Two men and the power tools that help them bond.
Though I have piles of laundry waiting, I have decided it was time to post something. Claire just came to me asking me to read a book to her. I guess this should be a short post. Ryan and I have been working like crazy to finish putting up our wood fence. We have one little section by the house and the gate to finish. In order to finish those last three feet or so, we have to tear out a fully grown Japanese Yew bush that is not wanting to be torn out. I gave up and Ryan is now going to have to work some of his magic to get it out. Then we have to figure out how to build a gate. Other than that - it's done! It's almost 200 ft of fence - we had to measure and cut every single board (almost 400 of them) in order to keep with the city building code. The fence couldn't be taller than 4 1/2 ft because we're right on the road. Anyhow, we worked for several entire Saturdays and other full days here and there. We finished Monday night in the dark and cold (thirty-something degrees outside) - my body is still trying to recover from that - I can only turn my head to the left a couple of inches. To put part of the fence in, we had to tear out part of out lovely "deck". That alone took several hours one day - no one got hurt but we did break a sledge hammer in the process.
I just made a few purchases the other day. In my single days, I would occasionally buys CDs and books. I honestly can't remember the last CD I bought for myself until two days ago. I bought the soundtrack to "Garden State" - it is a compilation of rock and folk - a lot of it indi rock. It is a fabulous CD and I am listening to it any chance I get. It's funny that I am the classically trained musician in the family, but Ryan has more classical CDs than I do. I have way more "pop" music than him. And when I write "pop", I by no means mean Brittney Spears or Celine Dion. A lot of the music I have is either classic rock (The Beatles, etc) , indi rock or indi folk rock. The classical I do have is either clarinet repertoire or romantic/modern symphonic music (Beethoven, Brahms, Copland). Ryan has mostly piano and a lot of classical and baroque symphonic music (Vivaldi, Mozart, etc). In the end, we both like each other's music. I am learning a lot of Chopin and Ryan is learning a lot about The Beatles and HEM. Good stuff.
The other purchase I made was of a DVD that was just released two days ago - the move HELP!. It's a Beatles movie made in the 60s. It's a lot of fun and has great music - I've been waiting for years for this one. It's one the kids can watch too. Can you believe I actually bought a CD and DVD in the same week??? It's rare I buy both in the same year! I never buy a CD, DVD, or book unless I absolutely love it.
Well, laundry calls. At least I have some great new music to listen to as I work!
3 comments:
Boy, you guys have been busy!
Now. Let’s be frank. Is Celine Dion really considered pop music? Easy listening, perhaps? Although... “easy listening” really kind of conjures up a Kenny G image doesn’t it?
Erik would be SOooooo proud that you love the Beatles! He is a Beatles fanatic --ask him anything about the Beatles and he knows the answer.
You and Ryan are doing such an awesome job on the fence ---it looks great! What a lot of work! I wish we could be there to help. I hope you recover quickly from all of the hard work.
Susan! I LOVE your blog! That is such a cute picture of Ryan and William bonding over power tools!:) Your fence looks great. I bet it was well worth all the work.
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