So I was home this weekend and I managed to get my patio poured in my backyard. It has bee na busy and expensive summer for the yard as I just paid $2600 for dirt and sod fopr the front and sides of my house(remember my house is 72 feet long) and I paid another $1700 for final dirt in the back yard(remember my yard is another 150ft long by 50 foot wide. I haven't done sod in the back as I wasn't sure what I was planning on doing back there yet and no sense throwing good money after bad.
So the guy that did my dirt, a really nice guy named Don agreed to do my patio as well. I was pouring cement back there and the pad ended up being aprox 500 sq ft 17 x 23 feet to be exact. Don enlisted the help of his son and sons friends who happen to work for a concrete place. The end result was the pad got poured on Saturday and now I have a huge patio in the back! and it looks awesome! They did a bang up professional job. And on top of that they charged me only $5000 for everything. I got quotes from others and they wanted $8000-10,000 for that pad. So needless to say I made out like a bandit!
Hats of to my buddy Cathy who has been taking care of my place the last while, She has been nursing the grass and keeping the place in order. I do have to keep her creative mind stimulated with choclate and liquor so she doesn't go off planting big flower gardens though!
Now that the fall is coming along Starting next week I will be home every weekend up until Christmas.I find that weeks go by so fast when I travel home on the weekends. I am also finding I am a lot more relaxed when I go home on the weekends than staying here. Something about being in your own digs I guess.
I plan on heading down to North |Dakota this weekend and do a lil shopping. Something I haven't done in a while inj the USA.I miss the Super Walmart's there and the The Targets etc. I have noticed it is not much cheaper there for many things now. Matter of fact when you count in the gas, exchange rate and hotel, I really am not saving much at all. I do need to pick up my Prilosec which is not sold across the counter in Canada. It is a ac id reflux medicine that I have been taking for years since working in Wyoming. I also need to buy the candy for the counter and my desk. The big 4lb bags go a long way and are dirt cheap there. Some electronics are cheaper as well, but most are at par as they are made over seas so there is no deal.
I think the big thing is just getting away for the weekend shopping will be a nice a break.
Work wise , not much has changed here. I have become more tolerant to the inexperience and incompetence I deal with on a day to day basis. I guess I figure there is no sense me worrying about things when the client or PMT aren't. I have enough grey hair that I don't need more.
Weight wise I am hovering around the 244 mark again. I think If can get motivated and push hard the next month, I can break the 240 barrier and head towards the 230 barrier. !0 lbs a month is very achievable as long as I focus and have some self control. The good thing is my weight maintenance is good, I am not gaining weight when eating normally. That's a good sign. If i can loose a few more lbs and stay in teh same range when I eat normal then my body is adjusting as well as myself being more active. It all goes hand in hand.
Until next time.....
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