Our Old House

First of all.. I can't even begin to tell you how sore I am in so many places... had no idea that I would be THIS achy after just a third of the job done!! That said... I am pretty happy with the progress Dad and I made in our 10 hours of work this weekend... took most of Sunday off of patio building to clean house and get some other things done.

AnJ and I took a trip to Canada the first week of September, and while we were gone... Dad and our handyman Elias did a few things....

Dad and Elias hung the rest of the bamboo, then built and filled the remaining flower boxes.

Then the weekend we came home, the awesome yard duo Scott and Donna came to help move gravel and prep for bricks =)

This weekend... I was determined to get some bricks down!! We rented a compactor and got to work bright and early Saturday morning!

We had a little trouble with the compactor...but we sprayed the plate with WD-40 and it went totally smooth after that =)

Lesson one... just because it is strait in one place... doesn't mean it is anywhere else!

Looking good!

West side, end of day one.

East side, Day one...

End of Day one, 8 hours later... let me tell you how much I DON'T envy the people who do this stuff every day for 8 hours a day..

On the upside, we emptied a pallet! (540 bricks just in case you were curious.)

End of day two, only worked two hours... but happy to have this corner mostly done.

Wasn't as bad as I thought, and it only get's easier from here!