...cuz we spent the day outside cutting down a huge row of extremly overgrown evergreens. We've been crazy this past week - cutting down many of our overgrown trees and shrubs. I hate to kill living things and I especially hated to kill these shrubs, because despite being horendously overgrown without any way to fix them, they do provide a great place for the birds to live. So, we won't see any cardinals in there this winter. We do plan to re-plant in the spring. We chose to cut them this fall so that the birds would have time to find new places to live before it gets too cold and so that no nests get destroyed in the spring. I already have ideas for spring!
In addition, we have had several people come give us estimates on work we want done outside - ripping out the horrible railroad tie flower beds (why, oh why would someone use these???), building a deck, pouring concrete for a BBQ area, new landscaping, puting up faux stone on the house once the flower beds are out (cuz the lovely people who sided the house only sided it down to the level of the flower beds and as the soil has eroded, there is beautiful pink and yellow foam insulation showing - why not just do things the right way the first time? I don't understand...) - and all of this to be done before the end of May next year for A.'s graduation! I always thought people were CRAZY for completely re-doing their homes just for a high school graduation, but I UNDERSTAND now! It's the way a woman can get get her husband to DO SOMETHING around the house - use the children as an excuse to get it done! A bit shady? You betcha! But if that's what it takes to get it done, then that's what I'm gonna do!
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