Haven't Posted In A While

Not a whole lot has been going on lately, so I haven't had much to post about. Things are well. We are so happy and relieved to not have to worry about the townhouse anymore. Although now we have a new project to think about...getting our yard in. We got a couple bids, and we finally figured out what we want to do, so we signed the contract today. Unfortunately, they are super busy and won't be able to start for about 6 weeks!! Although I guess this gives us some time to set aside some more $$ to pay for it. It will be so nice to be able to hang out in the back yard and not see ugly nasty weeds. Not to mention the awful fox tails that have been stuck to our dogs fur and our floor for the past several weeks, and the stray puncture weeds that fall randomly on the floor...those things really hurt! Anyway, we thought that we would start with the front yard this year and work on the back yard later, but we decided to just get it ALL done at once! We have a fairly large yard, and it's going to be quite expensive, but it's one of those things that just needs to be done, so we just can't think about the cost-just have to bite the bullet and do it! So here are our plans...Tear out the old dead lawn and weeds, grade/topsoil and new sod everywhere! Add some planters to the front yard with lots of bushes. Add a kidney shaped planter with large shade tree to the side yard. Lots of trees in the back yard, including a small fruit orchard off to the side of our backyard. We will have an area for our garden and also an area for a swingset in the future. We are excited to get it in, and I'll post before and after pictures when it is finally done.