Sometimes we spend more time getting ready to get something done...

than we actually GET anything done. This weekend was one of those weekends. We are waiting for the stucco coating (tinted tan) to come in at Menards. We could go with gray from Lowes, but that wouldn't match our house, so we're waiting...and waiting...and waiting. Meanwhile we have the french drain needing another layer of rock, but can't get that in until the stucco goes up. We have a back deck that we could be working on, but we need to bring the level of the ground up back there, and yet we can't get it going until the stucco goes up. UGH!

Meanwhile we picked up the lumber needed for the covered back deck, removed the ramp (oh, this is SO not fun getting in and out of the house now!) and did a lot of clean up around the yard...lots of scrap lumber was burned this weekend. I think we had those two burn barrels blazing red hot for at least 10 hours! Thankfully the weather cooperated and it wasn't blazing hot out, as well.

We moved the ramp over and made it a deck in front of the tool shed...Jason's plans in the future are to put a little roof over it and dress it up like a boat house or an old cabin in the woods. Either way it's going to look CUTE! At least we were able to repurpose the materials. So really, it doesn't look like we got much done this weekend, and that last window still needs to go in, but when you consider that we are READY to get the foundation stucco on whenever it finally gets here, the flooring for the interior is ordered and on it's way here, and we have everything READY to begin the back deck, and the yard is looking a LOT better...I guess we were pretty productive. Oh, and I made lasagne yesterday for dinner...a family favorite and a special treat. Yep, it was a good weekend.