April, already!

I can't believe it's been so long since I've last posted. I guess mostly it's because I didn't know what to write about and now today I realized how much I could have written! So, this might be a long post.

Within the last 2 weekends we removed all the shrubs and bushes from the front and side of the house. I was in a lot of pain for about 4 days, which was a bit odd to me especially since it was my hamstrings. I didn't have this pain last year when we ripped out the entire backyard! Here is the house with full bushes (and snow).

Here is the house with no bushes!Here is the beginning of the retaining wall

The retaining wall is all done and we filled it with dirt. Now we just have to get some flowers and plants to fill it in. I'm excited to have Spring and Summer colors in front of the house! I just need to find nice ones that are shade only since the front of our house gets no sun.

After the retaining wall was finished, we cut off two large branches from the tree in our backyard. It's a dying tree that doesn't offer any type of shade. It's really an eyesore more than anything and we plan to have it taken down completely. By removing these two branches we will have less mess and bird poop on our furniture.

I love doing this house work. Next up is doing the countertop transformation in our kitchen and refinishing the tub in the bathroom upstairs. No more pink is on the horizon!