Sweat Equity

Digging the ditch to get out the retaining wall.

Wow.  I feel like we're talking nonstop and working nonstop with the decisions that have to be made on the inside of the house.  Great to have my dad here to bounce ideas off of and to give an expert opinion on where closets should go and where light switches should go.  We've been talking nonstop for nearly a week about all the details!  It was nice to put in some hard work yesterday and today and really see some progress with the yard.   Here's the 'before' video.  Man, I'm moving slowly!  By the end of that concrete pile, I was throwing them from across the yard and by the end of the day, that ditch (and wall) were completely gone!

We took out a lot of weeds, blackberry bushes and concrete in the yard.  We (dad) were just removing the concrete when we realized that the retaining wall was rotten, so instead of making a new walkway, we had to dig a ditch and take out the old retaining wall.  New retaining wall to go in tomorrow.

Jimmy gives a good overview here of everything we're doing.

Another good shot.  Thanks dad!

Guess who's going back for another coffee break?

And the 'after video' for the weekend.  Indie even came by to check it out.  Notice the wall is gone, we dug new holes, and put the posts back into some new concrete.  That was some serious work. 


The garbage slide is completely filled!  I think emptying that slide is the plan for next weekend.  Gulp.

OK.  Gotta go.  I just closed my eyes for a second while that video uploaded.  I'm drained!