Our Yard... landscaping from start to finish!

Recent Pictures!!!

www.flickr.com

Live Video From The Fabulous Wireless Webcam!!!

Click here to enlarge.

Live Video From The Second Fabulous Wireless Webcam!!!

Click here to enlarge.

Sunday, September 28, 2003
9:27 AM

Finally, some pics of the new hardscape:

And for Dana:

Off to enjoy my Sunday. . .

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Friday, September 26, 2003
10:12 AM

Sorry no pics today. It was too dark when I got home last night and the workers were back bright and early and I didn't want to get in their way.

But all of the concrete is in! And they have started on the slate. I know this isn't very exciting to you all, but I have to say that the slate looks FABULOUS!! I will take some pics this weekend, but doubt they will capture the fabulousness. . .

Finally, something I am actually completely happy with on this project!!!

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Wednesday, September 24, 2003
9:07 AM

Yes we are back. It's been a bit crazy. The cruise was fun (mainly because the group we were with is a fun group). Food was good and we went through more alcohol that I would have thought possible (the entire group "we", not Mark & I "we"). I really didn't take too many pictures that would interest most readers because they are mostly of people you don't know (not to mention people who are somewhat inebriated!). I did take a few though:

Here's the view from our balcony:

And here is a shot of Ensenada from the boat:

And here is the biggest flag we have ever seen:

The picture doesn't do it justice but that really is a HUGE flag.

Now back to the daily grind. But, the good news is that all the concrete will be poured today. Workers arrived at 6:30 a.m. Cement mixer was there by 7:30 a.m. Finally some progress! I'll post some pics of the progress when I get a chance.

Have a great one!

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Friday, September 19, 2003
7:26 AM

The landscapers are allegedly pouring the concrete in the next couple of days. Naturally, after all the waiting, we won't be here to see it. Granted it will be done when we get back, but I really wanted to write my initials in the hardscape somewhere. It'll probably be long since dry when we get back. I think I'll survive.

Final picture of just dirt:

I'll let you all know how te cruise is . . . (and I'm bringing the camera so I can post some pics).

Have a great weekend!

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Wednesday, September 17, 2003
9:13 AM

I guess Auntie Lo was repentant enough . . . (let me know if you disagree).

Nothing all that exciting on the yard, though they are working on it little by litte. However, just to prove how non-boring I am I will recap my last week (and no, I am not making this up):

1) Won a trial (couple of hundred grand at stake);
2) Got another client $6 million;
3) Got rid of another claim for $13 million; and
4) Sold a piece of property for $1.5 million (or at least am pretty close to selling it).

Coming up later this week: going on a cruise to Mexico.

How do you like them apples?!?

The cruise is one of those weekend things (leave Friday, return on Monday). It's Mark's firm retreat and we are very much looking forward to it. The ship looks like Las Vegas at sea, gambling and all.

Hope that redeems my boringness. . .

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Tuesday, September 16, 2003
11:15 AM

Due to complaints from the peanut gallery about the lack of "excitement" on this site, updates are discontinued until further notice.

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Saturday, September 13, 2003
8:52 AM

Another week gone by, still no swimming. Huge shocker. Work is proceeding though. This week they put in most of the coping (the edges of the pool). It's starting to look more like a real pool rather than just a big concrete pit:

They also delivered a BIG pile of gravel. Not really all that interesting except that they piled in in front of the house . . .

. . .which apparently is in violation of some sort of city ordinance and a neighbor told me that an inspector saw it. We are expecting some sort of citation or notice from the city. Which will in turn be passed on to our contractor. All these things I never knew and never wanted to know . . .

As a result of the mis-placed gravel, we seem to have lost most of yesterday as the workers had to move all the gravel to another location. They did it a wheelbarrow-full at a time. I can only guess how long that took. This is why we now hire people. I'm no good with a wheelbarrow.

At least things are stable on the inside. Petey is still tormenting Little Boy, but he also tries to help around the house. For instance, I was taking laundry out of the dryer and Petey just wanted to lend a helping hand/paw:

That's about it for now. Hope all is well!

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Sunday, September 07, 2003
11:56 AM

We went to a wedding yesterday. The wedding of Mike & Lu to be exact. Mark & Mike have known each other since 3rd grade. I've known Mike since 7th. And we love Lu. So it was a wonderful day. We also got to see several people from high school, some of whom we see fairly regularly, the others we haven't seen since graduating (I won't even comment on how many years that's been . . .) It was great to see everyone and the bride and groom had a perfect wedding and reception. For those who are interested and/or couldn't make it, here are some pics:

What a great looking couple:

Lu enjoying the payoff from all their hard work planning the wedding:

A much relieved looking Mike:

For those of you who went to high school with us, let's see if you recognize everyone:

And a link to my complete set of pics. I think you can even order prints from Kodak's site:
Mike and Lu's Wedding

Thanks Mike & Lu for including us in your day! Have a great day!

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Saturday, September 06, 2003
8:59 AM

I finally had time to upload some pics. First, I will update you on the ongoing saga of the banana. I haven't posted any pics since the initial one because, quite frankly, the banana looked about the same, if not worse. But Connor (aka the Banana Man) had the solution. The banana needed a friend. So, for my birthday, Connor gave me a second plant:

Meanwhile, the first one does look better:

In fact, it has an offshoot/baby banana plant:

I see an abundance of banana nut bread in my future.

Meanwhile, work continues on the yard. More pics to follow on that. Meanwhile, my dad got me obsessed with figuring out the panorama function on our digital camera (you take a series of pics and it stiches them together into a panoramic pic). After about a million tries, I finally figured it out. Here is one of my first attempts:

Not to bad eh?? That's about it for now. More to follow soon.

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Friday, September 05, 2003
12:41 PM

Sorry for the lack of new pics. I promise to post some this weekend. . .

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment

Wednesday, September 03, 2003
10:18 AM

It's already getting better. They filled in a lot of the trenches and have started making the forms for the concrete they are to pour (the make sort of an outline out of wood and the concrete goes inside. I'll take some pics when I get home - hopefully they will have made good progress by then).

I always thought that having a yard done from scratch would be really cool. Get to choose everything and watch it all go in. Somehoe I glossed over the frustration part. I don't think it is just our project. Our neighbor two doors down started his yard 1-2 months before us and they aren't done yet (the City even shut them down at one point because their contractor didn't have a pool permit). Three doors down just fired their landscaper. So apparently this is normal. How pathetic is that?

0 comment(s) so far!

Click Here to Read or Post a Comment