The Grass is greener on this side

Our backyard has gone from barren dirt farm to legitimate lawn. It hasn't been easy. Our earlier posts have shown just what horrible shape our backyard was in. Nothing but weeds and ancient Corona caps. Every time we'd go outside we'd find a some new and strange trinket like a beach ball or a small onion field as we worked. All the hard work has finally paid off and we now have a lawn to care for. So while we've created an extra chore for ourselves, we no longer have the ugliest backyard in the world.




Here are some pics to compare what we had to what our lawn looks like now.

Preview!

Well - we've been a little lax in our posting lately, but doing so has enabled us to have a lot to post about all at once! Here's a quick preview....over the weekend we had a wonderful Lena in town, bought an antique mahogany wardrobe and much, much more!

We'll post all of the details ASAP!

Hope everyone is having a good night....Atticus and I are still training for our half marathon - just got back from a run!

Doing time....

Hi everyone....
I wanted to put a quick post out here in blog-land to let everyone know that I'm raising money for the Muscular Dystrohy Association... I am going to be locked up in "jail" to raise money for MDA. My goal is to raise $3,280 before the event on August 6th!

Your 100% tax-deductible donation will help MDA continue research into the cause and the possible cure of the 43 neuromuscular diseases they cover. Your support of the MDA Lock-Up will also help MDA provide medical equipment, clinic visits, support groups and a magical week of MDA Summer Camp for the families served by the Association in our local area.

Please visit my donation homepage

13.1.....

MILES!!! So, Sean and I decided that we are going to run a half marathon! We're going to run the White Rock Half Marathon together in December.....unless we find a better one to run in the Oct/Nov time frame!

Atticus is so excited about this and can't figure out why we didn't start training for this a year ago when he joined our family. He's definitely more of a fan or running, as opposed to his normal walking.

This will be my (Sara's) third half marathon and Sean's first half marathon. Let us know if you have any tips for us!!!

And Now it is Complete

Well, its 99% complete. A massive storm rolled in just as we were fastening the last board into the pergola. Oh well, just take a gander at what our new backyard feature looks like.




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Check it out!

Here's a review of a local German restaurant:

I Don't Know if this is Tall Enough

Meet the new addition to our home, our new pergola. Well what is a pergola you may ask? Well, it's, it's that thing right up there. It provides no shelter from rain or wind and sunlight will shine right through the slates of the roof (once we put them on)so it offers minimal shade.
So why did we build it? Because it looks cool. Because it defines the area around it and creates entertaining space out of what was just yard. The pergola is the next step in putting Sara's and my personality into our house. Here some pictures of John and I at work at it. Just like all of our projects, it involved digging.
In case anyone is reading this and wonders if we needed a permit or should have gone through the bureaucratic process that is sometimes necessary in historical neighborhoods such as ours. Remember this; that is a bounce house!