our pile is alive

We are in the middle of a big project at our house. I feel like we're ALWAYS in the middle of a project at our house. Note to self: buy a new house next time or a condo.

We've removed all the plants around our house in preparation for the new paint job we're going to give it. Currently our house is yellow. We don't love that color and we're looking at painting it a cream or tan color, which makes it look updated and not as old.

The problem that we've run into is that all the stuff we've removed is now piled up in our driveway. We are having a guy come over and remove some extra concrete from the driveway, but until he comes we can't have the trash people haul away all this debris (we have to pay to have them haul stuff away and one trip is cheaper than two).

In the meantime, we have been creating a giant pile of crap in front of our front door. The problem with this (besides our neighbors probably hating us for the unsightly mess) is that the pile is alive. Every time we walk by it we hear things scurrying about in there. I can't even imagine what is living in our pile and the snake incident doesn't help things much! I just run by the pile and try not to focus on the critters that have taken refuge in there. Argh!