We Have Grass! - Seeds, Anyway

Uncle Lorne and his crew came back yesterday to finish unloading the top soil. Then Darcy went back to his place, picked up a final load of dirt, some grass seed and fertalizer.

At 8pm last night Darcy and I planted grass seed. I didn't realize how big our back yard was, but now that there's nice dirt everywhere instead of weeds, it looks huge!

We planted some grass on the side of the driveway, but some of it will be landscaping.

I don't know if I've ever said this, but it was nice to see the rain today! Good for grass seeds, and saves me watering it!

Almost Landscaped!

Well, we're getting started on landscaping, anyway. Uncle Lorne brought some guys to work at our house today. The junk has been removed from the front yard, the sand's been smoothed out,

top soil has been added to the front side,

beside the garage,

and in the back yard. We're getting there!

Installing the Bookshelves Part III

The bookshelves are complete! Except for a few shelves yet to be installed, but that won't take long.

They look mighty impressive!

Lots of room for my scrapbooks, with room to add to the collection.

This mantle is HUGE, but will look spectacular with my nativity scene all lit up at Christmas.

All we need now is some rock around the fireplace. Maybe this weekend?

Installing the Bookshelves Part II

While Nathan worked all day on Thursday and Friday to install the bookshelves, he's still not done. He'll be back on Monday to finish up.

But he did get the upper shelves up. Well, the frame of them, not the actual shelves yet, but soon.

It'll be very nice to finally have these done so I can actually finish unpacking!

Installing the Bookshelves

Nathan was here all day today installing the bookshelves, - and they're not quite done! It's a big process, but he does good work.

The bottom part of the cabinets are installed, as well as the posts.

He'll be back tomorrow to work on the shelving part.

Bookshelves!

Who did I find ringing my doorbell this afternoon, but Nathan and Kevin, bringing my long-awaited bookshelves and mantle! (No, the mantle's not going to sit that high - it'll rest on the posts.) They're kind of all over the house right now. But Nathan's coming first thing tomorrow morning to install them. Yay!