Rain, rain....Go Away!!!!

After a horrible experience with the landscaper from hell, it's finally done. I still have some things I have to change, but this will get us by until I figure it out. At least we have real grass now!!

Sprinkler System

Well after a weeks delay, they are finally getting started on the sprinkler system. Looks like a mess to me. Here's hoping the rain stays away so they can finish up....Stay tuned!!!

The Makeover continues...

Out with the old, in with the new.

You saw the yard in the last post, here's what's going on today. It's time for a makeover!! This grass totally sucked, it was ugly grass. So, it's gone!
Here's how things are going.


It looked like they were bailing hay out there.
Loading up debris one load at a time.

All nice and clean, ready for sprinklers & sod.

Uh oh...nothing like a nice big storm to make a mess.

Yuk!

Stayed tuned for the finish project, pictures when we return next month.

Before & After

Here is an update on the Florida houses paint job. While we were up in IL, we had some repairs done on the house, but most importantly, we had it painted. While I didnt want a lot of color on the house, I did want enough to make the white trim paint pop a little more. I picked out a soft green before we left and went with that. It was really scary wondering what it was going to look like, even though it was a light shade and pretty harmless. Well I think it turned out great. It's a nice soft green, much better than the almost white tan shade that it use to be. Click on the pics to enlarge.

Now to start working on the yard. The dogs pick up everything on their fur in the backyard, so I hope to get some flowerbeds done and some sod as soon as we get a sprinkler system.

Before

After