Ripping out the hedges

We started ripping out he front yard today. We only made it 1/4 of the way :(. It is hard work. There are so many roots and rocks. We are having to take the 2 tons of rock to the back for now. I don't know if we are going to put it back or mulch when we are finished. We ended earlier than expected cause our one and only shovel broke. Steve didn't think it sounded like fun to try to dig out 2 tons of rock with Cole's little shovel. Feel free to come and help this weekend!

To the left of Steve there were huge bushes that were half dead and half way up the house. Gone. Well not really. They are waiting for our friend with the pick up come and get them for the clean landfill.

Steve attempting to use the tiny shovel!



Scrap cards SEI paper

Sassafrass and We R Memory Keepers paper.

SEI papers. Love the eggplant and lime combo with the gray.

Scrap cards using leftover Sass, We R Memory Keepers and Foo Fa La. That bird is vinyl. love it!

A man in his drive

Look what we did. We got a driveway! Woooooooooooo Hooooooooooo. No more rocks, no more mud, easier snow removal. Wooooooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooo. We may be a little excited!

Bad Blogger

I have been a super bad blogger. Not because we don't have anything going on. It is actually just the opposite. We are super busy. Worked all week at the hospital and then would come home and work. We have several projects going. We would like to get the house on the market in the next month or so. We have all little things to do. The front yard is the bigger project. By bigger I mean more work and $$$$. I will post pics of some of our latest projects. The outdoor projects are coming along nicely. We just have to work on them between the raindrops! Cole likes the rain because it equals mud. Mud equals fun in his book.

This week on our agenda is to finish Cole's room (touch up paint, baseboard and trim and 2 pieces of crown moulding) and then hit the upstairs hallway (paint, trim and crown moulding) and our bedroom (crown moulding, trim and new ceiling fan). Are you sensing a theme here? Crown moulding!!!! We would also like to continue to work outside on and off as it is going to be nice. We have a landscaper coming over M or T to give us ideas and estimates for the front. That is where the most work is needed.
Well off to bed. 4:30am comes awful early. TFL.

New planting area in the back. See Cole's little tomato plants. We just have to get the caps for the blocks and cut down the fence posts to a better size. I found solar powered fence lights that fit like caps right on top. I got four. One for each side of the entrance gates into the yard


Cole at 8am this morning. Getting ready to head into the house for bath #1 (had 3 today!!)



Cole's new green and white room with a door!


Back yard landscaping (no more rocky mud pit!!!!). Just have to decide if I am going to plant along that wall or grow rocks!!!! Rocks are easier.