The fancy yard

The husband and I have started trying to salvage our dead, crappy looking weeded yard. I seriously think we can kill any plant no matter how hard. For the first year since we moved in, we have actually taken the initiative to get outside "before" the 85 degree weather. Well, hello, 85 degrees. So apparently starting in March even can be to late. This is our plan of action.

First, I am SO tired of the reason our yard looks like crap is because The Husband doesn't have "the right tools." So, I thought I'd fix that. I marched him into Sears and told him to buy whatever it is that he needs. After looking at me like I was crazy for about ten minutes, he got really excited and started picking things out. You see, my friends, I think the "man brain" took over and the excitement of new toys kicked in and he forgot about the fact that once we buy these things, they will be used. Two hundred dollars later, we are cramming everything into the Corolla. Don't worry, thats just a chainsaw beside B's carseat. But in a box! Anyways, so we're on our way and the entire ride home, I'm giving him "The List."

As soon as we got home, he just has to "cut something!" So he starts on the side yard. The next day, I got out and started pulling weeds while he was cutting things again. Meanwhile, Bentlee was playing in the street. Kidding, of course. Anyways, so now that we have the beds almost all cleaned out, I have decided that we may as well go ahead and paint the foundation of our house. The people before had painted it some odd color and now it's faded to a pink color. So then I decided that if we were going to paint the foundation, we may as well paint the shutters and our front door to match. THEN I decided that if I was going to do that we should buy a whole new screen door since I've been wanting an all glass one anyways. And since I was already thinking about paint colors, I may as well pick a cute new color for the kitchen since I want to replace the kitchen counters and the backsplash. And while we're at it, we may as well stain the back deck to get it looking really good. None of this has been done of course, and may not get done, but right now, Hubby needs to nap even when I start talking about it from his head spinning so fast.

You should have just done the yard work Husband. Without the fancy tools.