Four for Laughs: Yay! We finished a project...for once!

If you have kids around the ages of my girls, you will probably agree that it is much easier to stay at home than to pack up all their crap and plan your schedule around possible meltdowns and nap times to venture out. It just so much easier to stay home where you know all the neccessary child proofing is in place, you have plenty of the fav snacks and most importantly you know exactly where the time out chair is. Only problem with staying home all the time is it gets pretty boring. Our yard has been such a mess that I even hide from embarrassement when the PG & E guy comes to read our electric meter. There was absolutley no way I would have friends over.

In my heart I knew that the only way we would get any yard work done was if I invited some people over - this way we would be forced with a deadline to get it all done. Last weekend the work began. Morgan borrowed a small excavator and had a transfer load of baserock delivered to the house. Last Sunday he had managed to pull out the existing vegetation and put a layer of baserock down but due to flat seas and salmon fishing thats about as far as it got.

Today we went into town, picked up some plants, a fire pit and a pressure washer and managed to get the rest done. It all turned out pretty nice, not perfect by any standards but it is definatley good enough to have some friends over, make some smores, have a few cocktails and a few laughs. Good thing too cause we are having friends over next Saturday. We rented a jumpy house for the kiddos and are looking forward to a good time with good friends. Hopefully Morgan and I will be responsible "yard owners" this time and wont let it get overrun with weeds, leaves and garbage. If we do, well then I guess I will need to invite one of you over so we can start this whole process again!