Spring (kler) woes
and other fluff
It’s spring. I want to redecorate - my whole house. Instead of spring cleaning, I want to spring trash. Every year I redecorate - the patio. In recent years, I have replaced rugs and light fixtures in my home. I’m sick of my leather sectional. It takes up the whole living room. My poor man’s way of redecorating was always to rearrange the furniture, but I can’t do that with this monster. I sit on one end, and my husband sits on the other. The seating in between is uncomfortable. You can’t lie down on it without getting a curvature in the spine, and there’s no comfortable way we can sit next to each other (not that I’m a big cuddler if you’ve been following me).
And now I feel guilty for complaining.
As most Americans, and maybe humans, I am a consumer. Last post I talked about all of the great products and expert marketing strategies for anti-aging products for which I am a sucker. Confession, I got my home micro-needling kit (ouch!). And it’s time to schedule my semi-annual hydro-facial.
So many distractions, so little time.
Time to turn to the homestead. This weekend I ordered some peel-and-stick tiles to update my fireplace, Adirondack chairs for the porch, and a large planter for my patio. I also bought some interlocking deck tiles - not enough for my whole patio - just enough to try out and see if I want to buy more.
I live in a townhouse. It’s a small community with 20 units. I love where I live. The community backyard is adjacent to a wooded area. There are deer, fox, birds, and now the ospreys are back. I like being outside during the fair weather months.
I said I love where I live, and I do, but I don’t love being part of an HOA. We have a sprinkler system, and one of the pop-up sprinklers abuts my patio. I have been complaining for 23 years about the sprinklers “watering” my patio. Every morning the cushions on my furniture are soaking wet. The grading of the property causes the sprinkler water to remain on the patio, leading to mold. Because of this, I previously had interlocking tiles so the water could drain through.
Last year, I decided I wanted to get rid of the tiles, so I had the patio power-washed. It looked great for about a month. Every year I complain about the soaking, and every year, the lawn care company comes and says they readjusted the sprinkler so that it won’t target my patio. Still happens. One year, I pulled the sprinkler thingy out of the ground I was so frustrated.
That’s a long explanation of why I bought a large rectangular planter as a buffer between the sprinkler and my morning coffee happy place.
No big lessons yet. Stay tuned for updates.
You need to protect your coffee happy place at all costs!