Double Duty

Work all week and rest on the weekends... yeah right, rest is for the weary and sleep is for the dead! Chris and I are a great task tackling team. We surprisingly work really well together and enjoy completing projects as a couple. 99.9% of the time we walk away feeling accomplished, and the other .1% of the time we act like two kids trying to share an ice cream cone. Luckily this weekend's project was the former. Taking on a honeysuckle covered fence, adding a gate, and pouring a concrete slab. After getting a quote on the concrete from a contractor and figuring out we could do it at 1/4 of the cost, we took on the challenge! Here is how it went.

A Before Shot
(after I removed 6 trash bags full of honeysuckle
that previously covered the fence)

Another before shot

Honeysuckle, all gone!

The fence is down

Digging a fence post

New fence post cemented in

3 inches of dirt removed

Forms in place, graded, and leveled

First section of concrete poured (11 bags)

2nd & 3rd section (9 bags each)

Gate is built

Gate is hung

2 days later, the finished product

Next step is replacing the old fence around our entire lot. Both neighbors agree that we should hire someone to do all 3 of ours at the same time, so we are meeting with someone tomorrow. Thank goodness! Did I mention my back, legs, neck, and arms were sore from those 2 days of manual labor. Chris and I both laughed about it, saying, how are we suppose to do this when we get older!?!?! It was quite the experience, and now when I pull into my driveway everyday I am hit with an overwhelming sense of accomplishment as I see our finished project.