Our work in progress

One thing about moving into an older home is that you have to kind of redo what you don't like about it. It takes money and time, both of which take a bit to save up in order to get things done! We have been working on our yard bit by bit since we moved in about a year and a half ago.

The first thing we did was put a fence around the pool--obvious reasons. Then we ripped up the terrible tile patio and laid a larger one, plus widened the drive way in the front. Then we did another patio pour, redoing the dog run area and widening the cement on the side of the house. So now the dog is happy, we are happy, and the kids have a better place to play when they go outside.

We still have a few projects we have been wanting to get done. We need to redo some of our fences. One is the original one that came with the house, so it is a 20 year old piece of fence that looks so pathetic it barely qualifies as a fence. We also want to tear down our sorry looking cypress trees in front of that fence and then finally get new sprinklers and resod. Lots of projects, it will take some time!
The exciting thing? We got rid of all 17 cypress trees today! Now we can tackle that sorry fence. It was fun to watch, and now the back yard is a bit brighter and more open.

Before:



And after! Note the white trash fence...