ruadisneyfan2
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 20, 2006
I love these 3-check months! Too bad that our regular, every day use cc is on the high side so we'll have to send around $400 of it to our cc bill. Oh well, could be worse I guess. Dh found someone selling used bricks so he bought them and then found more and made a huge back patio for us. It turned out pretty good. (With some help from his concrete-working buddy.) The concrete that was out there before was very small, cracked and looked terrible. He pulled out a shrub I loved but also pulled out a nasty bed of ivy from the previous owner which had eventually filled with weeds too. The whole area looks so much brighter and cleaner. Now there's plenty of room for our grill, chairs, and firepit. Also much easier access to the outdoor faucet for setting the sprinkler. So much usable space.
We found some rocking chairs that remind us of the back patio of the Beach Club that we loved to sit in when we stayed there.
I'm watching them for now and hoping they go on sale later in the season. This will be as close as we can get to a Disney fix for a long time.
We're not big on sitting outside a lot; it's buggy and I have awful allergies, but this is a big improvement. It all started from dh getting done work every day at noon and being bored and deciding to do a project.
He'll be working OT this Sat & Sun which is the first OT since covid began.
This will more than make up for the patio expenses.
My work is gradually getting busier. We are at around 90% capacity right now. They still are social distancing in the waiting rooms but it's becoming difficult with so many patients in our dept at one time. It's just too much imho. I'm back to being exhausted when I get home.
Ds20 started welding school in mid June. (It can open because technically it's a training center, not a school.) He loves it but it's very challenging. He also started a new PT job at a gas/service station close to home. In NJ, it's illegal to pump your own gas. LOL. So ds is pumping gas. Same station my brother worked at in the early 80s but different owners. Their gas is a good $0.40/gal higher than anyone else so he only pumps for around 3-4 cars and the rest of the time is "wrenching" as he calls it: Learning to replace brake pads, tires, belts, etc. He loves cars so the fact that someone is willing to pay him to learn all of this is like giving wine to an alcoholic. He loves the variety too. It's not the same mundane repetitive thing over and over. Yet.
@imbatman
Sending you hugs Honey! Hope you feel good soon!
We found some rocking chairs that remind us of the back patio of the Beach Club that we loved to sit in when we stayed there.
I'm watching them for now and hoping they go on sale later in the season. This will be as close as we can get to a Disney fix for a long time. We're not big on sitting outside a lot; it's buggy and I have awful allergies, but this is a big improvement. It all started from dh getting done work every day at noon and being bored and deciding to do a project.
He'll be working OT this Sat & Sun which is the first OT since covid began.
This will more than make up for the patio expenses. My work is gradually getting busier. We are at around 90% capacity right now. They still are social distancing in the waiting rooms but it's becoming difficult with so many patients in our dept at one time. It's just too much imho. I'm back to being exhausted when I get home.
Ds20 started welding school in mid June. (It can open because technically it's a training center, not a school.) He loves it but it's very challenging. He also started a new PT job at a gas/service station close to home. In NJ, it's illegal to pump your own gas. LOL. So ds is pumping gas. Same station my brother worked at in the early 80s but different owners. Their gas is a good $0.40/gal higher than anyone else so he only pumps for around 3-4 cars and the rest of the time is "wrenching" as he calls it: Learning to replace brake pads, tires, belts, etc. He loves cars so the fact that someone is willing to pay him to learn all of this is like giving wine to an alcoholic. He loves the variety too. It's not the same mundane repetitive thing over and over. Yet.
@imbatman
Sending you hugs Honey! Hope you feel good soon!
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