Mom and I have finished my front garden.  YEAH!!!!  It has been over a month since we started to first dig it out and now it looks wonderful.  The first time since we moved in, I am proud of how the garden looks.  It took a lot of hard work, digging and heavy lifting but the wall is built and the river rock is in.  I still have to finish the lattice work around the steps and the outside of the porch, but the heavy work is done.  We are going to go shopping this weekend to the nursery's to find plants for the container garden that will fill the garden.  We had nicknamed the front garden "The Pit".  Since we had to dig out so much of the old dirt, rocks and concrete that was layered in to that mess.  I am still hoping that my Japanese Maple tree survives, I did see some new growth on the main trunk, so I will keep my fingers crossed.
I am disappointed that my son did not help very much, but then he has never been one to get his hands dirty.  I hope he does well in school so he doesn't end up qualified only for a blue collar job and has to get his hands dirty.  I am not sure how well he would do.  Now my daughter is just like her Momma and Nona.  She jumped right in, even if she was in the way most of the time.  But she was willing to help out without the pre-teen attitude.
Well, I am off to bed now.  Took a short nap this afternoon, but am still really feeling run down.  I am hoping that this is just a side effect of the heat and humidity we have been working in.  If it doesn't get better soon, I will have to make a doctor's appointment to see if there is anything going on with me.