Well part of our new years resolutions was to get on with the house- so we did. Part of what we inherited was a sort of 'in and out' drive- with dodgy tarmac and dodgy levels and water that didn't drain away from the house- as well as being totally open to the busy road. Sooooo the plan- get rid of dodgy tarmac and sort out the drainage away from the house- make standing for three parking spaces andf turn the rest back to garden that is fenced in (front garden reclaiming!!). However the reality is that the dodgy tarmac was actually laid on two previous layers of tarmac- so we have ended us excavating around a foot of tarmac by pick axe and bucket. 8cu yd skip filled and I ACHE! Poor DH deserves to ache at least five times over- as he did the lions share. My hands were being ripped to shreds and I am at work tomorrow (poor babies do not deserve sandpaper hands on them!!)- so I stopped......
Tis even fuller now (and the snow is thicker!). Next step is to take out the dying hedge (slight shame- but the level changes make it a necessity) and sort fence and a gate to block off one end- then to look at what space we have left- and then we can PLAN!
Isn't it hard being three years old?? At that 'missing my afternoon nap stage but can't really have one without waking at ridiculous hour in the morning' - still sometimes wakes at ridiculous hour anyway!
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