Update

It is hard for me find time to update this thing. My wife is pregnant. I am landscaping the front and back yard. And there is so much going on at work, I could work as much overtime as I want. Luckily, it isn't necessary, yet. But the pace could pick up. I suppose it is not a bad thing because I could bank the overtime to get more days off later, which would help when the baby comes.

She is due Dec 30th. I hope the baby comes on time, but it'll come when it comes. Hopefully, we'll know the sex at the 20 week ultrasound. I am anxious to know. We have started to talk about names. No clear winners yet. We'll work harder at it when we know the sex.

For the landscaping, at this point we got the patio poured, yard tilled, composted mulch in, HOA approvals.... Next step is to grade the yard, install edging, install sprinkler system. Then it will be digup front yard, order gravel, order sod. I did reconsider changing the plan to use a mulch raised area around the perimeter of the yard for shrubs or tall rose bushes. Don't know now if I'll mulch or rock. I hate to put rock in, when I would take it out later to do mulch. I could still plant shrubs in the rocks, like I had planned. I am concerned the mulch may be more an ant attractant than the rocks, but I've seen these ants nest in the rocks, too..... The nice thing about a house is you can do whatever you want, the trick is knowing what is the best thing to do. I wouldn't want to be re-doing landscaping every year or repainting the walls every week or year.