I was supposed to go on a snowboarding trip this weekend, but I decided I needed to stay home and work on getting projects finished. I started working on my landscaping my side yard on Saturday afternoon when the trucks dropped off my supplies. After three days of hard work, my dusty side yard has turned into a beautiful oasis. But it took a lot of hard work and supplies:

12,000 lbs of sand
10,000 lbs of soil
4,000 lbs of fine gravel
1,400 bricks
7 plants
5 cacti
2 boulders
1 tree

In the twenty total days of work for the whole project, I broke a shovel, a hoe, and a wheelbarrow. I wore off the fingers tips of two leather work; gloves. I need to add a trellis arch over the gate so my bougainvillea vines can grow into a pretty arched entry way. Then I’ll finish off the landscaping with a few more plants and some granite landscaping rocks. It’s going to look great!

It was fun to work to listen to the radio this weekend while I worked, because the news was buzzing with news from Vatican City as the Cardinals voted for a new cardinal. So far we don’t have a pope.

Next on the roster is hiring someone to remodel my kitchen, dining room, and living room. Then it’ll be time to put in new flooring and new windows. While he’s doing that, I’ll design my outdoor patio and the fire pit. After I am done with all of these projects, I wonder if I will be satisfied and content, or I will be sad that I don’t have anything left to do.