Putting in the Yard: Phase #1 cont.

Putting in the sprinklers in the backyard.

POW:this stands for peace of work, I normally would use this to describe a student in my class who is having a hard day. In this situation, I am refering to putting in the sprinkler system and yes it is a POW !
Doesn't Aaron look like he is having tons of fun! Putting in the pipes and sprinkler heads was the easiest part especially since I was the "primer" girl (the funny thing is this was my job when I was a little girl helping my dad put in the sprinkler system). Aaron is working on hooking the wires to the main pipes and then hooking it to the control box. I am so greatful for a wonderful husband to do all of these things. That was another headache, trying to screw the box into our brick house, after about four holes in our brick that are very visible Aaron was able to hang the box. We plugged everything in and ran a few systems, the sprinklers seemed to be working fine but then on one of the front systems the valve was making a really strange noise. We adjusted things trying to see if things were loose and we decided to unplug the system and try again. We try to plug the system into the socket and it will not go in, we have tried everything, reseting the sockets, we tried plugging in other cords to see if they will go in, NOTHING!!! So we are going to call our builders and have them come check the problem out. That is why putting in the sprinklers is a POW!!!

We are very greatful that we have this oppurtunity to learn and grow about putting in the yard. Next Saturday, we are supposed to put in the sod, hopefully that will go alot smoother than everything else has been going. I will keep you posted!