Fencing me in!

Today, Dad and Chuck installed the first half of the pickets on my backyard fence. Hooray!!! I love it! I can't wait for the gates to go in and the dogs to be brought home at last! There will be two large gates at the side of the yard to allow for vehicles and building supplies being brought in and out.


My path to the driveway will have to be moved now that the fence is in place. Eventually, I'll have a brick walkway installed to get from the back door to the back gate.


The posts next to the small driveway gate will make one half of an arbor that we'll install. I plan to put clematis around the bottom which will climb up the lattice and make a really gorgeous entry.


Next weekend, the rest of the pickets will go in, and then the gates will get built. I can't wait! It's going to be so private and nice. Plus, no more people will cut through my yard after this! Excellent!!!

Fence Posts

Before the fencing could go in, we had to get rid of the prickly bush that's next to my garage. Chuck said that he could get rid of it by pulling it out of the ground with his truck.





The next step was to dig the fencepost holes. We rented an auger machine to make the job easier, and even though it was heavy and hard to maneuver, it was much easier to dig the holes this way than to dig them by hand.


The next day, Mom went out to help Chuck work on completing the posts on that end of my yard, but what was predicted as "flurries" turned into a full-fledged snowstorm, and they weren't able to finish any of the installation.

The next weekend, however, Dad and Chuck were able to get all of the rest of the posts set.

The front porch reborn!

Today was Band Day at the Central Methodist University campus, so literally 50 high school bands parade marched down the street in front of my house while we were working on the front porch today. It was an amazing sight, but so loud at times that we were screaming at one another for a hammer.





It was a beautiful day today as well. We couldn't have asked for a better day to work on that porch project.


Early in the morning, Dad and Rick got the front walls of the house ready for the porch roof installation. By the time Ken and John got there, the supplies had arrived from the lumber yard and everything went like clockwork. I took tons of pictures to document their work, and I was really amazed to see so much happen in such a short amount of time.




The finished support beam and rafters look great!


It was time to relax on the porch at the end of the day.


I truly do feel like I'm living on Lucky Street!