7/9/2012: Hose & Reel

I hate this hose and the reel doesn't really help either... "never kink" my ass.

6/16/2012: Folding Step Stool

I also have a two-step folding step stool that I usually keep folded up and slid between the fridge and the wall. But sometimes with the two-stepper I couldn't quite reach...

See Also: Ladder

5/12/2012: Window Boxes (before)

Hopefully these window boxes will go from laying on the floor of my garage to being hung on my house this weekend. "After" pics to follow.

5/5/2012: Hedge Trimmers

So I'm trimming the hedges, dog barking at me (well, at the hedge trimmers) and I'm thinking to myself "OK, better be careful I'm getting close to the ca..." and before I can finish the word with the "-ble" the trimmers cut right through the it. Oops. Could only laugh at myself. And then the panic set in. No TV?!?! NO INTERNET??!?!?! Time for an Amish Saturday night.

See Also: Things the dog hates; cable splicing kit

4/21/2012: Lawnmower

I hate my lawnmower, and not in the way most people hate their lawnmowers. I hate my lawnmower for sucking. The thing broke down and had to be serviced after being less than a year old. Then it broke down again after another summer of use. I spent all last year borrowing my parents' mower because I refused to take mine in for servicing because I was pissed at it for not working. Which I realize is completely nonsensical, but there it is. This year I've just been paying somebody to mow my lawn for me. The best thirty bucks I spend every couple weeks. Because as I drive around and see other people mowing their lawns, they all look absolutely miserable doing it. Nobody enjoys the task. Nobody wakes up on a Saturday morning and thinks "Thank god the weekend is here now I get to mow the lawn!" I used to spend the entire time I was mowing repeatedly muttering the f-word under my breath. But no more. I've freed myself from lawn duty. So maybe I should thank my mower for sucking. If it didn't I'd be one of those miserable bastards too.

3/25/2012: Lawn Funnel

1/12/2012: Snow Shovel

A shot of my lonely snow shovel, leaning up against the garage where I left it whenever it last was I actually shoveled. We've had a very mild largely snow-free winter thus far so it's been awhile since it saw any use. Thought I might have to use it this evening, but when I got home from work the little amount of snow we got last night had mostly been blown off my sidewalks and driveway. Thanks bitterly cold high speed winds! You're the best!