backyard fence, part 2

so after are fence was laid out, and a new day dawned, i swung by home depot for an auger. definetley rent one of these if you have 'a lot' of fence post holes to dig; we had 9. it was totally worth it. it only took about 40 minutes!

fill the bottom six inches with gravel.


andrea enjoyed using out awesome neighbors wheel barrow!


townsend had to approve first. he did; although in hindsight he feels guilty that he lent his own paw to the building of a fence to keep him in line!


only had to use one bag of concrete [on the gate posts]. all of the other fence posts are held up by about 22 inches worth of a tamped-down mixture of gravel and soil.


the other side of the house's fence posts.

backyard fence, part 1

before you build a fence, you must rid the area of any obstacles. in our case, it would entail the deconstruction of this...'thing.'

we initially tried to dig 'it' out.


then we tried dismantling 'it.'


that worked to a certain extent.


then i reflected on my grandpa ehrhardt; and hooked my car up to 'it!'


not so much did this work. it broke the posts off at the ground. i had some grand illusions of the poles popping out of the ground. while this didn't work on the first post, it was fun to try on the other two!


andrea wielded a sledge hammer and went to town.


four hours later our fence was laid out.

numbers.

sometimes ten dollars worth of numbers can make all the difference.

baby, it's cold outside.

note to self: driveway etiquette

winter, we love you...but please give us a break [read: more snow!]

there's nothing i love more then a little snow during the holidays...even if it threatens to close the city!here's a little tip we picked up in a magazine: punch a few holes with your fist in the snow leading up to your entry. place tea lights in the holes for instant winter-walkway lighting!


here's the view down our street. so quiet; so nice.


tonight, andrea and i walked down to olde burien. i really wished it snowed here every winter; maybe with the climate shift we'll start getting snow!


i loved how the majority of the businesses kept their signs burning.


andrea was sad to see that the b-town scoop was closed. maybe we can get a scoop another time!


resting for the walk home.


the owner of this sweet old jeep came out of the tin room and told me to come by tomorrow with this photo and he'd give me some 'dough' for it. i'd rather have some 'dan the sausage-man' sausage. i might have to stop down and bargain!


wanting to draw out our walk, we opted for taking the alley home.


this. is. the. notorious. COOP.

it seems that whenever i buildup a lot of steam on a project, something intercedes to slow me down. this project is no exception.

the laundry area is almost done. i just need to paint some wainscoting, finish up the trim, and buy/cut/stain/install the counter.

i'm happy to say, that the pantry-side is a little closer to being done. just a little trim and paint.

until the new year, we're on hold. :)