What's my deal these days?

I dunno!

I'm getting caught up on stuff, and getting some stuff done!

I think I might build a boardwalk beside the house instead of a sidewalk.

http://www.familyhandyman.com/garden-structures/garden-paths/how-to-build-a-wooden-boardwalk/view-all

But how to dig the holes so close to the older foundations?  I could dig down in the middle, put across the beams,, then put a longer beam over them?

2x4s, then 2x4s over it?  That would be a lift of 7" , with a board on top, about 9" which is still too high...

Ok, so lateral 2x6s with extensions on the sides like eaves on a house, to hold the overhangs, with a central stringer to hold the wright of a loaded wheelbarrow: maybe even two.