interlock patio

so I promised someone that I will update my blog with my story on our interlock. =P

Brian and I talked about getting interlock done at our backyard for a longtime, we have many discussion on how big of a space we should interlock, whether we should do it ourselves or hire someone to do it. At first Brian wanted to pave the entire backyard (so he doesn't have to cut grass) but I thought that was just way to much since our backyard is not really tiny and it would just took ridiculous if we paved it all, so I started drawing different designs on how I wanted the backyard to look, we landed on a designed that we both liked. So the search of a good contractor began. We called Brad who did my parent's place and a few others and we ended up choosing Brad because he gave the most competitive price and also because we had dealt with him before and know that their work is pretty good.

It turns out that it wasn't as great of an experience as we expect since our date got pushed several times and our plan had to be renogotiated because he couldn't do our backyard at the price he quoted in the contract AND he had to subcontract our job out to his friend's company because he doesnt have the manpower to work on our job.

This was my plan


Before (35 ft by 28ft)


laid the gravels (you can see how the design looks from here)

Started placing interlocking stone


Pattern of our interlock (Atlas europa pavers)

G20 Summit

I just realize how much T.O. had spent on security for G20 Summit. OMG... Thats money we paid in taxes argh!!! Why can't they have Tele-presence Summit, Seriously!! Saves taxpayers money and reduce risk of their own security. I heard Obama will be bringing 1000 people to T.O.

OMG!!!

Mistress

Had a somewhat heated debate with a guy friend the other night around Mistress. So the story started off with "How would you react if you found out Brian has a mistress?" my response "Same feeling if your (soon-to-be) wife cheated on you with another man".

So he goes on to explain why he asked because he found out that his cousin in HK has a mistress in China and they had a daughter together. I felt bad for the wife but he said the wife is "OKAY" with it. I was shock because I don't believe any wife would accept a Mistress but apparently she did. I highly doubt she willingly accepted, so I asked if the wife works? Answer was No. So I told my friend, she didn't blow up and got a divorce because she had lost her ability to take care of herself financially so she was afraid to leave. My friends thoughts on this was because women are soft and would always give the husband a second chance and because a lot of men does it in the olden days. So I questioned him why would the emotion be any different from men vs. women because he clearly said its NOT acceptable if a wife cheated on her husband but because traditionally men had always have multiple wifes, it makes it more acceptable.

I nearly flipped out on him LOL... I had a thought after this conversation around the risk of becoming a stay at home wife. Will you loose touch with society and loose your ability to take care of yourself financially leaving you more vulnerable?

New Patio Set

so I saw this deal on red flag that the Key Biscayne 8 pcs Patio set was on sale for $99.99 at Home Depot yesterday. It was suppose to be 199 but for some reason it rang up to be $99 dollars. So I called a few store during lunch to check and see if they have stock and all of them said no. =( After work, I decided to go check out the home depot near our house and see and I found TWO!!! Apparently they were selling really fast and the store manager stop allowing people to reserve over the phone. Good thing I sent to check!! Here it is. I thought $99 was a wicked price, can't wait to put it together next week the it stops raining =)