Another project DONE!

Scott and I have been planning and working toward getting sod by winter. We finally reached our goal! 

We rented a tiller. It was a beast of a thing and kicked up so much dust that Scott had dirt on the skin of his legs-the dust got under his jeans, over the cowboy boots and onto his legs-amazing! After tilling we raked and tried to make it level. 

This is the South view from front step.

This is the North view from the front step

We started laying sod. I wanted to show you how I painted the trim of the house and ran out of brown paint right at the bottom ha ha ha ha I guess I have to wait for another 'free paint' weekend at ACE Hardware so I can finish. I have painted so much of our house with free paint this summer. I am so lucky. We have only had to purchase 3 gallons-2 gallons for living room, 1 gallon for red trim in picture above. I have used many free quarts-2 blue for bathroom, 1 dark blue for trim, 1 brown for outside trim, 1 white for ceilings. I have painted 1 living room, 1 bathroom and 1 bedroom so far. 

Scott sticking his tongue out at me since I am slacking and he is working. . . he really did most of the work. I was slow and weak. Scott was so kind to not get upset at me for taking a break and resting my arms. I am so honored to be part of the Stewart team. 

The rolls were 2' x 5 ' (10 sq feet) and heavy. We laid 1700 sq feet. 

My muddy shoes and South view of lawn

North view of lawn. We had to get another load of sod. The trailer was loaded and we knew we would need to make 2 trips to the sod farm. First load was 2.5 pallets. Each pallet is 1 ton. The trailer we had could barely hold that. We went for second load and it was about 3/4 ton and finished up the lawn with 7 rolls to spare.

We started this project on Wednesday morning. We knew we would not want Suzie in our way so we planned with the vet to have her spayed at the same time. Not only were we dogless for a night but now the sod has a few days to take root while Suzie heals.  We took her to the vet Wednesday afternoon and went to pick up first load of sod. We picked up Suzie on Thursday about 3 pm. She was groggy and uncomfortable. She watched us lay a little sod and then crawled into her bed to rest. This morning Suzie and I went outside just before 6 am and she ran half way and pooped out. She is so sore and tired. She has only been out a few times to do her business and then she is back to laying next to us on the couch. We also had her dew claws removed and so she has 5 incisions. She wants to lick them so bad. We had to get a cone. Today we took the cone off and told her 'no' when she would lick her wounds. She now reaches to lick and stops herself. She knows she should not lick but her instinct tells her to lick yet she obeys us. She is such a good dog. I am constantly amazed at how well she listens and how trained she is. I hope she heals fast so she can enjoy the lawn with us!