Here's another hint, in case you ever find yourself *inside* with too much
time on your hands:

Never try to clean one spot on a wall....... unless you're ready to repaint
the whole room... or maybe the whole house!

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

"K30a" wrote in message
...
Today DH trimmed the ivy off the front steps, then
stopped it from going inbetween Eldest son's window
screen and window
just like I asked,
and then......
he started pulling it off the house...
which was a big mistake because
the ivy was hiding the damage the
ivy was doing to the house...
so now we are painting the house
starting next Saturday.
And all ivy MUST die,
a terrible death,
so we'll be redoing the front bed
where the ivy is hunkered down in.
The sidewalk I've lobbied so hard for
this summer,
may still get done
in October
depending on the weather.
So then we checked the sprinkler to see how
it was reaching that particular bed...
Then we decided to check ALL the sprinklers.
and we found several that need to be fixed,
branches that need to be trimmed so the water
can go where it needs to,
and then we discovered rotten siding behind the
rose bush and a maple tree actually growing up
through the rose bush,
then we looked up at the deck and just shook our
heads.....

MORAL of the story, when DW says trim the ivy
here and there at the front of the house, don't get ambitious ~ you'll end
up
rebuilding the deck at the back of the house.


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html