The front yard is done, and other surprises

Well for the past week I have been landscaping the front yard. Finished it all today and boy does it look great.
I dug up all the former grass which was uneven , badly graded and actually looked pretty shitty with clover throughout 70 percent of it. This took me about 8 hours. Then day two I lay down all new top soil, then a thin layer of gravel where the bricks were going and then leveled it all off and layed the bricks and then planted trees, shrubs and flowers, a great 10 hours spent. Day three was spent sifting through the old grass and separating all the dirt off of it and putting down another layer of top soil.
Now I think we have a front garden fit for a king. Love it.
Did I mention Matt and Jeff watched me work and supervised me the entire project, no worries they were great company along with the two dogs.
Matt could not lift anything with his recent back surgery and Jeff has had back problems as well this last month, two biggest guys in the neighborhood and they watch me lifting, digging and moving bricks, funny when you think about it.
Glad for them both though and rather they be healthy and watch and keep me company and I enjoyed it , because in the end I did it and am damn proud of it.
Check out my pics of the yard on face book.
As for other things , we had quite the challenge after last weeks down pour of rain here in Toronto and this was not a pretty challenge at all and kept us busy all dam day.
Our sewer backed up into the basement from the street so we were ankle deep in water and other things, good thing not much was down there, after we got it all cleaned up and by we I mean Matt did most of the cleaning, I hauled out the remaining boxes on to the back deck, emptied them all and sorted through the last bit of stuff we have to unpack, and made sure nothing was wet. elevated the washer, dryer and folding table onto 2 x 4's, so they are off the ground. and don't rust.
Then Matt went to Home Depot and bought some stop back up plugs for the drains downstairs and installed them, so far no more issues. Thank you Sasquatch.
So that was our drama for the week and now tomorrow I can get to work on the back yard, finish the eaves and then continue to look for an ornate old cast iron fence for the front yard.
Wish me luck, have a great night and a super week.