Showing posts with label landscaping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscaping. Show all posts

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DIY of the week...drain spouts...

Published on 8.22.2012 in ,

We have these around our house.
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They're useful, but not exactly very pretty.

***And thanks to a very HELPFUl friend in construction I know they are officially named splash blocks.  And the one in this picture is backward.  Which means every splash block around our house is backward.  Maybe it's just a trend in our house...***

 
And unfortunately, they didn't do a good job of holding back the water in a few spots by our sidewalk.

When we picked up Mini #1's swing set, they had rocks under it.  They told us to take them and they've been sitting in our garage since.

I decided to put them to use under this drain spout...
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...and this one...
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...so now the front looks a little more "finished"...
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...and not so builder...
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Lots more to do before we're done though....

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a remake of Mini #1's pool...

Published on 8.24.2010 in ,

Mini #1's sandbox/pool had basically worn a bare spot in our yard.  Uh, yea...that's a no go.  So, I decided to do some bare patch fixes with some creative inspiration. 

Before...


















After...
















What do you think?

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Monday's week in review...

Published on 4.12.2010 in , , , , , , , , ,

This was my last week at home.

And I enjoyed every minute of it.

There was storytime...

...the McDonald's Filet 'o Fish...















...hail as ice...



















...softball...



















...amazing clouds...













...vegeing on a bopi...













...lining up a shot...



















...and golfing in the living room...



















...more OCD tendencies...













...finding the giraffes on the bouncy chair...













...planting flowers...



















...and setting them out on the porch...



















(...and yes mom...my hair really is that short now...)

...a DIY project (see Tuesday's blog for more)...













...a kick butt rental for the drill weekend (see Wednesday's blog for more)...













...and a picture of the boys for Mommy to take to work...













Wish me luck!