<![CDATA[How I spent my vacation]]>So, I took Thursday and Friday off from work! I needed it, needed a little bit of time away to try to recharge my battery a little and do some stuff around the house. I had been hoping to spend most of that time working on the house with my wife but her plant was plagued with issues, so we got to spend a little less time together than I had hoped. Ate too much, had a few drinks and slept in (7 am!) every day!

I have trouble doing nothing for more than a few hours and we wanted to do some upgrades to the house, so we decided to make up for not doing anything on the outside of the house for the last 2 years by redoing the front landscaping.
Finished:
Afterside.jpg aftercorner.jpg afterfront.jpg afternew.jpg
Before:beforecorner.jpg beforeside.jpg beforenew.jpg

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/5271/how-i-spent-my-vacationRSS for NodeThu, 10 Sep 2026 22:57:06 GMTMon, 25 Apr 2022 12:25:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:48:16 GMT]]>Jonathon That looks really nice. I hope you all got some nice R&R to go with it.
Oh, & thank YOU for the shirt. Margaret says I am going to have to buy a whole lot more Walton’s stuff & make a whole lot more jerky, brats, & sausages, not to mention smoking meats to be able to fill that shirt. Really nice though. I will be proud to display & wear it. Thank You. Glad you had a nice vacation, very nice place.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76478https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76478Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:48:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:33:24 GMT]]>Jonathon
Very nice. Looks great.

That small white coffin still stands out… A couple more shrubs should totally conceal it. I’m guessing a shark tomb? 😉🤔😂

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76459https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76459Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:33:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:47:07 GMT]]>Jonathan great yard but where are the pics of “rattlesnake acres” shark pond?

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76342https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76342Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:47:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:01:35 GMT]]>Jonathon looks great 👍

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76340https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76340Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:01:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:32:05 GMT]]>Jonathan You should need to go back to work to rest up after all of the landscaping. Looks great!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76286https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76286Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:32:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:32:25 GMT]]>kyle that is true…and I am exhausted just like from a vacation!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76282https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76282Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:32:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 22:52:16 GMT]]>Jonathon looks great. Is that an eastern redbud tree? Just found out recently that you can actually eat the flowers off those.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76280https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76280Mon, 25 Apr 2022 22:52:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:04:20 GMT]]>ND Mike said in How I spent my vacation:

I took today and tomorrow off to house train and crate train our new pup. Not much of a vacation!

Lets see, not at work and spending time with a beautiful new pup…its a vacation Mike!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76265https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76265Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:04:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:49:24 GMT]]>Jonathon looks great! I took today and tomorrow off to house train and crate train our new pup. Not much of a vacation!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76263https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76263Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:49:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:31:04 GMT]]>Looks great! I also did some work in the garden beds at my house this year that I had been neglecting. I planted 105 bulbs of various flowers and laid down 40 bags of garden soil and 30 bags of mulch over a period of four days. After the last day I could barely walk after using muscles that had not been used for a long time. There’s a great sense of satisfaction after it’s completed!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76254https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76254Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:31:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:20:11 GMT]]>Jonathon Are those parking spots there so people have a place to park to access the green space? Or are you really OCD about people parking in your driveway?

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76251https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76251Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:18:00 GMT]]>That is a beautiful house and that yard is A1 lots of work but very nice to sit back and look at

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76250https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76250Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:18:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:53:32 GMT]]>Jonathon All looking good, wish I had a three stall garage and pond out back. Can’t ever have enough garage space and my dogs would have loved that pond.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76247https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76247Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:53:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:11:57 GMT]]>Jonathon really nice looking yard and landscape! That looks like a ton of work you’ve done, beautiful, congrats. My yard got destroyed by a gopher army, the gopher guy I finally hired last week counted about 100 mounds.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76243https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76243Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:11:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:32:45 GMT]]>That’s nice work. Trying to get ours done before the TX heat hits full bore.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76233https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76233Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:32:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:18:11 GMT]]>Jonathon beautiful house, congrats! I’m quite jealous

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76230https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76230Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:18:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:02:18 GMT]]>Jonathon Looks great. It’s usually a lot of work, but gives you years of satisfaction by looking nice,

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76224https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76224Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:02:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:17:29 GMT]]>The yard is looking good Jonathon . The wind has been crazy lately. Not much fun working outdoors when the wind is blowing 40 mph.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76218https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76218Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:17:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:03:20 GMT]]>Beautiful front yard, Jonathon! We just did 130 bags of mulch on our 8 parkway trees and our planting berm along back and part of side yard. Luckily the rest of the planting areas around house are rocks as it is a good bit of work. Paid the landscapers to shovel edge it all first vs DIY - money well spent!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76216https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76216Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:03:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:56:47 GMT]]>Jonathon nice looking projects. I nice to be able to focus on something other than work, those projects will pay dividends

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76214https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76214Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:56:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:55:02 GMT]]>kyle the snow is finally receding here, the last two big rains and two days of warm temps finally allowing the grass to show through. Although I can’t say I look forward to yard work. There is always some projects that need addressing, but I would rather be riding my bike or fishing. But I know what you mean.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76213https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76213Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:55:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How I spent my vacation on Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:29:30 GMT]]>Jonathon I cant wait until the snow melts so I can get out and do yard work. Your yard looks very nice

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76212https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/76212Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:29:30 GMT