Finally, A Shed

A shed for our growing collection of lawn care and gardening tools equipment was high on the list of 'things to do' here at La Maison des Poulets. 

(Yeah... I know I said I would no longer have to do lawn mowing, but somehow my plans went awry)

We flipped and flopped as to what kind of shed (build it ourselves or buy one) because of the area where it will be located.  We wanted it to look nice but be functional.  But most of all, it needed to accommodate items that were unnecessarily taking up space in the garage.  And it had to meet the Homeowner's Association guidelines.

In the end, we opted for a resin (plastic) shed that would do the job.  And the one we chose comes with a 10 year limited warranty.  I take that to mean if it fails on the last day of the warranty, the cost of it's warranty replacement will be calculated by dividing its original cost by 3,650 days minus one.  So in this case the company would give us a prorated refund of $0.22. 

But hey, if I built my own, my warranty would be 'Zero.'  So we probably made the right decision.

It came in a box and was set up and functioning as a shed before the day was over. Judy and I assembled it ourselves.

Take a look.

I will be mounting some hangers and hooks to hold most of the stuff off the floor.

Next project: our outdoor kitchen...

More Concrete Makes For More Patio

Back when the house was being built we could not for the life of us make a good decision on what to do with an area between the house, the porch and where the New Coop (outdoor kitchen) would go .  So, as expected, nothing good comes from indecision.  Sure enough the area was unusable. 

So we finally called the concrete guys and they took care of it.  It really turned out well and instantly made our porch/patio/outdoor kitchen area more like what we really needed all along.

More photos will follow as we get it completely finished.

Visit From Texas Friends

February 2018 started off with a visit from eight of our long-time friends in Texas.  We really had a great time visiting, but we made sure we all had plenty to eat and drink.  We may be living in another state now but it didn't take long for the food and drink to start its magic for having a good time.

Lots of photos were taken and although it was hard, I edited out as many of them as I dared so we would not bore people with too many 'happy-smiley photos.'

I combined them into a video that should pretty much tell the story.

Enjoy

Texas Comes to Covington