{"id":9462,"date":"2023-04-03T01:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T05:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withjackandjim.com\/chr\/\/?p=9462"},"modified":"2023-09-19T00:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T04:46:21","slug":"all-things-outside-including-that-old-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withjackandjim.com\/chr\/whats-up\/all-things-outside-including-that-old-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Up This Week: All Things Outside (Including That Old Christmas Tree) PLUS: Family Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have so much exterior work to do on Charlotte House, it\u2019s almost embarrassing.&nbsp; I say \u201calmost embarrassing\u201d because we\u2019re pretty shameless around here, but it definitely looks like a fraternity might still live here from the outside. It doesn\u2019t help that our Christmas tree is still on the front porch, but I digress\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Addressing Our Inferior Exterior<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Our goal this Spring and Summer is to tackle a couple of big exterior items on our extraordinarily long list, primarily the driveway install and painting\/repairing the house stucco and trim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As much as we\u2019d like to do everything ourselves, we barely have time for lunch these days, so we\u2019re giving in and looking for help. This week we\u2019re meeting with someone to help us work on some exterior paint colors. We\u2019re having a professional <em>consultation<\/em>, actually\u2026 almost like adults who do things properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re also lining up some other contractor meetings to do the heavy lifting with hardscapes and fencing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, we <em>will<\/em> put some grass seed down ourselves (**insert slow clap here**).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim is a lunatic and therefore spent literal hours looking up the absolute BEST grass seed for our area, so we\u2019ll get to see how just how absurd that use of time was over the next couple of months. We\u2019ll keep you posted once we get the seed down and see what happens, but maybe I should make him finally throw out that Christmas tree first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Lights&#8230;Camera&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re also taking some family pictures this week. 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Reactivate it to view this content.<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rstyle.me\/+69pdD4TGlb7G5uFZ1UjRrg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kids Henley Shirt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The sole purchase for this week&#8217;s photo shoot. 10% chance it doesn&#8217;t even make it into the pics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<center><div class=\"shopthepost-widget\" data-widget-id=\"4972138\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(w,i,d,g,e,t){d.getElementById(i)||(element=d.createElement(t),element.id=i,element.src=\"https:\/\/widgets.rewardstyle.com\"+e,d.body.appendChild(element)),w.hasOwnProperty(g)===!0&&\"complete\"===d.readyState&&w[g].init()}(window,\"shopthepost-script\",document,\"__stp\",\"\/js\/shopthepost.js\",\"script\")<\/script><div class=\"rs-adblock\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.rewardstyle.com\/production\/418c00fc8d1520e0591ebcaffeff0cb36552e92a\/images\/search\/350.gif?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" onerror='this.parentNode.innerHTML=\"Disable your ad blocking software to view this content.\"' style=\"width: 15px; height: 15px\"><noscript>JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. 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