money well spent...hire a landscaper!

the landscaper came today and removed all 6 of the stumps and roots that were left after i cut down the shrubs

what took them 3 hours, would have taken me 36-- not to mention the cuts, bruises, and sore muscles that were averted!  this was well worth the money!

they also cleaned up all of the leaves and cut down a small apple tree that was in the back yard.   i will have better pictures to post tomorrow-  (forgot my camera today, this was taken with my phone, at the end of the day, when the sun was setting...and i was so excited to see the stumps removed that my hands were shaking!)

s'more

I am just waiting until Scott finishes up his (paying) job so that he can join me (hopefully soon!) Once he does, we will start on the new roof, then onto the new siding...

but until then I have been burning up the shrubs that I cut down earlier...i probably have another day's worth of the same (once it stops raining).

there were plenty of bricks lying around the yard-which made it easy to assemble the fire pit!

chop chop

today, i cut down the shrubs that covered the front and side of the house.

i used the reciprocating saw to rough cut the shrubs...

now i just have to get rid of the nubs and roots...

but i have to ice my sore hands tonight- im either too old or too out of practice!