Bye bye, bushes!

Well, we're making progress, but it's slow progress. I started work recently which means I am not here during the day to help (*cough* supervise) work on the house. However, Ryan is doing quite well on his own.

One of the biggest improvements we've made is to rip out the old, ugly bushes that were half dead or eaten by deer along the two front sides of the house. Apparently, the neighbors hated them as well, so it looks like we did a service to everyone by getting rid of them.

I helped trim some of them down (Ryan did most of them, though) and then he dug out around their bases until the root balls were somewhat loosened. Then, he wrapped chains around the stumps and pulled them forcefully from the ground with his truck.

Here is a before photo of the house with bushes...sorry it's a phone photo so it's not as good.



And here's an photo of them gone! That stump is ripped out, we just haven't been able to get rid of it yet. The city brush/limb drop off place only takes stumps on certain days...


Also note the little solar-powered lights we bought on sale at Home Depot. The neighbors love them.

Right now, Ryan is working on installing the dishwasher. But, apparently, he thinks he needs another part. We were just at the hardware store 15 minutes ago. Sigh.


Here's our stove, free-floating on its own, though we are using it, which is great.


And that's it for now! The hardware store closes at 6 on Sundays, we think, so that gives us 12 minutes to go back.

Later today, I am going to get sheets on the bed in the guest room to welcome Will this weekend. Our first house guest!

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