It's the Weekend

So her we are, another weekend. There's actually a lot going on as people scramble to do stuff last minute as summer fades. September is a funny time of year. First, my parents have both their birthdays and an anniversary in September. My mother-in-law has a birthday as does my uncle. It's like an explosion of greeting cards. Or it would be if I ever remembered to send cards. I always forget. ALWAYS. I think some part of me rebells against the cost of the card and the fact it's killing trees.

Of course I say this, and I bought a Sunday paper last week. Though in my defense, I bought it to wrap up dishes for storage, and well, Sunday has coupons.

Anyway, Saturday is here, and I'm looking at the back yard thinking, wow, that hole in my garden is still there. I should blame the 'instant-gratification' society we've become. My compost is not yet ready. Of course it's not yet ready, but that 20 month old inside me is wanting to pitch a fit over th fact it isn't ready. More so over the fact I have a hole in my back yard, and it's probably going to be there all winter. But realistically, come next spring we will be in a better position to plant things than now, at the tail end of the season. After all, if we fill the hole now, it's just going to sit there and lose all the cool nutrients and stuff before spring. Right? Well, that's what I'm telling myself.

Of course, I'm also looking at it going, come spring, both boys will be working, and Dig will be less likely to fill in said hole and do said planting because he has a job. So yes, part of me is worried it's going to just stay like it is. Which would suck.

Of course, there are big plans for the backyard. We want to put in a full garden, of course. But we also want to cover the slab of concrete so it's more a porch than a patio. We want to put in an outdoor kitchen. With a large grill and a sink and all that cool stuff. And eventually a hot tub. There's great plans for that backyard. But we need cash, and time. So spring sounds about right. Provided I can wait that long. Damn you insta-gratification.

So, apparently the idea is to put the garden on one side of the yard, in the back. Then on the other side of the yard in the back, put in some kind of water feature. With koi. Or something similar. This progressed into a 'East meets West' idea with an English garden theme verses a Japanese theme. Then it progressed to the idea of having a small playhouse on each side for the Bug. One like an English cottage, the other like a Japanese pagoda or temple.

I have this feeling eventually Dig is going to plan how to get Tokyo Tower and the London Bridge in the backyard. I'm not entirely sure where it would all go, and which one of us is playing Godzilla. At least they are amused by this idea.