Okay..we busted some ass this weekend... and not bathhouse style... yard work style... someone along the way living here before us apparently planted a shitload of grapevines and honeysuckle...which, in turn, took over the fence and the yard to the left of the house and no one took care of it... until this weekend... we want to have nice pretty stuff to look at in our yard and now is the time to start knocking out the old shit....


This is the small pile of shit we dragged off the fence and from beside the house on Saturday... someone actually took their christmas tree and tossed it beside the house...ughhh.... but we still have some work to do on the side and back fence...


This is the pile in the frontyard we cleared off the fence...lots of honeysuckle... but it was killing some nice fig trees,so we freed the trees....


Front left of house after clearing out most of fence... since the fence is old and all, we left some stuff on it so the honeysuckle will grow in,, but we will keep it trimmed up... but we also tilled up in front of it and put in our butterfly bushes and planted cana lillies in between so it will hide the ugly fence, but we will keep it up... can't wait til spring... and down the side of the house there... that is where we got the backyard pile... yes, it was a mess... it is all a work in progress, but we are working it...


This is the otherside of the front yard... we trimmed up the trees and have laid out the line for mulch and other additions of plants... maybe next weekend... but just remember, work in progress... got some edging to do and some grass to turn green in spring, but I think it will be cute when it is done and colorful...

So, Jeff and I are beat the hell down... but in all the yardwork, the highlight was my father and stepmom coming by with my brother and his girlfriend and my niece... I have never really come out to my father, but after over 6 years of living with Jeff, buying a house, moving three times and all, this was the first trip my dad made to Richmond and actually came to see where I lived.  Usually i would go to see him at my brothers place and that was that... but now he has seen where Jeff and I live... I think he is easing into what he knows... we don't discuss it, and that is best, since we would both feel awkward... he offered to take us to lunch with everyone else, but we were doing the yardwork thing... he slipped me some cash against my will, and said for us to order a pizza and take a break later... he is too nice... later on, I spoke with my brother and asked him how dad was... he said it was good and I should not worry... but all I can think of is back in my freshman year of college when my dad came to parents weekend... i had gotten my ear pierced the weekend before, yanked it out as he knocked on my dorm room door... nothing said...until several weeks later when I was going home... he said, 'just take the earring out'.... I am worried, but I think since he has a grandbaby thanks to my brother, he may be easing up... but it was a nice, short visit... but my dad came to mine and Jeff's house for the first time... I still don't know how I really feel, but I feel something... we will see how it plays out and I think it will be okay...

Alrighty... Jeff's dinner is smelling awesome, so I am going to get off here... fix a drink and get ready for closing ceremonies... later taters!!