Waiting for a social worker to let us know if we have an interview with a case worker is just as annoying. You can't control any part of it, you're still waiting to find out if your life could change, and you're exhausted from thinking about it.
So...as a partial distraction, we decided to upgrade our backyard. There are so many things to distract yourself with when landscaping.
The following is what we needed to improve--the picture doesn't really capture its chaos. There was no grass--only weeds, the retaining wall was falling apart, the rose bush was too large and no matter how much I tried, it would spill onto the tiny, cracking sidewalk. To be fair, the rose bush came with the yard. Next to Moxie was a stack of retaining wall block we bought in a failed attempt to stop the weed growth between the retaining wall and our neighbor's fence (don't ask...)
Our steps to backyard salvation and a rest from adoption thoughts:
1. Select a landscaper. We went with McDonough Lanscaping and were very pleased with our choice.
2. Receive a design from the landscaper. This was ours, and I fell in love with it:
3. Sign the contracts and start selecting the materials. These were some of the samples we looked at. It was really hard to envision how they would look as a patio and wall. So we choose them, took a deep breath, and watched while...
4. Our yard was torn down in one day--when I saw it I had a mini panic attack. I was home sick when it happened, and the reverberations from the wall coming down shook the entire house:
5. Watch as everything progresses for the next 6 days:
Notice the wall to the right and two distinct levels beginning to appear:
The sidewalk, patio, retaining walls are in!!
And then finally, the sod, and one happy collie:
Now we just need to add some furniture and pick a day for our BBQ.
Side-by-side comparison
1 comment:
It looks beautiful!! Great job! Can't wait to see it for myself.
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