Week ending 5/18/12

We almost went out on Saturday at the last minute to attend an event where we could get up to $1,000 for a drip irrigation system.  Our front yard is still just dirt and weeds, so if we got the irrigation for free we could just throw a few bucks into some plants and at least it wouldn't look like a junkyard like it does now.  After a lengthy conversation, we decided not to do it.  It's one more project to tackle, and no project is ever simple.  It's not a permanent solution, and we would end up tearing it out when we redo the front.  It didn't seem fair to take the grant money when someone else could put it to better use for something they'd keep permanently. 

Still no estimate, but the contractor called and he is "working on it."