I have more than recovered from the big spring sale and suddenly found myself obsessed with these big stacks of bricks in my yard. I have a bit of the packrat syndrome in me and when we remodeled four years ago I saved stuff, as in hundreds of old bricks. Who knew they would become a condo unit for slugs. It's true. I digress.
Anyway, I took it upon myself to build a brick patio for the grill that I drug in from the alley. I do a lot of shopping in my alley. That is another story though.
With no skills and lots of determination and some help from my friends I have built my patio!
My husband is not a handy man so he supplied moral support, cash, ice tea and sandwiches. It works out best this way. We agree on this. It helped to have a week of no humidity and less than 90 degree temperature and my trusty "Neighbor of the Month" Liz. The pictures of us are less than feminine. Liz wouldn't have it any other way. When you are doing this kind of work all thoughts of lip gloss and kitten heels fly out the window anyway.
Did I say ice tea? Hmmm......
I have more to do on this project but I really need to get my attention back to the potato factory. I am going to do my darn best to devote some time each day to this blog. If folks start to enjoy it and I actually get involved in nice photos and interesting stuff to share it may work into a place to visit often on your trips to the web!
Since the is the beginning of such a commitment to this blog, I thought I would get the ball rolling with a giveaway of a $50 gift certificate to Hot Potatoes! Just make a comment on the blog and tell me what project you want to accomplish this summer and by Friday June 27th at 9:00 p.m. Central Time I will pick a winner with a random generator draw. I will announce the winner on Saturday on this blog.
A winner will be announced later today...Monday!