All I Want For Christmas . . . .

 . . . . . is a garden shed!

Do things ever go the way everyone says they will?  What's that they say about the best laid plans?  Seems my shed plans aren't quite following the timeline I'd hoped for.  Truth be told, I was pretty certain the shed would be here before Garden Man had the site ready. After all, the economy is slow and companies are happy for any business they get, right?  Not exactly.  Seems like October was a banner month for the Shed Guy, Dave.  Of course, I ordered my shed in October.  Still, he did say 3-5 weeks with 5 weeks being worst case. 

I was thinking uh-oh.  Only three weeks for Garden Man to "get around to it" and get the site ready.  We had to select the exact site, do some leveling, build a frame, order crushed stone, haul said crushed stone one wheelbarrow load at a time from front to back, level and pack crushed stone . . . .   you get the idea.  That was about one and a half tons of crushed stone. And when I say "we,"  I'm talking about Garden Man and that mouse in his pocket, for the most part. I did play a part in adjusting the exact site a few inches to the left here and a few inches to the front there.  I even called the stone company, but Garden Man (and Garden Punk) did the rest. And they did it a lot more quickly than I expected. 

Shed order day plus one - the site is already selected.

Just about 4 feet behind the site are the remnants of the old pasture fence marking the boundaries of the farm that became our neighborhood.  The woodpile and green tarp belong to our back neighbors, and that's their house you can see just above the woodpile. 

Once the site was selected, Garden Man didn't waste any time getting the 4 x 4's and building the frame.

Shed order day plus nine - the frame is in place.

On shed order day plus sixteen, the stone arrived, and by shed order day plus eighteen, it was in the frame, leveled, screed and packed. (sorry no photo of that)

So, here we are at shed order day plus forty-one (that's right at six weeks by my count).  Where is my shed?  Looks like a call to Shed Guy Dave is in order, and that's what I'm going to do right now.  Christmas is only two and a half weeks away.  Will I have my shed before Christmas?  A girl can dream.

Comments

[Frances]

Hi Kim, you are ready to hurry up and wait! Give Dave a call and be prepared to wait some more. At least you are ready whenever it does arrive. How much fun you will have getting it put up and filled with your gardening goodies, you will forget all about the waiting. :-)
Frances

[Darla]

First visit here, came by way of Hoe and Shovel. Can't wait to see your new shed. We just painted my girls old playhouse for a potting shed for me. He has to scoot it around and level it, bring in some dirt to scatter about so I can make a flower garden around it, I am so excited about it.

[Karen]

Oh, I hope you get it before Xmas! A friend of mine just got a shed for writing, not gardening, and she is over the moon. I'll cross my fingers for you!

[gail]

Kim,

My computer is playing games with me again...my messages are disappearing! I do hope you get your wished for garden shed...you and Garden Man have worked hard and a girl has to have her dream come true in time for Christmas! gail

[Dee/reddirtramblings]

I hope you get it before Christmas. Can't wait to see it. Fingers crossed.~~Dee

[Racquel]

I hope you get that garden shed soon and your Christmas wish is fulfilled! Looks like garden man & garden punk did a great job on preparing the site for it.