Superman needs a little help from The Justice League.
I am starting to really take off in the yard, finding out that any yard work puts me at ease. Even if it is cutting down a giant of a tree. Being able to make things into the visions that I have and be the cause of those visions coming true is really exhilarating. If everyone in the world could find something that makes them feel at ease no matter the circumstances and figure out a way to get paid for that. The world would be a lot happier of a place.
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