Tillin' and Toilin'

Not much new has been going on around here. We're still plugging away with the rototiller. We do about 128 square feet at a time, and to till and sift it takes us about 2.5 hours. Oy. But we're getting lots of big rocks out. Unfortunately, we pull most of them out by jamming up the rototiller. Oh well, it's working. It's really hard to make ourselves go out there after a long day of regular work, but at least the weather's been nice. That makes it a bit easier. Anyway, as soul-sucking as it is, and as long as it's taking us, we can already see a big difference in the topography of our yard, which is gratifying. We probably have about 2-3 weeks of tilling left to go, should we so decide. We'll see if it's still gratifying by the time we're finished.

In other news, the front lot guy is almost done with his house. They put in gravel for RV parking (thereby reducing the "yard" size even further) and are starting to put in a fence along the property line that borders our driveway. I'm looking forward to having him out of our hair. I hope we get decent neighbors, although I pity them for buying such a poorly-constructed house. (This from someone who bought a rat hole...oy...)

Anyway, when we're tired of tilling, we can go play with our latest discovery, the cousin of the rock of Gibraltar. It's in our backyard, just a few inches from where we put in the drain. It's HUGE. We thought at first it was a two-person rock, then a four-person rock, and since we've excavated it a bit more I'm not even sure my truck could pull it out. It's only an inch or two below grade, so we don't know what to do with it. It's nice and flat on top, perfect for use in landscaping, but it's so huge we'll probably just bury it again. *sigh*

We also should get our windows and beams this week. Hooray! It's going to be nice to start work on the actual house. I can see the room in my mind's eye. Hopefully we'll have some real progress to show off in the months to come.