Backyard Reno

This is the last of our reno's for a very very very long time. As Tony and I always do, we try to cut the cost where we can, and that is usually in the labour intensive places. This is normally not such a feat, however, we are a man down. I sadly am unable to participate in any significancy for this project. Poor Tony had to take the brunt of this project on his own, and that started with the dismantling of our existing deck/shed and fence. Along with the 2 runs to the city dump and a huge Thank you to James for his help. Then it was a week of relaxation while the Team at TLC "My Toronto Landscaping" took over and rebuilt the fence, deck and gate. They finished up and now it was back to us for sodding. To say it doesn't seem like such a big job, but to do it, well that's a different story. Before we could lay the sod we had to turn the ground up, wheel 2 yards of dirt into the backyard, rack that out in an "even" manor (that was my only job) roll it softly to double check the "even'ness" of it. And then to rack it again before putting the sod down in a staggered pattern. Well when push comes to shove, my baby stepped up and what a great job he did. We have barely left our backyard since so talk about reaping the rewards! Did I mention that my lack of participation has put me on watering grass duty for the remainder of the season. Small price to pay considering his labour put us to bed at 8pm Friday night. Thank you lover for the best backyard ever! You are so good to us.

Lots of love
Christy Lynn