Looks Like $$$

Well my high from yesterday’s “robustness” has worn off.  Worn off is not the right word, that implies a gradual lessoning of effect, this high had a quick death and has left me a little nauseous (not unlike hitting the skunk). 

Since it rained last night, and we couldn’t finish staining the lower part of the deck, I thought that he we thought that we could handle the simpler task of replacing some fascia boards on the front of the house.  We had the replacement boards, already white.  We even had caulk!  We were set; this was going to be easy.  Famous. Last. Words.  This is what we found:

Really?  Before this I thought the biggest eyesore were my sad and sickly azaleas.  What you can’t see is that the damage goes back up into the floor boards in the front room.  Not only that, there is some “insect activity”.   I should mention here that it is also D’s birthday.  Happy Birthday!  For your birthday I decided against an actual tangible gift and decided to give you the gift of seeing-how-long-your-positive-attitude-will-last.  Do you love it?  So far, his positive attitude is intact; but mine is gone. 

Also the HOA is going to be doing their annual “walk-through” soon to check for violations.  That’s what we have here, a big, rotted, infested violation.  Write me up…. I can take it.  Please don’t mistake that for a positive attitude, that’s resignation.