Round two....

Shannon and I are doing the backyard, again. I'm so excited about getting a yard, but not too excited about all the hard work. Rotertilling, trenching, leveling, digging, sprinklers, humus, dirt, adjusting, raking, shoveling, etc.....

funny story: Shannon was rotertilling (not sure how to spell that) and while he was doing it I kept saying, in my head of course, why doesn't he push it down more, why doesn't he go slower, why doesn't he go in a straight line, why doesn't he watch out for sprinklers, why doesn't he stop complaining! He had no idea about all of these questions I had, of course! He looked at me and said, "you wanna try?" I said "of course!" I was going to do it right, I was going to dig up this dirt in no time flat and show him how to do it! HOLY CRAP! Right away I squeezed the handle and that darn thing took off with me! I had no control! I was shaking like crazy! My hands hurt, my arms hurt, my shoulders hurt, my chest hurt, my legs hurt, and not only did I hurt, did I mention the shaking! And this was all in 30 seconds. I now also know about the "claw" that he keeps complaining about. The way to get the blades going you have to squeeze a lever, and he says it gives him a "claw" for a hand. My hand was stuck in the "claw" for about 20 minutes after I was done.

We have really hard pan dirt in our backyard, and some chunks of grass that didn't die from last years attempt to start a yard. This is a bad combo for rotertilling.

Did I admit how wrong I was to my husband about this rotertilling stuff........no way! I just had a much greater respect for him. And chose to keep my comments in my head where they belong. He did the whole yard last year, all 800 (maybe more) square feet of it. This time we only did half, and a friend is coming over with a small tractor to do the rest. Yes, I said tractor. That's what it is going to take to level and till up the yard.

I get to put together drip line for the flowerbeds, I'm so excited. We bought a kit and some extra parts that we will need, and it's so exciting! I love putting together puzzles and complicated things, and this is right up my alley. When we are done I'll take some pictures and post them. I've been way too busy WORKING to remember to take pictures. Maybe I'll remember to take some pictures of the tractor. That might be funny to see.

Keep me and my sore body in your prayers. Right now I'm sunburned, and sore from all the shoveling, trenching, raking, leveling, digging, and adjusting. :)