Frontyard Blitz

We spent the weekend digging out our front garden and planting new plants. It was very hard work, the ground was rock hard.

I woke on Saturday morning informing Cameron that I was going to buy 10 pencil pines to plant out the front, I just thought we could 'put them in' little did I know how much work it was going to be do dig out the garden bed and level it.

It had to be levelled as the neighbours side is higher than ours and therefore the water runs straight onto our driveway.

Now I understand why Cameron wasn't impressed, particulary as at the minute they are working about 60 hours a week, in a very physically demanding job.

Sorry honey!

Never the less it had to be done at some stage and I was sick of how the garden was looking.

So here is a before pic, I hated the hedges, and they grew like wildfire.

This is how the front garden looked on Saturday afternoon, all but 2 of the pines are now planted, as are small shrubs in front of them, I must take updated pics.

My goodness now I can see how much removing those hedges opens up the front yard, makes a huge difference! Notice the change in cars, yes Cameron changes his cars like his underwear! Mind you the ute does come in handy.

Now all they need to do is grow a bit, however hopefully by the time they are a decent size we will have moved, which brings me to my next point...

We have been in this house for 19 months, and don't get me wrong I do like our house, I've nothing to complain about it is only 9 years old, so there is nothing that really needs repairing.

It is however just a bit too small. I feel greedy saying that as it is your normal 3 bedroom home with a formal lounge, but it really is just that bit to small. I am also not all that keen on the area, however like everyone where I want to move is a little out of our price range.

We will not be able to have another child while we are in this house as the 3rd bedroom is very small and is used as our study, sewing, scrapbooking room. Not only that it has a door that leads into the garage and for that reason I would never use it as a bedroom, I just wouldn't feel safe doing so.

We are yet to discuss what age gap we would like between Lily and her sibling, I am thinking of somewhere about 3 years, which means we have a couple of years up our sleeves to move.

However I would REALLY love to build next, but I recognise there is a lot of work involved. If I am not working there are things that I would be able to do, however a lot of the work Cameron will have to do, and with him working long hours in a physically demanding job is he going to want to put that work in?

Not only that he would only be able to do work around the house on weekends which would mean it would take a while for things to get done.
If it was just us that wouldn't be a problem, but Lily will then be a toddler and perhaps we may have another baby so it is quite important that Lily would have a backyard to play in and not just a dirt/mud patch.

So this is something that we are going to have to have a good think/talk about and decide which way we go.

I guess we also need to think about where we want Lily to go to school, as I used to spend an hour and a half travelling to and from school and I do not wish Lily to have to do the same.