Dalton was such a good helper to us when we were working outside. All of the bushes/trees/hedges needed trimmed up, so I tackled that in the morning. Dalton piled all the trimmings up for us, and then even tried to help sweep! The walkway to our front door (which is the door on the right of the house) was so overgrown it wasn't possible to use the front door, so we got all of that trimmed away. The bushes look horrible, but we'll see what they look like in the spring.
The side and back area of the house is very unique. We have a wooden sitting area on the side of the house that leads down steps (passing a little fish pond), past a bench, to a larger sitting area with a fireplace (at least I believe that is what it is). The trees and bushes along the way got a nice little trimming yesterday. This bench was unusable before we started.
The concrete sitting area behind the house is buried underneath about six inches of pine needles. I started to rake those up a bit to see how far back the sitting area extends. It's going to be a great place for entertaining friends when it's all done. We have some trees that need to be pulled up back there, but I don't think they will be too bad. My biggest thing right now back there is figuring out how to get rid of all the pine needles.
This last photo is where the Caprice is going to be parked, once we get it trimmed out a bit more. The car fits, but the sides will get scratched by all the branches.
The Kitchen Door
Who knew a door could cause us so much trouble?? Our little drill wasn't powerful enough to drill the new holes, so we would use it for a minute (until the battery drained), then have to let it sit for at least 30 minutes before trying again. After a few hours, that got very old. Luckily, Dad let us use one of his drills, and the door was drilled within minutes. We had to remove both of the strikeplates (I think that's what they are called) to get the door to close properly. The door was so messed up we had to put a gold plate on it to cover up the holes (the holes were already there), and that made the door not want to close with the strikeplates in place. We'll figure out a way to get it back on there once we're all settled in.
Last, but not least, playtime!
Just some shots of Dalton playing at the house. He absolutely loves that swing, so I guess we'll have to replace it with one that we all can sit on.
Having some fun at the apartment with the handcart:
1 comment:
It will look super awesome when you guys are done! It's a beautiful place, can't wait to see what all you guys do!
Poodle-Jennifer
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