Not sure if this is the right group.. but oh well.

My dad died when I was 10, 20 days before my birthday. Once he died.. everything went downhill with finances. My mom was a stay at home wife for 10 years before I was born, then was a sahm for 10 years for me, in total, she didn’t work for 20 years.

She had to regime our two dogs I had since I was 4, our two parrots that she had before I was even born, because she couldn’t afford the bills that came along with pets. Which I understand.

As for our house.. it went downhill.. our yards went to shit from being so beautiful, from flowers and gorgeous thick grass, to dead rose bushes and goathead sticker plants spread throughout the grass.

Anyways, to the point. My husband and I decided we want to fix up our yard so our kids have grass to play on and have fun like I did as a kid while my dad was alive.

Here’s the process, and at this point.. tears fill my eyes when I go outside and see the backyard and the improvement.

Day 1: that’s not grass, theyre weeds and stickers. We left the hose running for about four hours in different areas to loosen up the dirt to till.

Day 1 but later on: we tilled it but my husband didn’t want to go over the long weeds with the tiller because he didn’t want to break it so he mowed it later on.

And now about 2.5 weeks later ❤️

Taken today.

We plan on doing so much more, but my mom doesn’t want us to waste that much money on a home that we’re going to sell later in a few years.