OSA Chit Chat Thread

[dennishoddy]

It’s been a busy couple of weeks.
Wheel chair bound son saved up enough money to install a man cave behind his home.
The building is built on a slope so a lot of fill dirt was required to get it level. Runoff from rain was causing an erosion issue.
Asked him if he had a contractor friend that would install some pavers we would buy.
He just had some tree work done by a guy that said he could do it.
So I measured and determined the number needed and picked up, then roughly spread out.
After contractor finished I got a pic of his job.

Nope, not happening. Come back and fix your fawk up. He did. The pics above are after the “fix”. You can only imagine what a sorry job it was the first time around.
So, I fired him and got a nephew to help do it right with string, tape measure and laser. It’s that simple.

When we got done. Less than 1/8” of deviation in 30’ of run.

 

[dennishoddy]

Then landscape cloth and river rock was in order.
4.5 tons of rock shoveled off a trailer in a couple hours was next.

Apparently the rock guy in stillwater sold us too much rock, so the front flower bed at his place is now a rock garden.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

 

[TerryMiller]

The Rogue River runs through Grants Pass, Oregon, where we worked and lived for 17 months back some years ago. This picture was taken somewhere out west and maybe a bit north of town.

 

[THAT Gurl]

Gonna be a rough weekend, I guess. We had pizza at the Princess Party Wednesday. Not sure what was the problem because I'm the only one who got sick but oh man ... Thursday and Friday were no fun at all.

Better today, now just my usual stuff I bitch about. Thank goodness! I have never been so grateful to have "just a headache" in my damned life.

So ... Gonna work on finishing up putting away stuff since the contractors are done with the major stuff of this stage of the remodel. I have TOO much ****!! Good excuse to purge.

Y'all know anybody who wants some fabric?? Free to good home, you just pay shipping. I have WAY too much and need to downsize a little bit. Grumpy is gonna faint dead away if he sees this post.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Gonna be a rough weekend, I guess. We had pizza at the Princess Party Wednesday. Not sure what was the problem because I'm the only one who got sick but oh man ... Thursday and Friday were no fun at all.

Better today, now just my usual stuff I ***** about. Thank goodness! I have never been so grateful to have "just a headache" in my damned life.

So ... Gonna work on finishing up putting away stuff since the contractors are done with the major stuff of this stage of the remodel. I have TOO much ****!! Good excuse to purge.

Y'all know anybody who wants some fabric?? Free to good home, you just pay shipping. I have WAY too much and need to downsize a little bit. Grumpy is gonna faint dead away if he sees this post.

Your stomach probably wasn't used to the kid food!

Glad you are feeling better!

 

[n423]

Train of Life:

At birth we boarded the train
and met our parents, and we
believe they will always travel
on our side.
However, at some station
our parents will step down from
the train, leaving us on this
journey alone.
As time goes by,
other people will board the train;
and they will be significant
our siblings, friends, children,
and even the love of your life.
Many will step down
and leave a permanent vacuum.
Others will go so unnoticed
that we don't realize
they vacated their seats.
This train ride will be full of joy,
sorrow, fantasy, expectations,
hellos, goodbyes, and farewells.
Success consists of having a
good relationship with all
passengers requiring that we
give the best of ourselves.
The mystery to everyone is:
We do not know at which station
we ourselves will step down.
So, we must live in the best way,
love, forgive, and offer the best
of who we are.
It is important to do
this because when the time
comes for us to step down
and leave our seat empty
we should leave behind beautiful
memories for those who will
continue to travel on the train of life.
I wish you a joyful journey on the
train of life.
Reap success and give lots of love.
More importantly, thank God for the
journey.
Lastly, I thank you for being one of
the passengers on my train.

 

[TerryMiller]

Beauty in the small things.

 

[Shinneryfarmer]

Traveling a loop through the mountains near Deadwood, South Dakota I ran across many deer. Most just standing in the road licking the pavement. I finally after a couple realized what was up with that, after the second one I seen doing it. The animals are licking the salt off the roads left from winter road treatment. Then I seen this doing the same thing. It wasn't interested in moving either, had to drive around it after a bit because of traffic backing up.

 

[Hangfire]

Just had a root canal done on June 5th and got another one scheduled for 8:15 this morning.....wasn't overly real fond of the first one so I'm pretty sure I'm not going to care much for this one either.