Gettin' It Done

So when we moved into the new house, there were lots of things we wanted to change...some sooner than later.  Across the front of the house was a very manicured row of boxwood bushes.

 For those of you who know us, you will know that we are not a manicured anything kind of people.  These bushes also got in the way of the sidewalk as we made our way to the front door.  So in true Mommy fashion, I swiped Daddy's Sawsall and went to work. I was able to chop down all the bushes but as I started trying to move them realized they were all grown together so I couldn't pull one without all the others being attached...so what do you do in this situation...

 

well you hook up the lawnmower and pull off the whole batch at once.  It was awesome but also very funny to watch, as a whole trail of boxwood limbs slid across the driveway!  We got all of the limbs pulled out of the way and it has changed the way the front of the house looks.  As with everything else around here, the front of the house is still a work in progress.  So keep watching for the finished product.

As a side note, while I was chopping down the bushes, this little guy appeared.  He hopped out of the bushes and was bleeding, so what do the Fletcher's do???  We chase him down, put him in a box and try to help him.  Abram is an amazing frog catcher!  After cleaning his wound, we released him back to the wild.  I am not sure but I think I have seen this same guy around here several more times since then...or it could have just been another on of the hundreds of toads that seem to be living around here.  They especially like to come out at night when it is time to take Buttercup out.