My mom sent me this picture of the planter wagon I got her for Mother’s Day. She now has plants in it and has placed it on her front deck.
I just got home from Mom and Dad’s. Dad grilled ribs.
Shortly after I got there, Dad handed me this box and said he got it for me. At first, I thought it was a box of M&M’s, but then I opened it. Guess I’ve been talking a bit about my two new hobbies, collecting 1/24 scale diecast cars and watching NASCAR races.
It’s still not much of a collection yet, but now I have three cars to show. The new car is a Pontiac Grand Prix.
Maybe it was the return of NASCAR on Sunday. Yesterday I was very productive and today I’m pretty motivated. Things just feel more in place now. I always had an interest in racing, but never really followed the sport. I think that’s going to change, at least until baseball comes back.
I look forward to the next race.
The race is on. The drivers, pit crews and everyone who has a job at the track are all wearing masks and everyone is keeping their distance.
It was evening by the time I got gas for my mower yesterday and I was burned out. So, I thought I would finish the lawn today. No can do. It was sunny and dry yesterday, but today it’s raining like a bitch.
The Farmall clock is what I got my dad for his birthday, which was Sunday. The clock didn’t arrive until Tuesday and I gave it to him yesterday.
Yesterday, my dad and I measured to see how much I’ll need to get my patio back to it’s old size. So, hopefully we’ll be doing that soon. I’ve been wanting the patio back since I bought the house. The patio will be the first project I do on my property. I don’t want to do anything else until I get my patio back.
It’s really cool owning this joint now. There are a bunch of things I can do that I couldn’t do when I was the tenant. I have several ideas in mind. One idea is, I want to build a bar into this wall in my kitchen and have stools there, and get that little table out. I think it would make my kitchen roomier.
Someday, I might expand the kitchen and bathroom. I’ve had some thought about building a garage. And so on.
People have told me that homeownership isn’t all that great and renting is easier. I disagree. Homeownership is wonderful.
Remember last May when I hit a big rock with the lawnmower I’d had for about fifteen years. Since that mishap, there had been a hole in the deck of the mower. Whenever I mowed, shit would be flying at me. Several of my shirts have holes in them from this.I was going to buy a new mower, but my dad bought one for me. Today I started using it for the first time.
It’s a good mower, but I ran out of gas and my can is empty. So, now I gotta wait till someone can take me to get gas.
Got it together, took it to the store my mom works at and gave it to her there. Came home with a case of beer and hotdogs.
While a Tiger 2012 game is on in the background, I’m putting together my mom’s Mother’s Day gift. It’s not easy, given that there are some small parts that I have trouble seeing, but I’m getting it together.
Today is also my dad’s birthday.
I started collecting 1/24 scale diecast cars. So far, I have a 1964 Ford Mustang and a 1970 Buick GSX. My goal is to get diecast versions of real cars that I love and wish I owned. I’m going to get shelves under the big picture of Detroit that’s in my office and I’m going to fill the shelves with these diecast cars.
