I hate stumps!

I cut down these ridiculously ugly bushes in front of my house. Mostly I did it because they greatly reduced the visibility along the steps leading up to my h0use, making it very easy to trip! Cutting them down was difficult but not impossible. I used a chainsaw and loppers. It took a few days, but I was happy to see them gone, and I cannot wait to replace them with something pretty! My only stumbling block is the stumps they left behind.

I don't want to use one of those stump-dissolving chemicals because that would take a long time. I thought I could cut down at least to the ground with my sawzall, but no luck there. I saw a site online that suggested using a spade to dig a trench around the stump and then using a landscaping bar to break up the roots and lever up the stump. So, I went to the local hardware store to buy a landscaping bar. The trouble... Yes there was trouble. I couldn't lift any of the landscaping bars there! Ugh! So I couldn't even purchase a landscaping bar, let alone whack at roots with it.

So I'm at an impasse. I will probably hire somebody to come in and remove the stumps for me. Grr though because I'd really like to be self-sufficient in this matter and remove the stumps myself.

My inability to remove stumps also presents me with an expensive problem. I have a yard full of unwanted, ugly, and overgrown bushes. I could cut them all down, but I'd still be left with the stumps which would just regrow ugly bushes!

The Pineapple Project

In every episode of Psych, there is a pineapple somewhere. Sometimes these pineapples are obvious, and other times, they are rather subtle. I looked around online and even on the Psych official web site, and I could not find a source listing the pineapples on Psych. I was left with one choice: watch a lot of Psych episodes and compile my own list.

Why is there a pineapple in episode? I don't know, and the Psych cast and crew have many of their own theories. By the way, there is a pineapple in the fish tank on the top of the official Psych web page.

Here are my pineapple sightings so far (at some point, I will organize this list by season):

• Psy vs Psy: Shawn makes a pineapple upside down cake using an EZ Bake oven he bought on eBay.
• If You Are So Smart, then Why Are You Dead: There are pineapple drink glasses on Shawn's Dad's tiki bar.
• Gus Walks into a Bank: There are 3 pineapple sightings in this episode!
  • Shawn complains about the pizza toppings that they don't even have ham and pineapple
  • There is a pineapple in the fruit bowl. Shawn walks past it on the way to the bathroom
  • There is a pineapple cutout on the zipline snack delivery system
• American Duos: Shawn brings Emilina a Pineapple
• And Down the Stretch Comes Murder: Shawn's dad gets him to wear a green Hawaiian-style shirt emblazoned with pineapples.
  

Pineapple picture courtesy of Flickr user Giniger.