Dirt is here!

Five cubic feet of topsoil was delivered the other day! I took the afternoon off and wheelbarrowed it all from the alley to the bed. That was some heavy, heavy work but well worth it! Below you can see the dirt going, going, gone. Next comes the grass!

Building a raised bed!

Hello!
Long time no post, yeah?

The big project that's underway is building a raised grass bed in the back yard. It's 11X24 and about 6 inches deep. Chels & I built the wooden bed last weekend.
Here's some pics for the curious folks...

Bush Begone!

It looks like spring is on it's way! Chels and I took advantage of the fantastic weather (This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 57. East northeast wind around 9 mph.) to tear out the overgrown bushes by the front door.

Chels sawed off the trunk and branches and I dug out one of the stumps. These things must be old because the roots were huge!




after!

Whatcha think?

Old works

Oy! It's been a very long time since I posted any of my new projects!

Here's a few photos from the garbage disposal install project I finished back in August. It only leaked water everywhere once....

new fence!

With the help of my fantastic friend, Evan Holt of Impresario Art, I put up a fence last weekend!

We put up a 5' fence in the front and back and I'll be putting up 5'6" fillers in the existing fence to keep the pooch in.

Here's Evan, chopping wood. He figured out the design, helped me pick out all the wood we'd need to finish the project and showed me how to do everything! I never would have even started without his help!



















the back fence going up! The top six inches were all rocks so the augering took forever. The hole on the left was the first... and deepest... then they got shallower as we went along!



The front fence before we put the gate on. While we were digging the holes we found bricks two feet under the yard in one hole! In the other we drilled straight into an old fence post hole - perfect!



















It took a lot of hard work to get the project done but we've got a beautiful fence at the end of the day!

Home Improvement 055

I know next to nothing about home improvement. Evan showed me a thing or two and took me to the home depot though, so I may just know enough to be dangerous.

With the help of my new best friend, my trusty cordless drill (thank you, thank you, Mr. Holt), I managed to do some home improvement today - I put up rods in the closets!

Check it out:




a new rod in the downstairs closet - easy.

upstairs closet before...


upstairs closet after - this was a hard one. The closet is 11+ feet long but I could only get 9 feet of rod through the door. I had to cut it about mid way, support it with the hook and anchor the two pieces into the hook. The closet is VERY short (less than 6') and it will be tough to get some stuff out... but at least we have a place to hang clothes upstairs.

Next project = shelves in the mud room!

All moved in!

Hurray! We're finally here.
Tons of our great friends helped us move in last Friday and now we're all here. The old house will be cleaned out on Wed and we'll be all here, all the time!

The house is less of a disaster zone than when these pictures were taken - things are really starting to come together.



The cable guy is coming tomorrow so I can begin setting up the "media room" - we'll see how it works out.

This is all so much more fun than studying for the bar.














Disaster Zone




















Disaster Zone II




















Buster likes it!