Shannon Yarbrough

If J and I aren’t watching the Food Network, then we are probably watching HGTV.  That means if we aren’t trying a new dish in the kitchen, then we are rearranging furniture or doing something to the yard.  Spring cleaning inside the house was the project the past few weekends, so this weekend we were outside.

On Saturday, I finally spent my birthday money on plants for the back yard.  I bought some more perennials for our flowerbed, and some vegetable plants and other things for a few pots.  J decided to pay someone to remove the large evergreen bushes from our front yard which would lead to an even bigger project for Sunday.

We made a trip to Lowe’s to look at brick to put up a wall and enclose the new flowerbeds in the front where the bushes had been.  We also bought paint for the front porch, steps, and foundation of the house.  At 6am on Sunday, I was still asleep but J went outside and started painting.  At 8:30am, Lowe’s was calling ready to make the delivery of the pallet of bricks, which we thought weren’t coming till the end of the day.  I got dressed and went outside when the truck came.  Brick by brick, 128 in all, I enclosed the beds on each side of the front of the house while J finished painting.  We were done three hours later.  With aching bones and backs, we showered, ate, took some Excedrin, and rested.

By mid-afternoon, I was content with staying home the rest of the day but J was antsy to buy a few new plants for the new flowerbeds.  We bought four new smaller bushes and added some pampas grass.  Came home and planted those, cooked dinner, and crashed.  I slept like a baby last night, having not worked that hard since two years ago when we moved.  Looks like I’ll have to go back to work today just to get some more rest!

Here’s a “before” picture.  I’ll post an After picture later this week…