Saturday, April 9, 2011

Just getting started and CA trip

Isn't there a saying - you have to break an egg to make an omelet? Today we broke a bunch of eggs and won't have that omelet for a looooong time... We started jack hammering all the concrete around the house today (and when I say we, I mostly mean Ashley). Our driveway was pretty broken up so we have been planning to tear it out and repour. And our side yard and big part surrounding the back of the house was cement for some weird reason (we'd rather plant it and have stepping areas than all concrete). We also will be building retaining walls, tearing out a bunch of bushes, building a new fence, replanting, etc. So today we JUST started on the first step of a big whole yard landscape job that will be our big summer project. We made a huge mess that hopefully by the end of the summer will look much better than it did before we started. (excuse the tiny cell phone pictures)

before: back entry
before: side yard
during
during
at the end of today...

We are pretty beat tonite from a day with the jackhammer and prying up the big heavy chunks.

Also, here are some belated photos from our trip to CA. The weather was wonderful and it was great to see Fritz and Susanne. We had a GREAT time with Doug and Evelyn who spent Friday night at F and S's on their way through to Southern CA. Susanne cooked an amazing meal, and Fritz opened up some special wine that did not go to waste.

catching up and drinking wine on the patio

wine tasting

one of Fritz's old bottles of port

Ashley and Darby

after dinner lounging
and we also got to take a trip over the mountains to Santa Cruz and the beach over the weekend. the sun and water were awesome, but seriously - how pale am I?!?!



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  1. Three GillettesApril 10, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    Ok, its taken me THIS LONG to figure out how to leave a comment! I thought you had to use one of the icons on the right (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) Duh, just click on the "comment" link. Anyway, just went through everyone's comments for the first time - very fun.

    Beth, your driveway looks like a huge project but it will be sooo nice when it's done - especially with Ashley's expertise:) You're going to have a busy summer. Matt and I have been working on stuff like that since we moved in - 9 years later and we're still updating - crazy.

    I love Fritz and Suzzane's house - so pretty and the weather looked awesome. Glad it was a fun trip.

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  2. Three GillettesApril 17, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    I just noticed that on the picture of everyone on Fritz and Susanne's patio, that Doug is talking (we're all looking at him) but Fritz had just thrown the ball for Darby. Pretty cute :)

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