Home Again

Hi All,
We arrived home safely on Sunday afternoon and have been very busy every day since then catching up on stuff around the house. My contractor/neighbor Jim across the street got the deck stained on the Wednesday before we returned home but it still needed another coat which he did yesterday, Friday. We also had him remove and replace all of the cedar on the back of the house. When he installed the doors he found some rotten wood and the new cedar around the doors loked much better than the old stuff so we decided to replace it all. Jim and his helper tore the old wood off, painted the new wood before cutting and installing, and then installed the new wood. He went around and touched up some areas and the finished product looks great! I will post a few pictures so you can see for yourself.

I have been working on the sprinkler system the last two days and can now see the end of the job. Some of the sprinklers weren't coming on and some would come on but not turn correctly. I have ben adjusting and replacing as I go, four new ones so far. I will finish today, hopefully. We have contacted a landscaper to give us a bid on completly renewing all of our landscaping around the house, in the front entry way, and in the shade area under the trees in the backyard. Much of it is overgrown, several plants died because of the lack of water while we were gone, and some just doesn't look right. Hopefully we can afford his bid otherwise we go to plan B and we don't have a plan B right now. Anyhow enjoy the pics and be safe.