Its amazing what a retaining wall, and natural stone can do for a home!

NJ- Yeah I know I am very lucky in that regard. Heck not only do I love what I do, but I am also my own boss, can't get much better than that lol. Sure the summers can get pretty hot, but hey I get to work on my tan while I work lol, and the cold winters aren't that bad, I mostly sit in my heated truck raising and lowering the plow, and this year we are also selling firewood, so I still don't have it all to bad eventhough it does get pretty cold and snowy up here :-D

NJ- Yeah its kind of different though in my line of work, because while yes I am my own boss, I have to make sure my clients are all happy too, and I really work for them.... So on paper I am my own boss, but techniqually I have quite a few bosses. Luckily I have a great group of clients who pretty much just trust me and let me do my own thing because they know I know what I am doing and talking about. Sure I am young, but like I said I love what I do, so I have spent alot of time researching and implimenting different ideas to help me have a very high customer satisfaction level. :-D

NJ- I can't complain to much, but I (like so many others) would be alot better if the economy was good (or even decent lol). I am still a really small company so in some ways its worse on me than the bigger ones, but in other ways its better because I don't have to make huge cuts or lay offs atleast.

NJ- I hope things pick up for your son, I hope if he does get laid off he doesn't have to worry about supporting a family or has money saved up to survive until he is able to go back to work. Goodluck, hopefully he will be able to keep working. Couple weeks I'll basically be laid off until snow starts flying lol

NJ- Thats good that he would be ok for a while if that does happen. :-D

Beth- New retaining wall/ landscape installs can be quite time consuming to plan, prep, build, and finish if done properly... I had about 20 hours into this project.

Phyllis- Yeah theres quite a bit of elbow grease that goes into this kind of work, but like you said it is worth it in the end as hard work does pay off :-D

Bob- Thank you. Yeah I tried talking her into a basic walk way even but she said " I don't even use the porch enterance so its not needed" and since she isn't planning on moving, just getting some of the work done she wanted to do when she moved in 13 years ago. And since she wants more work done in the up coming years, I wasn't going to argue lol... one of these days though ;-)