The Tree is Down

So the hubs actually did it - he finally cut the tree down in the backyard. I took many pictures - I will have to post them at a later time. But it is down - we needed to take it down to make room for the deck we want to put on the back of the house. So John and I went to price out how much the deck would cost yesterday. I want a wood deck - with black railings to match the front of our house and solar lights on the posts.

Yeah that is not happening - it will cost about $ 2,000 for everything. Sad Face. Why in the world did I only think it was going to cost like $ 500 - I am crazy. John said we may be able to do it but I doubt it - another option is to just to the base and wait until we have money to do the railings - but I do not think I would like that either because if I start a project I want to finish it. I really wanted to have a deck build before our big yearly BBQ in June. Not sure if it will happen now. Here are some pictures of what I wanted the railings to look like - except on the top of the post I would have black solar lights.