Alan Hood

I know it is disgusting for me to get so excited about concrete, but it just means so many things are done and won’t have to be done again.  I guess the best part is that an entire half of the yard no longer has to be mowed, weeded, raked, or have dog poop picked up off of it ever again.  Yes to me that is glorious.  All I will have to do is sweep in once in a while to keep it looking clean.  It also means that a huge 2 year project is done.  2 years for me or about what would have taken a normal human being about 4 months maybe 5 if they stretched it out.  One thing I have never claimed to be is efficient.

We now have a backyard that is a pleasure to sit back relax in and go swimming.  When we bought this house we were looking for a house with a pool that we could enjoy.  But everything else about this house was perfect, and the yard was definitely big enough for a pool.  I thought it would be fairly easy to remove all of the trees and bushes necessary to put a pool in, and it would have been if I had just hired the work out to people who know how to get the job done quickly and easily.  But not me I had to be cheap and try to do most of the work myself, but I have to say that this experience has taught me a lot.  Leave the heavy lifting up to the experts.  I will never again in my life try to take on a task like that.  It will always be better for my sanity to just get the job done professionally.  Live and learn.