Ok. That was weird.

So Chris came home from being out of town and was shocked how bad the grass on the side looked. He advised me that we either a) cover it with mulch or something or b) water it. He reminded me that if we're going to refinance our mortgage and will need to have our house appraised. Yikes!

So today we set out to OSH to find the part to our sprinkler valve that is broken, so we can fix it, and once again green grass can reign.

As we pull up to OSH, I recognize a high school classmate of mine standing near a professional video camera and tripod in the shade. I waved, she recognized me, and we went on our merry way.

Coming out of OSH, she asked us if we lived up here (Folsom), and then the conversation went like this:

Me: So what's up with the camera
Her: Oh, we're shooting a landscape show up here and OSH is a partner
Me: What, like Ambush Landscaping or something?
Her: Yeah, actually they are looking for someone in the store who needs their landscape redone.
Me: What channel is the show on?
Her: DIY
Me: Wow. Too bad we don't get DIY.
Her: Yeah, I had to get some special package. I hope they let me write it off at the end of the year as a work expense.
Me: BTW, this is my husband Chris. Chris -- this is Tiffany. We went to HS together. So we should go back inside and follow them around? How much do you get and what is the deal?
Her: ... You guys should! That would be funny.
Me: Damn. I picked a crappy day to dress badly and look like crap. Really, really bad.
Her: Laughing.
Us: //more small talk//
Me: Aight. Nice to see you, good luck with the taping and show!
Her: You too!

Weird! First, I usually run from people I went to HS with, or ignore them. She was too cool for me to do that to though. I'm glad we chatted, it was fun! But how strange that Chris and I want to redo our landscape and they were doing a show about it. But Chris and I were thinking out loud on the way home and here's why we're glad they didn't approach us and general rationalzing:

1) DIY usually has crappy shows, from what I've seen. Fabric and crap like that, you know?
2) It's probably one of those shows where the homeowner foots most of the bill.
3) It would look cheap.
4) We would likely have to take a couple days off work this week or something.
5) We wouldn't get what we really want -- the full front yard redone.

Hmm. Guess we'll never know.

And we ended up buying the wrong sprinkler part, going back to OSH to return it and get the right one, forgot the return item, OSH didn't end up have what we needed, and neither did Home depot. Glad we wasted most of today trying to locate a sprinkler part that is 10 years old and that they don't make anymore....