My Husband is a Lumber Jack and He's Okay...

Okay, I was going to title this blog "My Husband is a Mexi-Can, not a Mexi-Can't" a line from Once Upon a Time in Mexico, a movie by Robert Rodriguez with Antonio Banderas and Johnny Depp... But Bryan told me I might lose some followers since they might not understand my humor.... FYI... I am almost always inappropriate and say the things that most others want to say but don't.  Both a good and bad quality ;)

Any ways, he is definitely a Mexi-Can, a Lumber Jack and a Master Gardener this weekend.  And now he is tired.

 In this set of pictures you can see Bryan confidently pointing to where the tree/over grown weed that became a tree, would land.  My mother and I just shook our heads knowing where the tree was going to land.  On top of my porch roof... Not a terrible thing if it did since it needs to be painted all one color (we currently have 4-5 since it is a great area to test colors).  But needless to say the goal was to avoid all structures including my car...

 You'll notice in these set of images, a dog leash has made its way into our strategic planning... if you are cringing right now, wondering why the hell we get ourselves into these situations, I don't have a super great reason to give you except when we want something done we initiate.  I am going on the record here and stating it is in fact a good quality to have... maybe just not when you are going to cut down trees.

Oh, and just to let you know my husband was going to use wire to wrap around the tree to pull it in the right direction till mom came to save the day with the dog leashes that happened to be in the car.  Yay Grandma Barb. Also note she is a responsible pet parent - there are doggie bags attached to the lease in a snazzy bone shaped holder... so stylish.

I have also realized that my kids will never have pinatas since Bryan is not as skillful as he thinks with throwing rope/leashes over tree limbs... sad day for the Vargas family.

And in these set of images you'll notice a man super proud that he cut down a tree, even though it landed on the roof and we had to pull it off the roof so he could pose with it.  Also, please notice that both my husband and my mom are alive after this feat.

And these are the "action" pictures that Bryan wanted me to post showing that he took down these trees with his "bare hands".  May I also mention that my husband had to hold up his leg in the middle picture...he will tell you that is was one "fluid" motion and his hand was really no where near his leg - it was the angle of the shot.  For all that know my husband, we all know he is not that flexible...

So now I have stumps.   Might not be an "instant" improvement but I do have stump rotter on them and 1-6 weeks they should be a hell of a lot easier to pull out of the ground.

That was all on Sunday....

Today we conquered my flower bed in the back....

 This is how it started - Bryan mulched the back wall of the house while the guys installed our new window on Thursday.  this was huge since we had a slight drainage problem and the grass never grew up to the house - so we had mud and old landscaping fabric everywhere.  Fugly to say the least.  Well, that improvement lead to the confidence to do another (believe me I am not complaining).  Now our grass seems somewhat lush (this has become our favorite word of the month... say it with me LUSH).

   So with a few new additions to my now larger than expected garden... a double red peony... white bleeding hearts to complement my hydrangea bush and tree my garden is off to a good start!

My mom also brought along a cutting from her hydrangea bush and promised me she would split her's next spring and bring it to me to add to my lovely garden... I am so excited.  I just love the color - and I love free plants!!!

And this is a lovely little project Bryan decided to take on while I had my back turned planting my new hydrangea... Yup.  That is part of my driveway.  I currently have two driveways since I have two garages.  I have the attached garage which I am fine and dandy with, and then I have a second in the back of the house that leads to our double garage aka. squirrel love nest.  The garage to say the least is not in the best shape and is a great place to store all my half projects.

Bryan now has it in his mind that we are going to make the garage into an "outdoor dwelling" with half of it being a workshop and the other half a wrap around porch... all great and dandy... but I am sure you are wondering why the hell is he digging up the driveway?!?!

Because he is Bryan... and because we would gain a lot of our yard back for Emily and #2 to play in.  Why he doesn't just wait and rent a bobcat?  I don't know - self satisfaction?  or maybe he knows there are great worms to find under the concrete/black slab...

So yes ... my yard was on the up and up and we were looking like good neighbors, all until B decided to dig up the driveway.

I would really really like his drive to focus a bit on the inside... but I did get the white fireplace.  And beggers can't be choosers....

Hope your holiday weekend was fabulous.  I am going to go soak my dirty self in a tub and try to get as much dirt out from underneath my nails as possible...

P.S. Big shout out to Grandma Barb for coming down to visit aka. watch the kid.

• Bubbles huge hit.  

• Watching How to Train Your Dragon 3 times in a row = Gold Star for Grandma. 

• Running outside to help me find the injured crow with me when my husband wouldn't = Awesome Mom. 

Love you... and yes I am still keeping an eye out for the crow... cause that is how you raised me.