the beginning

In defiance of the rain, we worked in the back yard today. Ron got some redwood 4x4's to edge the patio area with. we made a trench (not very deep) to level them up and he laid them out. Well, at least one layer of them. Some places there will be two or three layers, to help give us something to make the patio kind of level. Then we will add some gravel for drainable fill and pavers for the patio flooring. I'm psyched about it. Now that they have started selling those canvas patio covers, we will have shade and all.

I also pulled some weeds. Raine came out and helped. She really did. Not that we even put a dent in them, there are so many out there right now, but we concentrated on the goat heads and we did get a good many of those. Not enough of them to get rid of them all, but a good many. The ground was soft and perfect for weed pulling. I'm hoping we can get out there for a few more tomorrow.

So, it was a good day for being able to say we started AND worked together. And I sweated, oh how I sweated. I know, the saying goes that women don't sweat, they glow... but unless glowing comes with really big drips.... well you get the idea...