Home Improvement

Last week our neighbors started digging up the area next to their house. Then we saw that they poured some concrete there. What was this? Perhaps it was a driveway extension. Nope.

Then we saw the lumber go up. These neighbors already had a garage. I guess they needed an extension for the garage. This will be a separate 1 car garage, next to their existing one.

They framed the roof. Some shingles went on top that matched their roof. Momoko said the brickwork on the front has started. I would like one of these garages. Right now we are still saving for a shed.

Lots of Leaves

The leaves have almost all fallen off the trees. And they have landed in our yard. I tried to ignore them. But the two neighbors next to us have raked their leaves. Now our house looks bad.

So I woke up this morning, ate a quick breakfast, and went out to deal with the leaves. They were heavy because they were still wet. It has been raining this week on and off. It took a couple hours just to get started on some of these evil leaves.

Just as I was finishing up, the rain started to pour down. I got drenched. The rain gutters started clogging up. I climbed up the ladder, and scooped out the leaves blocking the downspout. Did I mention that I don't like the rain?

Cujo Attacks

Since it was the weekend, Mamma Kat and I sat back and watched a Kung Fu movie. Little Kat was doing his work. He took out the trash. When he came back in, he said our neighbor got locked out of his house. The family did not know what to do. So I went out and asked the neighbor to come in.

There was one problem. He had Cujo with him. You know? Cujo is the big killer dog. I am a friendly neighbor. But I have no love for Cujo. I went back in and put my shoes on. Then I got a coat and brought out our wireless phone.

Immediately Cujo pounced on me. Luckily his owner restrained him. That's right Cujo. Know your role. If Cujo comes at me again, I'm gonna give him a slap with our phone. That will teach him. Dogs.

Big Trash Can

I woke up pretty early this morning. But I was still the last one of out the house. Kit Kat had just caught her bus to school. As I was heading out to my car, I saw a big trash can in our driveway.

That puzzled me. It is not trash day. I checked and all our big trash cans were up in our carport. Then I noticed that all my neighbors had a trash can in their driveway too. And all the trash cans looked the same.

It was then that I figured it out. These were not trash cans. They were new recycling bins that the county had given to us. They just look like trash cans because of their shape and size. Great. Now Little Kat can start up the massive recycling project he wants to do. Right now I only put old newspapers in our little recycling container.