I missed about 4 posts there. I’d recommend reading Julie’s post on the topic. It pretty much sums it up. We did some amazing deck work this weekend. We used a fairly open wire fencing on our railings which looks really nice. Especially with the Lavender which has decided to bloom this year. I saw four butterflies this weekend on it, and they were two different species.

Roxie still can’t handle the fact we’ve moved the stairs. She can generally get off the deck, but has no clue how to get back up. Especially now that we’ve closed off 95% of the outside of the decking with railing. Apparently the lack of choice has left her stymied. We’ve still got to put caps on the railings and build out the stairs. I’m not looking forward to building the stairs. I have to build a concrete anchor in the ground and then get everything level… it’s so tedious.

Yesterday after church I did a lot of lawn work. I’m not going to miss lawn work at the new house. I mowed, edged, weeded. Then I cleaned up the “place where I throw stuff”. Apparently this is the sort of the thing you have to do to sell a house. I pulled out all of the old branches I had been “storing” there and moved them to the curb for large brush pickup. Then I raked down the 5 foot pile of dirt that had built up from me just throwing dirt and weeds and stuff over the fence. It’s beautiful dirt. Lots of earth worms. Just a little freighting as a 5 foot tall hill. I threw away some old pots and things, moved out some rotten wood I had been “storing” there. It looks great.

We’re trying to save like mad for our down payment, so I really worked on the menu last night. We got 6 meals for $130. And we had to buy tons of staples like toilet paper and paper towels. Should make a massive difference if I can keep coming up with the menus…

So not really a SXSW wrapup. I think next year we might just pay cover. We end up staying at a given bar for more than one band a lot anyway. Finally here’s a link to Space Mission by Brute Force & Daughter of Force. That song rocks. I’m so glad we got to see them.