busy week..

Crazy busy week here!

Last week we called a landscaping company to hire them on Tuesday morning. They said they'd call to let us know about deposit and such. That was good with us. Well, when they called, the message was that they'd had a job where the permit expired and so they could fit us in early if we wanted... and they could start Thursday. Of course, we said YES!!!! They also waived the deposit and would collect it all when the job was done.

On Thursday, five guys showed up and made amazing progress. Things slowed down a bit after that because they ran into some glitches with figuring out the grade issues we were having. However, after some discussion and decision-making, things are moving forward again. At this point we probably have another 2-3 days left depending on weather and what else is going on for jobs on their end. By the weekend it should be done, for sure.

We made a couple changes to the job through the course of things. First, we added a deck to the front instead of a step. Next, we decided to replace the front lawn with new sod. We can't wait to see it done and to enjoy the fruits of their labour. ;) There will still be a lot of work for me to complete in the back and a little in the front but they will be fun projects, I think.

The other thing going on in the midst of this and work/normal day-to-day activities is that we had visitors from Calgary today to celebrate our children's grads. They used to live here and there was a promise made when they moved that there would be a joint grad celebration for them. We put on a steak luncheon at our house and it went pretty well considering. It tied for the biggest gathering we have held in our little house at a total of 8 people. It was a little hectic but definitely worth it all. :)

Dee..