Today I will tear out the ugly-ass junipers on the corner of the house (at least I’ll try). Jackie wants to put in trees, and that’s where I want to put them, so out they come!

***Dave is coming over to help, for which he should be sainted. Personally, once I’ve started on a project, I always want to keep pounding on it til it dies or I do, and he just got Basement Project 2001 going yesterday and he’s dropping it to haul a chainsaw over here. Very helpful.

Or he just rilly rilly doesn’t want to mess with the basement anymore.

I called my dad to see what advice he could offer on the subject, because he does a crapload of landscaping around their house, but he’s helping my uncle with farm-stuff (it’s a HOLIDAY, man), so I got my mom. My mother is a lovely, loving creature whom I absolutely adore, but she’s leaves something to be desired when it comes to Helpful Landscaping Suggestions.

So. Chainsaws. Hatchets. Manly sweat and possibly some beer afterwards. Holiday fun.