Cute. But Psycho. Things Even Out.

quote by happy bunny.

Wednesday was another boring day. Didn't do too much.

Hubby went to pick up our new railings for the new deck on Thursday, August 20. Total cost for the railings thus far $3400. Which is more than the cost of our 3-car garage that we built 8 years ago. And we still need to get the railings for the steps.

We also picked up the shining-spanking painted topper for our pickup. Yippee! It matches the grey of our truck perfectly. This will be so much more convenient to take the dogs with us. It was hilarious to get all the dogs loaded in the back of the truck with the topper, only to realize that we had left the windows open between the truck & topper-the dogs (with Harriet in the lead) blithely jumped through onto the back seat of the truck! I almost peed myself laughing!

It rained so hard at about 3AM that it hailed. Isabelle got up and ran downstairs to the basement for her safe-spot. The lightning seemed to explode right outside our bedroom window.

On August 21, Friday morning when Tim got here to help, I offered my assistance in unloading the railings onto the deck. However, hubby got carried away with pitching them up from the pick-up bed that he hit me on the back of the head with one. Blistering him with obscentities, I ran into the house & barely was able to get an ice pack on it before everything went blurry. He ran into the bathroom, all apologies.

Driving up to George Bouten's to pick up the cedar wood for the deck re-model, we take Isabelle & 'Lil Bit in the Helicopter Support truck along with the shop trailer. Talk to George for while; looked at all his new buildings. He has built a new house for his sister and a new lean-to for ALL the vintage antique tractors that he collects. He also constructed a new forklift from a turn-of-the-century vehicle. Driving up the 2 mile dirt road through the woods to his 250 acre farm with rolling hills is like stepping into a past century! So relaxing.

Stopped at home to off load the cedar wood and talk to Tim about the deck. He almost has the front deck done. He is fast! Like a Liger. However he found that the railing company cut the front posts too short. Hubby will have to talk to them to get it fixed.

Then off later to pick up trees & plants at Riverview Landscape Company. Hubby remembers that he has to stop at the industrial center to pick up some parts for repair. We detour over there. I walk 'Lil Bit who has come with us. All the other dogs had been in the garage most of the day while Tim worked on the deck. They decided to stay home to run & play.

Ryan at the Landscape Company has our trees all balled up for us as we arrive. He hefts them onto the back of the trailer as easily as picking up a stick! What muscles.

On the way out of Hayden, hubby felt the need for an iced drink. We stopped at an unusual latte stand, only to see a Schipperke! It looked very similar to Bravo & we asked the girl where she had gotten it from - "One-Eye Jack in Spirit Lake bred some," she replied! TJ, the dog is also the same age as Bravo and a Schipperke-Eskimo mix. It appears we have found Bravo's litter-brother!

When I got home, I managed to do 3 loads of dog bed laundry; make pubhouse beer battered halibut; and bake 2 loaves of banana nut bread; in addition to doing 1.5 hours on the elliptical!