Shortly after moving in, we learned from our home insurance provider that, due to a couple of sizeable cracks in our driveway that could pose a “trip hazard”, we would be uninsurable unless we got said cracks repaired immediately. We looked into just getting some crack patch and going the cheap and easy route but, thanks to the generosity of my mother, it was determined that, for the long term, just replacing the whole thing would be worth the cost.

So Dani went and found a handful of contractors and we finally settled (and I mean settled) on a guy we both liked. Yesterday when we left our lovely new-ish home, it looked like this:

OK, kinda cracked, not too bad. When we got home last night, it looked like this:

We’re also doing the walkways, so the warm, inviting entrance to our front door looks like this:

Theoretically, it should all be done by Monday. In the meantime, my front yard looks like downtown Tikrit. Let’s hear it for homeownership!