6 Steps to Plant Sod

Step #1 - Tear up the sod that you planted LAST year (which your "adorable" puppies peed on and killed) ... this isn't actually a picture of our yard, it's a picture of the vacant backyard next door to us, but it gets the point across.

Step #2 - Call Lower Valley Turf to place your order, then leave early in the morning to make it to Terrebonne before they close... While on the way, make sure you drive a REALLY old pickup truck so that the transmission will go out somewhere just short of Sisters..
This will give your sod-laying a much needed element of "adventure" (and marital bliss)
After the truck breaks down call your parents (who lent you the God-forsaken automobile) and have your mom drive the 45 minute trip to pick you and take you to the Turf company to pick up your sod (after they've closed.. so they're happy happy people). Have the old truck towed home and travel in exhausted silence. (there are a lot of very good reasons why there are no pictures of this step...)

Step #3 - Start unloading the heavy sod from the (new) pickup.. this job sucks, so I recommend having a husband for it.

Step #4 - Make sure when you're digging that you hit an irrigation pipe from the sprinkler system (this leads into Step #5)

Step #5 - Pull up a chair and enjoy the view of your husband laying the rest of the sod.. because clearly you can't be trusted to do any more work after breaking the sprinkler system ;-)
Step #6 - (this one is my favorite...) ENJOY your new grass!! Ok, so it's not that enjoyable to watch the dogs like a paranoid freak because you're afraid they're going to pee on it or dig a little hole in it.. But it's better if I catch them before Luke sees it.. He's not as compassionate when it comes to the grass... :-/

That's all for the steps.. but the sunset was really pretty while we were laying the sod, so I thought I'd include some of the pictures of that.