We have begun spring yard work at our house on Fourth Street. Ten years ago, it would have been an easy task and finished in a three-day weekend. That is not the case anymore. Honestly, if my husband and son weren’t helping, I would probably work until I dropped dead trying to get it done, but they remind me that “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” The idea is to have a blank slate that we can easily mow and maintain while we are working on the interior of the home.

I tend to go into projects, big and small, guns blazing! When I want something, I wanted it yesterday! That drive tends to make most pe...