We are having a really nice weekend so far. Friday night after work we picked up a new favorite pizza to eat while watching a movie. The pizza has fresh spinach, portabella mushrooms, garlic, pine nuts, goat cheese and basil on top of a nice red sauce. All of that is covered with a pretty decent mozzarella. I would prefer the ingredients to be on top of the cheese, but other than that minor complaint it is really good. The girl behind the counter had more of her bosoms uncovered than covered, so that was a good thing too.

We got home, poured some drinks, plated some pizza, and settled in right away to watch A History of Violence. We both really liked it.

This morning (Saturday) we woke up early and went to Burger King for breakfast. I wanted to try their new French toast breakfast sandwiches. They are good, but the extra taste from the French toast is not worth the extra calories it adds. I will stick with their biscuit sandwiches. We hung out, talked, worked a crossword together and read the paper for a while.

We came home and started working on the garage. We are going to treat the floor with a waterproofing treatment to protect it from the corrosive effects of the salt from winter driving. It is starting to pit in a couple places.

We did some pre-organizing during the week, and using the broom and leaf blower to get out all of the accumulated dust, dead bugs, etc. that accumulate behind the things you don't use for years and years. We moved everything to one side of the garage and I started using a scrub brush and degreaser on a couple areas with oil stains. I used a garden hose to rinse the soup out while Sheri used a squeegee to direct the water away from the stuff piled up on the other side of the garage.

After that I fired up the pressure washer to remove more of the grease and the shiny surface that some areas of the concrete had. The instructions on the waterproofer said to use a pressure washer to strip away existing waterproofing treatment.

We needed a break as well as a few supplies. I took off the blade from the lawn mower and put on a freshly sharpened one. I also installed a fresh sparkplug. Then we took the dull blade to the hardware store to drop off for sharpening. Only $6. I swap out a sharpened blade at least twice a season. It makes a huge difference on the health and appearance of the lawn. We can drive down the street and spot the people that cut there grass with a dull blade. The day after cutting the grass with a dull blade the ragged edges of the grass tips dry out and give the whole lawn a brownish tint. I crisply cut blade of grass does not loose as much moisture to evaporation and the tip does not dry out. We also got some acid etcher, some chemical resistant gloves, and some ant poison to sprinkle around the house.

After that we went to 7-Eleven for a Squishee, and then to the gas station for lawnmower and pressure washer gas.

When we got home I used the phosphoric acid to work on some rust stains and to rough up the surface of the concrete. The instructions said a proper acid etched surface should feel like 80 grit sandpaper. I didn't get it that rough but it did do a good job on getting down to the bare concrete. Sheri cut the grass while I started with the acid. It looks good.

After flushing the garage out again with copious amounts of water I hooked up the pressure washer again and worked the concrete over again.

I think I am happy enough with the concrete now. There are still a few stubborn rust stains but I am not going to worry about them.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we will apply the water sealer to that side of the garage and let it dry overnight. In a couple of weeks we will do the exact same thing to the other side of the garage. We don't want to do it next weekend because we are having a guest.

We put away all of our tools and stuff, took showers, and then went out for dinner. We went to the golf course restaurant I wrote about a few weeks ago. The have their all-you-can-eat fish every single day! Not just Fridays and not just during lent. I got that, but I had them substitute their sweet potato fries for the regular fries. Both were excellent. Sheri had a really good turkey club and brought half of it home. I had one fish refill, and was tempted to go for a second, but I knew if I did I would walk out of their feeling uncomfortable. There was only one waitress who was actually the bartender, and there was a pretty decent sized crowd, so after sitting at a table for a few minutes and not getting any attention we decided we would be better off sitting at the bar. The Cub's game was on a big plasma set right behind the bar so it worked out really well. I love that place.

We went to Meijer for a few things and now are home to watch a movie. The only thing is it is after 9 PM and we are both tired from a day of good work and might not be able to stay awake for a move, so I think we will probably just watch Mad TV and SNL.

While Sheri was doing some yard work she came across on almost complete skeleton of some carnivore in one of the flower beds between some plants. We are not sure be our best guess is that it is a cat. What do you think?