Wordy Wednesday with the Woos

 Mom would describe it as her 10 days from hell, but in the end the result was good.  We got a new deck!!!  For over a week there was no way for us to go out in the yard because there were no stairs for several days and there was too much debris around for us to be safe out there.  

So we got lots and lots of walks day and night, one at a time, up and down the street, and at least one longer one around the neighborhood. Mom's health app on her iPhone was blowing up with messages to her about the BIG changes in her daily activity:). At least it was a beautiful week weather-wise, nice temps and no rain.  The hardest part was that first outing of the morning when we all had to pee at the same time and urgently.  Mom says we were very patient and helped her out a lot by waiting our turn.

As you can see, the new deck is basically the same footprint as the old one, but the materials are different.  Aside from the underpinning supports, there is little wood now, no more wood rot and no more puppy chewing, not that there are any hopes of a puppy here anyway:(

But there was one problem that we had to work to overcome.  The new stairs had to meet current code requirements so the steps are a little closer together in height and they are wider from front to back.  The old steps were made of a solid board and the new ones have two boards with a space through the middle.  One of us does not like change at all, and it took some work to get him to adjust.  If you are guessing it was Lightning, you would be correct.

"Are you crazy???  Surely you don't expect me to go down those scary steps!!!"

"OK, I will try one, maybe two, but nope, not working for me, I am going back up.  I can't trust those boards.  With that crack down the middle, I am not sure how many steps there really are."

"Seriously, Mom, now you expect me to come up the stairs????  I am really going to have to think about this one."

So it took a good week, lots of coaxing and help, and lots of treats, but the old boy has finally mastered the challenge.  He has some very serious bad leg problems and struggles with the stairs anyway.  But he is a trooper and figured it out.

We are all very happy that we still have our lookout landing that also doubles as a great posing for treats spot:)

Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

We sure weren't very wordless, but it is still fun to join in on the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop sponsored by Comedy Plus.