We spent the weekend in our backyard. Not enjoying it, mind you, but working our asses off in it. (Seriously, at one point my shorts got so baggy I was showing crack, which of course I pointed out to Andrea) We rented a rototiller, driving my squareback so we'd have room to haul it home. Which was all fine until we went to load it, it was 1 inch too tall so we decided to rent a van from the rental place and haul it home that way.

Rototilling is a bitch. Andrea solved the problem of the tiller getting away from her by tying one of our many dog leashes around her waist and the tiller. We both spent much of the time tilling pretending we were cracking a whip above the tiller, then laughing hysterically.

Sunday we finished laying down 20 bags of fertilizer and rolling it out so it's sort of smooth. We thought hey, we'll just go and get some sod, then bam! we'll have a lawn with grass. Turns out that the spot market for sod is terrible, we called every Home Depot in the area (I know this because we now have a map of the Bay Area with every Home Depot on it.) The city of Cupertino won't allow them to sell it, every other place is sold out by 11 am on delivery days. I think we're forced with having it delivered for an extra $50, but at least then we won't have to fight for it. I'm checking out this page of Local Nurseries just in case I can order it without having to go into Home Depot again.

How was your weekend?