A Boy and his Toy

My new source of entertainment: Garrett throws toys out of the yard, and Mogley brings them back into the yard...almost before they hit the pavement. Its frustrating for Garrett, trying to keep the grass alive and all but downright hilarious for me. What can I say, I'm easily amused.

Relaxed

Munch is totally loving his new backyard...so much so that's its getting him into trouble. Garrett doesn't want the dogs racing around the yard until the grass has a chance to attach and Munch is pretty sure that our yard is the doggie version of Nascar so as you can imagine, we have problems.

Relief

So ever since we bought the hot tub, I have been having severe mental conflict about what I was going to do with it...how was I going to make this thing look better. Garrett thought I should paint it but I have been skeptical. I was thinking that re-staining it would be more appropriate but I wasn't sure that it would even look good after I was done. You see, the people that owned it before us were not the best of handymen because rather than just shoot some nails through the wood slats, they tried glue which was a horrific idea and left the tub aesthetically scarred. I didn't think stain would fix all the problems. Sooo, I went with paint and I must say, I am pleasantly surprised. I think it looks great. I have only done one coat and it will need at least one more, but all in all, I am really happy with the way its turning out.

BEFORE

AFTER

Finally, a Yard

Thank you jesus, we have a yard. The green grass looks so much better than the dirt, go figure. The dogs love it because its new and soft. I love it because its pretty and the dogs don't get filthy every time they go outside. Garrett loves it because he doesn't have to hear me complain that the dogs are filthy AGAIN and if I have to clean up one more giant dog print off the kitchen floor there will likely be a doodle up for adoption...oh yeah, he likes it cause its pretty too.

Betrayal

...And this would be Mogs, right after he learned of Munch's plot to sell him on Ebay. Mogley has such a good heart, really he does. He loves that little french jerk more than anything else in this world. Mogley would totally give Munch a kidney if he had to and the only thing Munch would ever give him is a shove into oncoming traffic or perhaps a ride to the pound.

Budgets

This is the look of a very concerned Munch. This picture was taken right after I told him his father was spending all of our hard earned money on the yard, YEAH THE ONE THAT CONSISTS OF DIRT, and we were going to have to cut back somewhere and the cutbacks were likely to affect him and he may be having to switch from Eukanuba to Ol' Roy. I just wanted to let him know. He then suggested we sell the Doodle on Ebay for some extra cash. Such a thrifty little guy.

Rainbows

Garrett and I spent our entire weekend putting in a new sprinkler system. The fun times just seem to never end in the Kener house. I was hoping to sip cocktails in the hottub while Garrett worked on the sprinklers but my plan failed. Garrett said filling the hottub would likely cause a crack in the concrete so instead of handing me a cocktail, he gave me gloves...and a shovel. I was duped.

Anyway, on one of our MANY MANY trips to that horrible place they call Home Depot, I was able to catch a glimpse of this fabulous rainbow...you don't see too many of those around here. It was really pretty awesome outside and for a second, it took my mind off of freaking out about the fact that I actually know what a 1 inch to 3/4 inch reducer is AND I KNOW WHICH BOX AT HOME DEPOT TO FIND THEM IN. My life is now officially LAME.