The mess, that is. Remember the mess that The Teacher left on my patio table (since 2 days before Mother's Day)?? Well, I've been true to my word and haven't touched it. This past weekend, The Teacher did some work on the patio removing a fence/gate we put up around our firepit to prevent the wee ones from wiping out down the very hard, very sharp granite steps when they were little. Since it seems increasingly obvious that we are, likely, done having littles, we decided to take the gate down. This project required tools. Tools which, have been put into their cases (see red case below), yet have joined the art supplies:
and are also accompanied by a shop vac:
I must stress to you all that The Teacher is not a lazy man. In fact, he's one of the most driven men I know, and yet, he (we) continue to suffer from a serious of a case of leavemyshitallovertheplace, once again striking somewhere between puttingthingsintheircontainers and puttingcontainersawaywheretheybelong. I'm beginning to think we need professional help.
On the upside...I LOVE how open the patio looks without the gate (note to self..remember to take "before" pictures)..it used to run all along the front, essentially closing off the sunken fire pit from the rest of the patio. Its a lot harder to see where the stairs begin now..hope no one falls down!!!
Happy Hump Day, Everyone!!
~Bean
I love your patio area!
ReplyDeleteIf the condition lasts until Father's Day, will you feel obligated to pick it up? If you invite people over for Memorial Day, will the Teacher pick it up? Good luck during this period of healing. ;-)
Thanks, Jenski!! Actually, its funny you should mention that...yes, if we have people over he would definitely clean it up since the backyard is his realm...although it is totally conceivable that it might just migrate to one of my domains (i.e., kitchen or laundry room..or pretty much any other area in the house)...the saga continues!!! ;P
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