Metal Fence Posts are IN !!!

W O W !!! I never thought we'd finish but my dad came over last weekend to help me with building a fence. Im sure glad he did. It was definitely a team effort to get this done in one day. I dug all 19 holes at approx 8 feet apart each. I actually measured on center about 7 feet 8 inches, leaving me plenty of cut off if I buy 8ft 2x4s for the horizontal pieces. These steel posts are almost 3 times as strong as wood 4x4s and with a fence and some wind, thats what I want. Plus the steel wont rot out so quickly like wood will. I used a post hole digger (manual kind) to go about two feet deep on each hole (ok maybe 1.5 ft) and took a good 90 pound bag of concrete to fill each hole up. My dad did the aligning of the posts as they set in the concrete.

Here's the finished work showing a few of the posts in place... (I sure am tall arent I? You know what they say about tall guys....)

This was a labor intensive job! We started around 10am and finished up about 6pm. I hit some rocks and roots on a number of holes I was digging, which made me wonder if I'd EVER finish. I was considering renting a powered post hole digger, but I thought Id have problems with the fence so close. I did have help from a neighbor friend who helped mix the concrete. Many thanks!

We ended the day with a lot of beer :)

September 11, 2001

September 11th, was a horrible day for the citizens of America. Please say a prayer for the victims of the attack, our service men who are fighting now and those who have passed on in the line of duty. Please pray for the almost 1,000,000 (yes, almost one million) innocent Iraqi's who have also died in this horrible war.

Starting tomorrow, we will have a 10 part series to wake up Americans and people around the world about important things going on in the world some people just dont know about or turn a blind eye to. You wont want to miss this series!

Did you know that 30% of people polled didnt know what year September 11th happened in? Dont believe me? Check these two videos out...

Kittie Porn

Thats "Kittie" porn, not kiddie porn. Just to clarify :) Here are some more photos... Im just a sucker for these cute little ones!

This guy we have named Sylvester (aka Silly)....


We've named this one Buffy, but one neighbor who wants her has already named her Sugar...


And yes, thats the mothers nipple. I told you there was porn...


I would consider trying to find them a home right here on our blog if I was unable to find them a good home, but thankfully our next door neighbors have all fallen in love with them and want them! Its going to be hard to give them away as is, but at least this way we will always get to see them :)

Ive been Attacked!

I dont know what the deal is, but wasps freak me out more than bees do. The look meaner, theres usually more of them in groups... I dunno. Im no fan thats for sure. These suckers are the main reason we decided to completely remove those vines from the chain link fence. There are wasp nests EVERYWHERE through out the vines! I mean everywhere too. Id rather be bitten by a vampire from Salems Lot instead of by a wasp (i'm talking about a female vampire).

Cleaning the Vines

After taking down those trees, Im now cleaning up all of the bushes of vines growing on the old chain link fence. The first picture Ive already shaved off the green ivy and leaves. I had about 60 feet of this stuff to remove and in the second photo I got it mostly gone! Follow me tomorrow (if you dare) for the main reason why I decided to get rid of these vines. One big reason was that I was worried about them growing and ruining our future wood fence. Rotting it out, pushing it over, whatever. But theres another, more painful reason...

Removing the Trees (Part 4)

So is it too plain? Personally, I LIKE IT! Its like a blank canvas now.. I can paint it how I want sort of speak. I can put in some new red oak trees that chance beautiful colors in the fall (since we dont know when fall is here in California), I can put in a picket fence, I can add in a gate now... lots of stuff I can do now!

In the second picture, notice that ugly chain link fence? Anyone can see right through it. Now you know why I want to put up a wood fence.