Overachieving

You may recall that about one year ago we restained our lake home, our garage, all of the decks, and the stairs leading down to the dock. You can click here for pictures from that exercise last year.

About the only thing we didn't stain was the underside of the upper deck. Because we had some stain left over (although I ended up having to buy three more gallons anyway), and because I tend to overachieve or to be obsessive or compulsive or all the above or whatever, I decided we should finish the job. So, here are a couple of shots of Kathie helping me finish up that job. By this point, I had succeeded in staining all of the underside from the west end over to this area.



These were taken shortly before, I hurriedly tried to join Kathie up on this flowerbed to do the final parts, failed to duck, and bashed my head into the edge of the deck, leaving quite an impression on top, wrenching my neck, and falling on top of a number of Kathie's flowers, mashing them to the ground. After some moaning and several choice words, I recovered and did help finish up. The wrenched neck has been the worst of it, although that has almost now recovered, and the "impression" on my head is healing. I wish I could say this was a one-time event, but I'm afraid I have to admit that I quite often do something like this, for example when mowing the lawn and driving under a too-low tree branch. Maybe my peripheral vision isn't so hot. Maybe I'm just absent minded. Maybe I get too focused on whatever else I'm doing and fail to pay attention. Maybe I'm just a dunce. Maybe I should learn to say d'oh with great vigor and feeling!! I have, however, been enjoying my spouse's sympathy and frequent neck rubs!!