Milestone

It's my 30th post. Who knew blogging was so much fun?

This weekend we were very productive. We planted a few more plants/ shrubs in the front of the house and started on our bed lining. I also pruned the trees behind our garage so it isn't as much of a jungle back there. Now I just need to cut all of the branches down so that we have our yard back. There is a huge pile of them that is accumulating quick, yikes- I'm just waiting for a another violation for the city. Well, actually I'm not. I think I'm going to post an add for free sticks on craigslist next weekend. Catchy right? I'm sure my phone will be ringing off the hook ;)

We also did some much needed organization in our office. Having an organized clean home feels so good, doesn't it? You're usually either working on the house and have no energy to clean when you're through or you're cleaning with no energy to work. This weekend we made time for both. Hooray.

Everything is looking so good. I took photos of our landscaping but something is not working. So I leave you with a photo of our little babies. Tito chewed up a pair of my nice work shoes this weekend... Little shit. He's lucky he's so cute.

What a great weekend!

I am so pleased with all of the progress we made over the weekend. For starters, I have been dying to get some furniture in the front sun porch, seeing as though it's pretty much useless without it. I went down to Target to check out this set that I've had my eyes on for the last 2 months and to my surprise it was 10% off. Not only that but I had an additional 10% coupon plus I got another 10% off of the love seat. Total I saved about $80-$90. I just had to yap about it because there is nothing better than getting a good deal on something you love. Good thing I waited! The only bad thing is that now I want to begin redoing the front porch.


Onto the big projects. We finally started removing the huge weed bushes that have turned into trees. We removed 2 big bushes/ roots by digging down and using the chainsaw. I'm hoping the bushes don't grow back but I guess we'll just have to attack them as they come. It's already made such a difference by removing them.


We got the landscape design back from the lady @ Indigo and she did an amazing job. We will hopefully begin planting our trees and shrubs 2 weeks from now. There weren't any hostas in her design so, to use of what was already in the yard, I planted a row of them on the side of the house that people don't really see. We also planted 2 trees, one to the right and 1 to the left of the driveway. Everything is really starting to look nice.


The two little white sticks are the new trees


On top of all of this, it was my nephew Luke's 4th birthday today. Nothing like a child growing to make you feel like you're really getting old- or just growing up. Ok, getting old. My nephew and neice are so cute! Why can't they live a little closer.
My baby and I.

Dog Training and yard work

The dogs really need training. They are both dominant (one more than the other) and think they run the show. I think I am going to sign the naughtiest up for training this weekend and then we can practice what we learn on the other. We are the ones who really need the training. They just need some rehabilitation. Thank you, Cesar Milan.

So, onto yard work. I meet with Lindsay, the landscape designer tomorrow. She was in the Star Trib yesterday in Home and Garden for work she did that HGTV was there to film. How cool, a local celebrity designing my lawn. I hate to say it, but my neighbors are going to have some tough competition on their hands once we get going. =)

I need to get the stucco fixed before be paint the house but I'm desperate to paint it this summer. I have so many projects I want to get done. I want to have more than one going at a time. Please god, let someone leave an anonymous bag of cash at our front door. We'll put it to good use.

The sweet taste of success.

I am beginning the poly process tonight on the buffet. The poly process is alot less work than the staining- atleast I assume. We are waiting to start the drawers. If weather permits we'll probably be working on them outside this weekend.

In near future news- I am going to begin sanding the stairs once I've fully completed the buffet. The last thing I want in my life is more sawdust all over my house but this will be the last sanding project we do oursleves for a bit. We are also going to be paying someone to come in and sand the floors in the office and the upstairs hall. I have a feeling it'll cost around $500 give or take. The room isn't very large nor is the hall. Having those floors redone will make a huge impact on the upstairs. I CAN'T WAIT!

Outside we have begun ripping out bushes and I am going to start seeding our non-existent grass this week. I'll post photos soon.

More exciting news- we just had family move near us (John & Kendra) right down the street. They got an awesome fixer upper as well and I'm hoping they blog about it as well. We are super excited to have them as neighbors!!!

Sorry I haven't updated this in so long. I hope you're still reading the blog.