Never a Dull Moment

I am always amazed that I can find things to write about each month.  Although, Chris does not want me to blog about him hanging out of the scuttle hole in the ceiling when the ladder fell out from under him as he was climbing down, so I will have to focus on other interesting tidbits like the snake I found in the basement.  He must have just shed his skin because not far from him I found a snake skin that we were able to measure 42 inches long. Once again I found myself in the job of snake wrangler and armed with a broom and two sticks helped this one fine his way out of our basement. 

oooooo  snake

We had a rainy weekend and decided to work under cover and began working on the porch railing.  It took the whole weekend to figure out the how tos of installing a railing.  So we didn't make much progress, but we did finish it up over memorial day weekend.  It makes the porch feel so much bigger and gives the house a more finished look.  We decided that not a lot of people put in their own railings because the hardware store does not stock the parts in very big quantities.  To gather all the pieces we needed for this project we went to Lowes in the following cities: Sterling, Frederick, Winchester, Chantilly and Gainesville.  We finished an audio book with all that driving and every time we get in the car the kids say 'We aren't going to Lowes again are we?'

Front porch with railing.

Our beloved excavator, Ron, has been bringing in lots and lots of free dirt in the past weeks.  We think he is going to do our final grading any day now.  I sure hope so because I keep buying landscaping plants and I am afraid if I don't get them in the ground soon,  Chris is going to have a plant sale when I am not home.

New tennants

We have some new tenants here at Watermark Woods.  We have yet to run into them, but we are sure they have settled in as they have really spruced up the landscaping in their front yard.  Below is a photo of their place.

 

We have been working on the outside of the house bit by bit each weekend.  We have all but two walls up finished which just leaves the gables and the front angles.  Areas that are going to take a lot of time and certainly a lot of cuss words.



It is just a few days until the eggs begin hatching.  We have been candling the eggs to see inside and we think there are two 'yolkers' which are eggs that were not fertilized.  Several of the eggs we can see the network of blood vessels and the chicken moving.

We were able to get in a little target practice this weekend.  It was a lot of fun and a nice respite from all the construction work.  Zombies beware. LOL