Malia put on her owns socks the other day while getting ready to go too the park for a run and some playground time. She put dads socks on her feet and her socks on her hands, dads socks could be leg Warmers silly girl(she gets that from her momma). Needless to say she didn't go to the park like this, after she got the right socks on her feet off we went.
Well there comes a point in your life when you must share something near and dear to your heart. I must say this point has came in daddy Dave's life, the other evening he had to share his birthday gift card to "Red Robin", a burger joint(thanks mom and pop). Well I guess the only thing that can come between me and my burgers is my ladies. Of course the company was appreciated because face it there's nothing better than a good burger and good company.
At the entrance to Red Robin they have a tv installed in the floor. Malia thought this was the greatest, Ella could have cared less.
One of my lawn customers had a request for me to put in a drainage ditch above a flower bed which was on a hillside. Whenever a down pour came the water from the neighbor on the hill would come under the fence and wash all the mulch out of the bed and into the grass. With all the recent rain we've had this was a Hassle.
Now with the ditch dug and the excess dirt mounded on the opposite side to help form a barrier.
With the pipe laid in place.....
After some clean up and covering the new dirt mound with mulch we were ready for business, which came as daddy Dave was leaving(down pour). From the front the ditch isn't even visible
No it's not your favorite video game(Mario brothers) just some work being done on sister #4's house. Here the objective was to replace the hot water lines from start(water heater) to where they disappear into the floor above. Above you can see a section of the old galvanized piping soon to be removed.
With the old pipes fittings removed and new pex fittings in their place all that was left was running new pex piping and then pop, snap and click sit back and enjoy the newly found water pressure.
Next a little gutter work was needed, this was a little farther from the ground than daddy Dave prefers but it wasn't no thing but a chicken wing. With uncle Nate at the base making sure the ladder didn't come out from under daddy Dave, new hangers were added.
Also a new row of shingles was ran under the old shingles which didn't have much of a over hang. this helps keep the water running into the gutter and not behind the gutter and down the side of the house. I think uncle Nate is nesting with all the projects he's working on getting done before the arrival of baby Seraphina. I know how that goes daddy Dave did a little nesting before Malia was born.
Here's a few pics of some simple repairs done at the ole homestead. Pictured above is a coat rack sort of device. It actually serves as a cover of a electrical box located in the kitchen. It has hooks in which you can hang items, these seem to be cheaply made and they occasionally just break off. So it was time to upgrade with some new hooks, sense we were down to just one hook.
Here we have newly installed hooks......
And a quick pick of what the door is hiding.
Next project was to instal some furniture leveling devices to help with the uneven floors. They were a snap drill and tap and then adjust to the right height now we won't have to put books or toys under the legs to help level. The girls often decided that the book/toy under the legs were their long lost toy of which they needed and would take leaving the drawers teeter tottering.
Good times.
Baby girl Ella turned one today, so she had cake for breakfast..........pancake that is.
After she( aka daddy Dave) blew out the signal candle on her cake she didn't know what to do next?
Well it was sliced and diced and she enjoyed her first pancake minus the candle. Happy Birthday Ella, Happy Birthday to you.
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