Deck Project

Finally, I am done, done, done with the deck!!  OMG....this was one of the hardest projects to work on, other than when we first built our house and had to put in tons of rock/stones around our landscape area (front, back, inside fenced yard, out and sides!).  

I thought at that time either Bob or I were going to have a heart attack!  I felt that way when I finished this project! 

I started to scrap the deck on April 24!  Bob's painted a few years ago without scraping and then he rolled the paint on.

He said the other day rolling it he ended up putting on too much paint.   Some areas the thick paint just pulled up!

Bob had to replace a few boards several years ago.  That was fun too!!!!  NOT!  

Yes, the girls thought they could help out but......

It took me two solid hours to paint this area, which was about 1/4 of the deck.  I started out painting ONE BOARD at a time!  Dumb!

When I started to paint again this past Thursday, I started painting two boards (or more!) at a time.

That sure helped get this project moving.  And, I used my garden wheeled wagon to sit and scoot on!  That worked so much better than getting up and down constantly! 

Finally, I finished on Friday, May 22nd!!!!  I am so relieved and my body is as well. 

I actually felt sick when I finished.  Between my body, arms, knees...But I'm back to feeling like myself again!

Next time, we're calling THE GUY!

Still waiting for my background fabric for my hex project!  It's been two weeks since the owner of the quilt shop ordered it.  Boohoo

Project('s) Progress

 First up, deck is about 3/4 of the way finished - scraping that is!  I made it past the stop of the stairs to the 2nd level.  

We have rain just about daily...either in the early a.m., mid to late afternoon or evening.  Does give me a reprieve from scraping but I do want to finish it.  I still have to paint the deck floor after all the scraping. 

Monday I didn't do any outside work, although it was a beautiful 70 degree sunny day out!  I had my 'last' colonoscopy!!!  Years ago I had 8 polyps so had to redo.  This year only 3!  Woohoo!!!  That's it for me! 

 And Tuesday was dinner out with Donna for a belated BD dinner for her at our favorite Mexican Restaurant!

Wednesday was a busy day of Dog Grooming drop off, then met up with buds from our Friends group to celebrate our friend, Amy's belated BD.  Then over to the library to chat some more!  We usually have books to shelve but our bin was empty...hence, chatting instead!

We had a nice lunch at a restaurant across the street from the Library (Trio's in Goodrich).  Really good meal and Beth bought cheese cake for us to each try.  It was really good too!  Amy leaves for their house up north until September.  We'll miss her! 

Me, Amy, Cheryl and Beth

Today, Thursday, I scraped more of the deck floor!  I've got about 10-12 more planks to scrap.  Then I can start to paint, once the weather breaks and we don't have any rain!!!  I also did a 2 mile walk at the church with Donna and weeded the front landscape around to the south side of the house!  I quit and decided to do this post instead!  HA

I've made great progress on the backing for my hex piece.  I decided to use up all the remaining fat quarter pieces I had along with some yardage I had leftover!  

All done!  And I'll make sure not to have my toes in the backing!  HA

 

Now to get the batting sandwiched with the choice I made for the front fabric.  I'm still on the fence.  I did wash the fabric I purchased for the front fabric but not sure it may be too dark.  Hate making choices but I may just go ahead and sandwich and start quilting...hmmmmmm but maybe not!  HA HA HA