Welcome to my Jungle...

 

Helloooo...I'm over here...behind the lens!

Don't go in there! Trust me...you may never come out!

I was MIA for the past two days and NO ONE came looking for me! Shame on ya'll...weren't ya'll worried about me? Yeah right!

This is what I tackled in the last 48 hours. For those who know me, you know I HATE to sweat. I dislike the sun. I HATE bugs. I dislike yard work. So for those who did not know that about me before I disclosed that information...I hope you still love me and what you are about to see is horrifying...(but with a good ending!)

Let me start from the beginning. Grilling season (my favorite season) has started so Thad and I purchased a new outdoor grill and barbeque pit. (We have to do that about every other year as we wear the heck out them.) Tuesday night, we decided to invite Mother-in-law over to eat a steak with us. Now look closely at this picture and what do you see WRONG with it?

Okay...I'll tell you what's wrong with our grilling and Q deck...

First of all, the wisteria has taken over the pergola and deck that one could hardly enter without being attacked by it's little feeders.

Secondly, see those little plastic chairs stacked on one another? They were rotten so even if we did get in there, we wouldn't have had anything to sit on!

Thirdly, there were wasps! Didn't I tell you that I HATE bugs?

The three of us had to sit on the back porch to grill some steaks. Pitiful I tell you. But let me add that the steaks came out great! :)

So I took off of work on Wednesday and Thursday and ventured into my jungle, turning our grilling deck into a more peaceful place to sit, cook and relax....

BEFORE: (Wednesday morning) eeewww!

AFTER: (Thursday evening) aaahhhh!

1. Pressure washed cement and all three decks

2. Replaced rotten plastic chairs with new metal & mesh chairs

3. Disposed of old grill and barbeque pit & added new ones

4. Trimmed wisteria and rerouted feeders towards the west

5. Pulled weeds and put fresh new cypress mulch

6. Got a MAJOR sunburn and used four cans of wasp spray

So let's continue around the deck...

BEFORE: (Wednesday morning) eeewww!

AFTER: (Thursday evening) aaahhhh!

1. Thinned the purple irises

2. Cut the philodendron

3. Cut the root spurts of the wisteria

Some more you ask? Okaaayyy...

BEFORE: (Wednesday morning) eeewww!

AFTER: (Thursday evening) aaahhhh!

(this pic makes me laugh as it looks like the deck is leaning over because the wisteria is so heavy...but I'm only standing on a hill!)

1. Cut the philodendron

2. Killed the ants and broke the ant pile (after they bit the s*** out of my feet and ankles)

3. Threw the bird house (full of wasps...used one can alone!)

errrr...didn't I mention that I HATE yard work? I almost threw in the towel here but I was almost through...

I bet you didn't believe me about us having to sit on the back porch to grill huh? Look, at this pitiful photo! You can see the new grill and our chairs still there from Tuesday night! (far left)

Just pitiful...look at that thing in the middle, is that a weed?

Now it's all nice and clean...heck we could grill and eat off of the wood! Now if Thad would only cut the grass! Oh wait, I forgot. He doesn't cut the grass...sister in law does but since it's her birthday weekend, I'll let her off the hook this week. However, the grass will still be waiting for her!  ;)

aaahhhhh!  Would anyone like to join me for steak tonight?

Maybe if you come, you can tell me what to put on my ant bites and my sunburn. And maybe you can convince Thad to start hiring someone to do this because we are getting too old.

Whoever said 38 is the new 28 can kiss my SORE butt! 

:) Thanks for sharing my last 48 hours...I hope you didn't get bit or stung. I really think I killed every bug in the whole 6 acres!

Hey! I think I see a can of wasp spray on the chair for just in case there is anything crawling or flying around!