We have talked about it for years now, but we have finally taken the plunge. There was a white wooden fence that went out behind the house & around the pool. Over the years the winds have pretty well destroyed it & it was leaning (mostly to the east). We were hoping that a strong wind would come through & lay it on it's side so it wouldn't be as much work getting it down, but that never happened. So this week Ron decided that is was time to take on the project. We have dismantled the fence & we tried to pull the shrubs out around the pool, but we weren't having much luck. It looked like a jungle back there. Anyway Ron got a hold of someone that lives down the road that has a backhoe & a dump truck & got them to come up & dig out the shrubs, the remaining fence posts & the sattlite dish. Things sure do look different around here. I am so use to having the privacy of the fence. No more taking the dog out while I'm in my nightgown in the morning, sorry I don't want the whole county to see my PJ's. So I have been throwing my clothes on first thing to take the dog out.
Ron said that more than likely the new fence will set in closer to the pool, hoepfully we can get one of the invesible dog fences so the dog can go out by herself.
Oh yeah - Ron also is having them take out the bushes in front of the house yet. I'm not sure what we are going to put in, but I have begged him for it not to be bushes with thorns on them, excuse my language, but they are a bitch to do anything with & I have been thorned about 100 times just messing with them the past couple of days. My arms & legs are all scratched up - it looks as if I tangoed with a barb wire fence.
Back to taking the fence down - Ron started the project Tuesday night - I had left to go to one of Zach's baseball games (Ron says that I'm on the 2,250th baseball game :)) & he started. He got quite a bit of the west side done. The next morning we got up & went out to work before it got too hot. I can tell you that manual labor stinks! We used crowbars & hammers. The hammer he gave me was so heavy, but I didn't complain I just banged away. I wore gloves & my hands are still blistered up. I'm not very coordinated so I got hit by falling boards left & right so I have bruises all over.
So to sum it up, I stink at manual labor & I ahve the battle wounds to prove it haha. Poor Ron just cringes when he sees me coming. At least he's smart enough to stay clear of me so he doesn't get hurt in the process haha.
Things look so differnt around here & it will take a while to get it all fixed, but we are working on it.
Now we just need to get the barn down, the only problem is that Ron can't handle heights anymore & he's afraid that I'd fall off the roof & kill myself (he has a valid point).
I'll have Kiersten take some pictures & post them so you all can see the difference.
Oh yeah - some good news, for those of you who are out of town - it RAINED today. Not all day, but we did have some nice showers. The crops were getting awfully parched.
