The Wall

If I had thought of it at the time, this blog would have been a "Before", "During", and "After", picture story of my summer landscaping project. However, since I did not think of it until now, it is going to have to be an "Almost done" and "after", picture story of my summer landscaping project. As you cannot see, in the "before" picture, that is not above, we had a nicely sloped front yard. It made it difficult to grow grass and keep it green. (The slope and the horrible rocky soil that is.) So when we saw retaining wall blocks on sale earlier this summer, we decided to buy some and build a wall to level out the front yard. The pictures above show the wall basically completed.(that one last block did go in the wall on the other end.) By GOD's grace, we bought the EXACT number of blocks needed to complete the wall. (258 if you are interested) I did not have to buy anymore to finish, I did not have a single block remaining, and the wall ended exactly where I wanted it to. Now all that is left to do in the pics above is to rake out the dirt that is piled up in the front yard and make a flat (flatter than it was) lawn. It will still have a little slope to it, but nothing like it used to. Now here is how it looks today after raking out most of the dirt.

The piles that still remain are chunks of sod from the old lawn that I need to get rid of. (So it you need any old chunks of sod, I'll make you a great deal!) So now I guess to call it an "After" picture, there would need to be green grass covering the lawn. My bad. I guess it is an "Almost done", "close to done", and "I see light at the end of the tunnel" picture story of my summer landscaping project. Stay tuned to this station to see the finished product.(hopefully soon.) So if anyone has a need or desire to build a retaining wall to level some yard,

I have heard they are very helpful with that sort of stuff at those big box home improvement centers. Good luck and have fun!

Blog update.

I have not blogged for a while, because I have not had anything to say. But to keep all the faithful readers happy, at least the one I know of, here is an update of most of my previous blogs, starting with July this year.

1. Still need donations for the hog.
2. Emma does not get any calls on either of her phones. (Might be because no one can remember the number.)
3. Hid 8 caches now, found 199.
4. The gawkers are still gawking.
5. The runners are still pretending to be gawking so they can make fun of me with their buddies in a couple weeks.
6. They are still paying me for playing in the woods.(ok ok there is some work involved, but it is usually hiking around in the woods)
7. I am no longer an equal opportunity blogger.(I don't know what came over me. Please accept my deepest apologies. I hope that the memory of that other mascots picture will not ruin the rest of your year. I promise there will be no more ducks on this blog. At least until after football season.
8. The beavs are 1-2 and play USC in about 1 week. GO BEAVS!!!!!
9. Will and Will Not are still in that no holds barred cage match to the death. (Will has been winning about 50 % of the time)
10. The dog still lies.
11. Still have not won a raffle. But the people next to me still do. Ask Ryan how he likes his new chainsaw!
12. Somewhere less than 21 days to the first beaver football game. It was 2 weeks ago.
13. Riah has decided snacks that start out yummy then turn yucky, are not as good as snacks that start out yummy and turn more yummy.
14. She did finally wake up.

That should cover it. If you are confused of have any questions, please refer to some previous blogs. All the answers can be found within.
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