This weekend, we had planned on putting in the front lawn and garden. Because we were at phil's party until 4:30 in the morning, we had a late start on saturday and i had some heartburn from the Fish House Punch. so, it ended up being a lazy day for us. i got completely caught up on Heroes, though. and we finally watched The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (which was good, but sad, ladies).
sunday morning, we decided that we were going to go for it. we went and rented a tiller, bought fertilizer, seed, and mulch. from 12pm to 9pm, we worked in the yard. we went to work, basically. but i always enjoy working with addy. she holds her own and always does more than my midwestern unconsciously sexist mentality thinks she can. and she makes sure that i know! she is hilarious and awesome and i love her so much! i tilled the front yard, garden, and a few other little spots. i had lots of fond remembrances of working for gary at Just Scraping By throughout the day. i had forgotten how physical the work is; my hands hurt from using the roto-tiller and my back hurt from shoveling and raking and lifting. we raked and graded the front yard, then rolled it to make sure it was flat and level (cause i want to be able to mow with our rotary mower). then we seeded and threw such mulchy stuff on top. i wished that i had the machine i used with gary, where we mixed it all up and then sprayed it on the lawn nice and evenly. it is much harder to do by hand. during the day, we also weeded, trimmed the bushes and trees, and cleaned up the back yard. i've been saying that we would get this stuff done for a while and i'm glad that WE did it! i'm excited to see how the lawn comes in and plant our garden. maybe next weekend.
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