So Friday and Saturday were two days of miserableness out in the summer heat. Now I have a noticeable farmer tan/sunburn. I have regained the use of my limbs today. Fingers are still a little iffy.
Friday was spent raking out the rest of the medium rocks in the back yard and topping off the retaining wall with the extra big rocks. It was hot.
Saturday we spread out topsoil and finished the sprinklers in the back. It was really hot. My favorite part was having to dig back up a sprinkler head that had gotten covered up with the final grading/backfilling by the retaining wall. Took a while to find. It was really really hot. And then we tested the sprinklers. They were all in backwards. Had to turn em all around. Yeah, that little white line on the side that was supposed to be on the left...nope the other left.
We bought the seed for the grass. Cost $77. So, is it just me, or does that not sound significantly less than a thousand dollars for sod? Then why did all the landscape guys try to convince us that it really isn't that different?? They tried to tell us that by the time you water the seed and yada yada then you end up at pretty much the same cost. I don't know, but I will be surprised if we spend *$900* on water.
Monday, August 31, 2009
everything you need to turn five
Package in the mail.
Check.
{She carried it around for three days.}
{She carried it around for three days.}
Sammies for lunch. in your jammies.
Check.Cream puffs. 
Check.
Check.Dancing.
Check.Chocolate Cake with pink frosting.
Check.
Check.Pizza for dinner and flowers from Daddy.
Check!
Check!Sunday, August 23, 2009
We are so happy we do the dance of joy!
At the crack of dawn yesterday the pump truck made its appearance. You can see the sunrise in the background as the pump goes up. Luckily our cement guy was there first {6 am}. So this time I knew it was going to stay for a few hours.
I couldn't get excited until the cement guys were actually here. In our driveway.
The truck operator got everything in position. Here you can see the pump extending over the house to the back of the driveway.They started pumping at 7 and were done about 8:30.
Here is the patio after they had poured it and smoothed it out a bit. We had them add color to make it taupe.
I almost didn't think to have the kids put their hand prints. Phew! We stuck 'em on the edge of this little extension of the driveway extension. We'll put our garbage can & recycle bin back here.
After the concrete was ready they broke out the stamps. That's what everyone charges boo-coo bucks for. This guy was the best price by far. He charged us with the color and stamps a little bit less than the lowest bid we got from anyone else for just plain old gray cement. And it made me feel even better about the whole deal when the guy who drove the second cement truck {we had one with taupe for the patio and one with plain for the driveway extension} said we had some of the best guys doing our job. He said there are very few that he would recommend, and these were some of the best. That was good to hear. {So if anyone in the area needs cement work done, let me know.} 
Now that the patio is done we just need some steps. I would have liked to do some steps like these...
...but that plan was pre-emptively thwarted by the *geniuses* who put a window well directly below our door. Oh well.
The truck operator got everything in position. Here you can see the pump extending over the house to the back of the driveway.They started pumping at 7 and were done about 8:30.Here is the patio after they had poured it and smoothed it out a bit. We had them add color to make it taupe.I almost didn't think to have the kids put their hand prints. Phew! We stuck 'em on the edge of this little extension of the driveway extension. We'll put our garbage can & recycle bin back here.After the concrete was ready they broke out the stamps. That's what everyone charges boo-coo bucks for. This guy was the best price by far. He charged us with the color and stamps a little bit less than the lowest bid we got from anyone else for just plain old gray cement. And it made me feel even better about the whole deal when the guy who drove the second cement truck {we had one with taupe for the patio and one with plain for the driveway extension} said we had some of the best guys doing our job. He said there are very few that he would recommend, and these were some of the best. That was good to hear. {So if anyone in the area needs cement work done, let me know.} Now that the patio is done we just need some steps. I would have liked to do some steps like these... ...but that plan was pre-emptively thwarted by the *geniuses* who put a window well directly below our door. Oh well.Friday, August 21, 2009
So she says to me
"I'm only happy when I'm in dirt."
Yes. That was my daughter.
Needless to say, it's been great having no grass so far.
Yes. That was my daughter.
Needless to say, it's been great having no grass so far.
Need a laugh?
I ran across this blog a while back and then forgot about it until today.
{Brace yourself.}
{Brace yourself.}
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Seconds
Yesterday Cuddles could hardly wait to start second grade. I believe his exact words were, "I'm going to pretend I'm sick so they will send me home."
After dinner while jumping on the trampoline a certain little sister knocked out a SECOND wiggly tooth.
The Professor broke his foot a SECOND time last Wednesday night. Surgery was on Friday afternoon. The pain meds are no longer required and the cast will be on four weeks. He is just so happy about the whole thing. It was just how he wanted to finish the summer! As did we all.
And everyone wants SECONDS of the smores crepes Megan made for us. MMMMM... See how fancy she is lighting the marshmallows on fire!
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