USA | Monday, 5 Sep 2011 | Views [190]
Went Home Depot shopping for plants preceded by a quick look at plants etc, at an Annandale Nursery, but there was little of interest here for us, though we did get some good ideas. We than moved on the the Annandale Home Depot and collected enough ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 4 Sep 2011 | Views [187]
Yes, we walked to Home Depot again today to pick up some 1/4" rod to make some hooks for the side drain pipe, as well as a flexible hose to re-direct the water from the rear down pipe to the black plastic pipe along the side of the house. ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 3 Sep 2011 | Views [240]
This morning we laid the pebbles and the few pavers (thirty two of them) we had left over, in the area between the retaining wall and the footpath at the rear of the house. Once that was done and looking very pretty, we drove off to the airport ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 2 Sep 2011 | Views [163]
Last day of the month, which means we have been in this country for near enough to one month. We celebrated this milestone by taking delivery of 150 paving stones, 30 bags of pea pebbles and 10 bags of mulch, carting it around to the backyard ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 1 Sep 2011 | Views [255]
Spent most of the morning around our favourite shops, ie Home Depot, Target and Michaels looking for various bits, but were home by lunchtime. Marg finished off the curtains for the back doors, while I raked the new paving stone area (that will ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 31 Aug 2011 | Views [284]
Left home early this morning to take Leanne and Yvette into Ronald Reagan National Airport - they flew out today for the second shoot of Restaurant Impossible, this time in Syracuse NY. I took over the driving when they left and Leanne had advised ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011 | Views [226]
Today, just to keep our hands in, we first we visited Home Depot, Lowes and Wegman's - the latter is an enormous grocery store, with every conceivable variety of fruit, vegetable, cereal and any other type of edible you might need or want. A truely ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 29 Aug 2011 | Views [215]
Didn't get to do a great deal today, mainly due to the effects of Hurricane Irene. Although we didn't see much of the gusty winds predicted for areas closer to the coast, we did get quite a lot of rain and digging in clay in the rain, ain't no fun.... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 28 Aug 2011 | Views [449]
Started the day like so many others, with a free ride to Home Depot, where we relieved them of some plants, a rake and sundry other necessaries. From there it was home via Target, where I managed to capture a picture of the combined people elevators/trolley ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 27 Aug 2011 | Views [268]
Been here around three weeks now and almost all of it has been devoted to home improvement - apart from the odd foray to places of immense interest, like the American Wartime Museum. Spent the day working around the back of the house - Marg cleaned ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 26 Aug 2011 | Views [221]
Once again we got dropped off at Home Depot (about four times bigger than Bunnings), where we looked for and found, most of the items on our home improvement list. We're always impressed by the friendliness of the staff and while they may not ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 25 Aug 2011 | Views [200]
Leanne dropped us off at the shopping centre this morning, on her way to work. We picked up a few things (heavy things) at Trader Joe's, Giant and K Mart, before walking the 2 miles home. After returning home, we had a rest and then attacked ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 24 Aug 2011 | Views [589]
Not much done today - it was more or less a rest day. We finished off the quarter round job by cutting a couple of small pieces to follow the contours of the door wood, which necessitated some crafstman-like whittling of the MDF quarter round, ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011 | Views [1585]
Today was the expedition to the American Wartime Museum Open House Day, in Manassas. As I might have already mentioned I had been to this Museum, before it began its transformation to the AWM and even then it had been an astonishing collection ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 22 Aug 2011 | Views [257]
Today was the day we had planned to finish off the flooring in the living room. Before we arrived here, Brian and Leanne had stripped the carpet from this floor and despite dramas with rough and unlevel concrete floors, laid a room full of mahogany ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 21 Aug 2011 | Views [180]
Added a closing device (a type of hasp and staple) to the side gate and drilled a hole into the veneer siding for the sliding bolt. I'll have to protect the hole in the cladding, which seems a trifle flimsy, by screwing on a piece of steel. We ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 20 Aug 2011 | Views [316]
Marg
feeling better – her nighttime cough has all but disappeared and she’s getting
some sleep at last. So it seems we are
both now functioning normally and have not spread these germs any further.
Decided ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 19 Aug 2011 | Views [564]
Leanne was due to return from Ohio today, so Marg and I left home in Leanne's car around 11.30am to pick her (and her boss Yvette), up at Ronald Reagan National Airport about two hours later. I would normally have programmed Leanne's GPS to guide ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 18 Aug 2011 | Views [265]
Marg still has a persistent dry cough, so we decided to go back to the Minute Clinic on Rolling Road to see if any additional help might be prescribed. This time the Family Nurse Practitioner was an Asian lady, with a black nurse under instruction.... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011 | Views [196]
Another nice day with only a hint of humidity - at least first thing in the morning. Although Marg didn't feel up to a stroll, I decided I would walk to Home Depot and prowl the aisles there. Having now seen a map of the area, it seemed to be ... Read more >
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