A couple of months after we brought our home, the Target that is a few minutes from our house was torn down. I was crushed. That only left me Wal-Mart, while I like shopping there it doesn’t wow me like Target does. The closet Target was 20 mins from our house and way out the way of my normal routine.

Fortunately they re-built a brand new Greatland Target. My new Target opened on Saturday, I couldn't wait to stop by after my sons soccer game. There's just something about Target I love, the aisles are bright and cheery and they always have new great decor items. My Target even has a grocer section and of course Starbucks! I decided to snoop in the grocer section and see what goods they have: They have fresh pizza, a yummy variety of cheese, good assortment of appetizer items, and fruit. I bought raspberries and strawberries for a great price.

In the front our house we have two flowers beds, one now with no border (we removed the icky circa 1972 cement border). The other flower bed had a lopsided brick border. At first we were going to take the brick down, and re-brick with fresh mortar.

Mr. CLH liked the flower bed without the brick, he thought it aged our little rancher. It took him a few minutes to convince me, but I'm glad he did. The old brick on the house looks nice and gives our home character however the brick flower bed did date the home.

Enter Three Questions:

1. What to do with this great old brick? It's not enough to create a small patio in the backyard

2. Should we leave no border around the flower bed? If so what about drainage?

3. If we put in a new border, what kind?