I also think that we should have applied to be on Renovation Realities. People would have gotten a good laugh at our "time frame" for this project.
Let's see, dig up your front yard, make an enormous mess, on a day with a 60% chance of rain, followed by 5 more days of rain, with a TV crew coming to take over the inside and outside of your house in 8 days.
White flag waving. We have surrendered.
The longevity part of this post comes in here:
An hour ago, we had a quote of $2500 for someone to come fix this mess for us before next Monday.
Five minutes ago, we got word there was an "easy" and waaaaaaaay cheaper solution. So, the longevity part is that one must be patient. Nor should one panic because time will bring another solution. How about that for words of wisdom.
We won't be able to do this "easy" solution until next weekend.
Alas...we need manpower. We have a few people in mind we are going to
If you have time next Saturday, we have a mud pit that needs to be fixed before HGTV comes and freaks at our, well, stupidity.
Bright side...there always needs to be a bright side...the government didn't give the OK to sacrifice our house and lives to save Louisiana.
I'm hoping that fact lets us sleep a bit easier tonight.
Here's our mess. Don't laugh. Ok laugh. We will, too. Eventually.
Words of encouragement accepted.
Ok, FIRST let me say, I'm totally jealous and impressed with your handiness from your back yard project. As someone who would LOVE to take a bulldozer to her giant mountain of a back yard, I'm pea green with your know how and courage. SECOND, (and this is the little selfish part), I'm totally relieved that handy people go through shit too and have total messes, etc. It makes me feel a tiny bit better about myself. But, the sun will come again and if your backyard is any testament, all will be fine.....in a couple months. <3
ReplyDeleteSomehow I missed this comment! Susi--totally appreciative of your faith in us. :o) It is now June 1, our yard is still a dirt pile, but in a couple weekends we will have drainage pipe laid and grass seeded! ;o)
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