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So, back before SofiBelle was born, I asked Wifey what she would want as a "birth" gift. She was adamant that she would want a full spa-day. So. being the good husband I am, I quietly set aside money each month until the baby was born so that I could treat her to a real nice spa-day at one of Miami's premier 5* spas. I was planning on really splurging, but when the time came around for her to enjoy her day, she told me that she'd rather I use the money to fix up the back yard, as our gazebo's "roof" was all tattered and torn from the storms down here, as well as our overgrown avocado tree.
Unbeknownst to us at the time, many of the spas in Miami have subscribed to a program called "Miami Spa Month," where many of the best spas in the city offer 99$ special treatments. Wifey looked around and found a couple spas that had treatments she wanted, so she set up appointments.
A little while back I gave somme shooting instruction to the cousin of a friend of mine. The cousin happens to work for Home Depot, so she was able to hook me up with a great price on a brand new 12x12 gazebo AND a three person swing set.
For less money than I had planned to spend on the Spa day alone, I was able to treat the wife to some relaxing treatments AND grab the gazebo and swing set. We even still have plenty of money left over for the landscaping.
So, today was the day I began prepping the back yard. I took down the old gazebo, and set to work chopping back that avocado tree.
Check out these lovelies:
Thanks to GustheFish (who is a gentleman amongst swine
) I had a new chopper to work with a bit:
This thing is a beautiful knife, and the Euro handle is just FANTASTIC!!! The blade was of thinner stock than I expected, which makes the knife VERY fast in the hand. It feels more like a fighter than a chopper, but it handled the 1-4" circumference avocado branches without any problems. Too bad some of the others got jealous:
The Gifted Badger wanted to play, but it was just a little too small. The SFNOLE, however, was not deterred at all by the thick branches. This thing has REAL chopping power for a 7" blade. That sabre grind really does add some heft to the knife, making it blade heavy, but still fast enough to wield pretty quickly.
After these three came out, the little siblings wanted to play as well:
Unbeknownst to us at the time, many of the spas in Miami have subscribed to a program called "Miami Spa Month," where many of the best spas in the city offer 99$ special treatments. Wifey looked around and found a couple spas that had treatments she wanted, so she set up appointments.
A little while back I gave somme shooting instruction to the cousin of a friend of mine. The cousin happens to work for Home Depot, so she was able to hook me up with a great price on a brand new 12x12 gazebo AND a three person swing set.
For less money than I had planned to spend on the Spa day alone, I was able to treat the wife to some relaxing treatments AND grab the gazebo and swing set. We even still have plenty of money left over for the landscaping.
So, today was the day I began prepping the back yard. I took down the old gazebo, and set to work chopping back that avocado tree.
Check out these lovelies:
Thanks to GustheFish (who is a gentleman amongst swine
) I had a new chopper to work with a bit:
This thing is a beautiful knife, and the Euro handle is just FANTASTIC!!! The blade was of thinner stock than I expected, which makes the knife VERY fast in the hand. It feels more like a fighter than a chopper, but it handled the 1-4" circumference avocado branches without any problems. Too bad some of the others got jealous:
The Gifted Badger wanted to play, but it was just a little too small. The SFNOLE, however, was not deterred at all by the thick branches. This thing has REAL chopping power for a 7" blade. That sabre grind really does add some heft to the knife, making it blade heavy, but still fast enough to wield pretty quickly.
After these three came out, the little siblings wanted to play as well:
