Work, Work, Work, All Day Long!

Okay, first of all, I just have to say that I am such a dummy!!! I do project after project after project. Why I do this to myself I will never know! So, I recently started two backyard projects. Last year Vicki (My mom-in-law) was kind enough to give us some brick that she didn't want anymore. I love the brick and I have been excited to do something with it... Then it sat there on my patio all summer long and I didn't even touch it (no doubt, I was working on a different project). So now it has been there over a year and it is time to get my patio back.

This is my 'Before Photo', I know that it is kinda hard to see

But there is a hill in my backyard.

I don't know why it is there,

most of the neighbors have one too.

So I decided to cut the hill down and make

a barrier out of the brick.

I did it the hard way... completely by hand.

I probably shoveled 50 wheelbarrows

full of dirt, all by hand.

Oh, and has anyone ever told you how

hard it is to cut and move sod with only a shovel?

I don't recommend it :) !

But I do like the finished product!!!

(I know the grass isn't much to look at

right now but it will fill in.)

As I was working I realized that I needed a

place to put all of the dirt that I dug out.

The kids area would be a perfect place for it.

But it too needed a barrier. So guess what I

did next? Yep, you guessed it!

Here is our new brick barrier around

the kids play area.

I even glued it together with 'Liquid Nails'...

That should hold it.

These projects took two weeks, and hours and hours of time. I think that I worked on them almost 5 hours a day for most of the two weeks. Phew, so now it is DONE!!! ...But not to disappoint, I have already started my next project... But that is another story that begins with me tearing out my WHOLE bathroom, just to start again!