Strabismus surgery

I just got home from eye surgery.  I've always had a

'lazy eye' (..the left eye...) and today, they fixed it.

They actually adjusted both eyes.  Kinda weird.  They

did most of the procedure while I was under, but they

woke me up to do the final adjustments.  Not very

painful at all but a little discomfort.  My eyes look like

hell though...the blood should be gone in a week or

two.  My face is a bit swollen as well (as should be

expected..).  Below is the picture I just took, about

2 or 3 hours after being under the knife.....

Happy Halloween!

Until next time....



Finished Deck....

Around 5 pm yesterday, in the blazing hot sun, I put the

finishing touches on the new deck.  I added the lattice below,

finished screwing down all the deck boards, and attached

a access panel for underneath storage on the deck.

Lessons learned:

1.  You never have enough decking screws...always buy twice as

much as you think you need.

2.  Don't build a deck during the summer....it's way too damn hot.

3.  Screw the budget....it never falls with in it.

After 3-4 days working in the hot sun, I did finish the project.

I woke up today to nice, cool 65 degree weather....perfect for

working outdoors....D'OH!

Until next time.....



September Vacation

September vacation....

Two days into my time off, I decided to rebuild

our deck.  Below is the before picture....

I removed all the old decking boards.  Then I replaced them with

new ones and put up a rail.  Then I added new stairs that were

relocated.  I'm still not done...I'm going to add lattice below

the deck tomorrow morning.

Up next:  recently we took in a neighborhood

cat who was pregeant.  Long story short:  she

had the babies.  The below pictures were

taken on the new deck.

You need a cat.

Until next time......