What was I thinking?

I thought when the kids were out of school for summer we get a little break too. It hasn't quite worked that way this year. Don't get me wrong, things are extremely good, but busy as hell. We finally refinanced the house, took forever and cost me some gray hair but it is done. We were able to get some money back. So what do I decide we should do? Nope, doesn't have anything to do with Aruba or Jamaica. No cabana boy bringing me something with an umbrella in it. No, no, I want home improvements! Someone beat me in the head next time and send me some place warm with drinks that have little umbrellas. We tore out the old fence and are putting up a new and bigger fenced in area so we can put in a pool. I had two trees taken out, let me rephrase that, I had two trees cut down. To save money I told the guy to just put them on the ground, don't haul it off or clean it up. Now I'm Ravyn, the friggin lumber jack. I have spent the last week hauling limbs, cutting the trunk and burning the stuff; I'm only half way done. After this is done we are building a stone patio that runs 3/4 or the back of the house. It is going to be gorgeous! We designed it to have a built in fire pit and a stone water fall. Yes, this too we are doing ourselves. The comes the pool. I don't even want to know what I have gotten myself into here. Hubby wants to get a hot tub after all this. The way my body is protesting I'm thinking I need the damn hot tub now and screw the rest of it.