An unexpected thing that I just discovered is that I mowed my lawn on this date last year, and I unintentionally mowed it in the same direction as this date last year.

One might ask: “How do you know this?”

My response: “Why, I just checked my mowing log spreadsheet!”

Doesn’t everyone have a mowing log spreadsheet?!

(I mainly do it to keep track of direction because I like to change it every time to make it look more even. I also created an iOS Shortcut with a date picker and one of the four directions so that it can automatically get appended to the end of the sheet.)

#joysofhomeownership #mowing #spreadsheets #shortcuts

Bathroom remodel and pack rat eviction day.

There's been a pack rat under the bathtub and in the wall between the bathroom and my bedroom for years. It got in through the bathtub drain penetration that was never sealed up when they remodeled the place in the '90s.

It finally got too smelly to the point where even though this is not how I want to spend my time, energy and money at the moment, I couldn't ignore it anymore.

First picture is my contractor friend prying the old tub up. Second picture shows the mass of pack rat poop, cactus thorns and nest material that had accumulated under there. The red things are from a bush I have outside called Sophora davidii. It has gorgeous cobalt flowers and beige pods full of bright red seeds. They are not edible, but I think the pack rat just thinks they're pretty.

#Remodel #Gross #Remodeling #JoysOfHomeOwnership

Spent almost 2 hours picking up 15 gallons of ginkgo berries out of my driveway, front yard, and front porch… and I still didn’t get all of the ones currently down. If you’re unfamiliar, the crushed berries smell like a mix of vomit and dog 💩.

I picked up about 10 gallons a week ago.

#joysofhomeownership