On May 14th, Minturn had its annual 'clean-up' day. The town provided the community with big dumpsters, burly men to assist and pick-ups if needed, plus plenty of encouragement to rid our houses and gardens of trash and unslightly waste, in preparation for the Summer ahead. We were notified of the event on several occasions - by several different Town of Minturn workers - who were keen for us to clean up the front of our house, and understandably so! We had already filled three, 40 yard dumpsters with remodel waste last Fall, but once the snow came - we were no longer allowed to leave the dumpster along the side of the road, as the plough needed to get by. So the remainder of the remodel waste was left at the front of the house, in the garage and partially in our neighbours driveway, to be covered in snow and forgotten about. As the snow melted - the eyesore got worse!
So, we rose early, and started to load the trusty Jeep with the rubbish. At the other end- the burly man including Chris unloaded. We made 5 trips. For the big pieces a neighbour came by twice, and filled up his pick-up! The following day we made two more trips to get rid off the 'trash' in the garage. All in all a productive weekend,, and it certainly saved us a lot of money (we spent over $1500 last year on dumpster fees!!). We also started to level the soil at the back of the house. So the landscaping has started, however as it has been on again, off again snowing since then - we are on stand still with that. Hopefully Winter will be over soon and we'll have a few weeks/months of Summer to get the garden looking good, before the snow begins again!
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| The rubbish is piled up - and this was taken after we had already made two runs to the dumpster! |
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| You can see why the Town of Minturn were keen for us to get rid of the ghastly mess in front of the house!! |
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| The mess is gone, and the garage can now open! The stucco guys start this week (if the weather co-operates) -so we almost have a nice looking house! Not a hodge podge of chicken wire, plaster and plywood!! |
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| Chris - very proud of his handy 'garage door' making skills - and the fact it lasted the winter and still opens! |
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| Decluttered garage - and new wheel-barrow!! |
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| The trusty Jeep - still smells a little fousty after all the rubbish it had in it - but we'll have the soft top on soon so that will ventilate it well enough - I hope!! |
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| A little more respectible - still needs a little work!! |
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| Chris leveling the back garden. |
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| I was also helping - believe it or not! |
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| Somewhat level - extremely wet. Eventually want to move the retaining wall (left) back a few metres to allow for a wee 'patio' space! |
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| Kira and Url were extremely tired after the productive weekend. |
