so much to do, so little gumption

Mrs. Parks whined a little bit because I didn't blog yesterday. I was really busy. REALLY. I took pictures in anticipation of blogging about my busy-ness, but I was going to wait until I had befores and afters.

Here's the deal. I'm lazy. I don't like to clean. I don't like to garden. Heck, I don't even like to delete useless obsolete files from my computer--feels too much like work. Therefore, my house is a mess, my yard is a jungle, and my computer runs slower than a 300 lb grandmother on a day-hike to Everest!

I won't say I am ashamed of this side of me, I'm not proud of it, but at (gasp) 40 years-old, I've come to accept it. My dear son Joe is following closely in my footsteps with an acute aversion to work, toil, sweat, homework, and any other activity that feels a little like work. Katy however is a great worker, cheerfully setting about any task assigned to her and usually offering to do whatever it is that Joe is bitching and moaning about. God Bless her. Jim is like that too. At least we have two workers in the family guilting the lazy ones into getting off our butts from time to time.

Anyhooo. Long-suffering husband and I put ourselves to work yesterday in the beautiful sunshine trying to hack our way through the jungle and come up with something remotely resembling 'landscaping'. Neither of us know much about it and neither of us were exactly eager to do it, but we grabbed a couple of shovels, fired up the tractor and got to work. I have sunburned shoulders to prove it. And the promised befores and afters. Here you go...

My vegetable garden:


The stunning entrance to our home:


This is a lovely patio:


And this is the Zen rock garden:


I promised I'd show you afters? Well, everybody is still working...But here's the garden, ready to be planted:


And the hardworking Hollywood Hillbilly on her shiny tractor (you can't see the pink aviator shades that she's sportin', but they're sweet and really add a touch of class to the ensemble!):


So that was Friday. Stay tuned for the results of Saturday and Sunday. Maybe next week I'll actually clean the inside of the house!

Ciao--Enjoy the sunshine.