Drum Roll Please....

Finally some pictures of the new yard. It was already starting to get dark so these aren't the greatest pictures in the world. We are still trying to figure out how we are going to cap the fire pit. And we are still tweaking the waterfall a bit. But it is finally done for the most part. I think the last thing we need to do is buy a couple of chairs to put out by the fire pit. Let me know what you think. This first pic is in the same general direction as the "before" picture in the early post.


Below is the waterfall Steve and I built without killing eachother (okay we came close a few times :) )


The unfinished fire pit


Here are some more miscellaneous pics of the yard

Threes

It seems like when one thing goes wrong two more are quick to follow. This started with the alternator incident last week. This week while I was driving home (late) on Thursday night I realized that one of my headlights was out. It was too late for me to get a new one that night, so I figured I get a new one on Friday when I got home. Well I had to go to Santa Cruz Friday morning and wouldn't you know that it was the foggiest morning I think I've seen all year. At least I didn't get pulled over for a fix-it ticket!! Then #3 came along...Friday night I went to load dishes in the dishwasher and noticed a few of the panel lights were blinking. I tried to start it, but to no avail. So on Saturday after doing everything we could think to try and fix it ourselves (short of ripping it apart) I called for a service appt. Of course it is horrible timing since both Steve and I have have super busy schedules next week and can't wait at home for 4 hours for the service man...so we will be hand washing dishes until Saturday when we hope they will be able to fix it! Hopefully this sting of events will stop at 3!

A Little Delay

So, I know I promised pics of the yard, but well we had a few setbacks this weekend and didn't quite get finished. I want to wait till it's ALL done before taking pics...but maybe I'll take a few before then.

Cars...

So sometimes I think cars are more trouble than they're worth...this morning while driving in to work my radio kept cutting out. I just thought it was the radio signal until all my gauges dropped to zero! Then I started to get worried...for those of you who don't know what my drive into work is like...about the time this started happening I was in the sticks with no cell signal...so I kept driving hoping I would make it in to town (Clayton) without anything bad happening. Well I made it in to town and thought maybe I could make it to work...but no such luck. About 3 miles from work I stopped at a light in a left hand turn lane and about 30 seconds later the engine quit. So I called AAA for a tow...meanwhile I was trying to wave traffic around me. I figured it was probably the alternator...and after running a diagnostic on the charging system they found out that was exactly the problem...so an alternator, battery and an arm and leg later I got my car back just in time to go home. What an exhausting day!! That is definitely enough car trouble for me for a LONG while!

Yard

So I've been promising pics of the new landscaping...but we're not quite done yet, so here's a before pic for those of you who haven't it seen or can't remember what it used to look like.
I promise some pics of the new landscaping will be coming in the next week!

Finally Setup

Well here it is. I finally started a blog...now let's see if I can keep it updated.