So that's my plan, every Sunday night after the kids are in bed I'll update the blog and index.
We said goodbye to March (good riddance!) and hello to April this week. I didn't do anything for April Fools this year, maybe next year? Eh, probably not. :) It's been warm and rainy lately, but I'll take it over snowy and cold any day!
Trey pulled out all the old, scraggly shrubbery last week and this week he finished it up and I cleaned it up and leveled the dirt and got out as much of the old roots as I could. We still have some pretty big roots that need to be dug up but we're pretty close to being done. Now we just have to get some more dirt, find some shrubbery we like, find something to line the garden with, and get lots of mulch mulch mulch! Our grass is looking pretty sad after that rough winter. I hope by summer time our yard will be looking much nicer.
Since moving here I found out something about myself that I never really realized, I love yard work! It makes me so so happy to be out digging in the dirt. I'm all about pulling weeds, pruning, raking, etc. I must get it from my dad. I'm really excited to build our garden box and grow some stuff!! It will be fun to teach the kids too. I really hope we can find a way to keep it safe from all the critters we have around here. Rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, opossum, and deer to name a few.
Speaking of, I have a funny story.
We just put up our bird feeder a few weeks ago and at first no birds would eat from it. We figured they just didn't know it was there. So Trey spread a bunch of the seed around on the ground beneath it and the birds slowly started figuring it out. A few mornings ago we noticed that a ton of the bird seed was gone when the night before it was pretty full. We have a squirrel guard on the pole holding the birdfeeder so we were wondering what was getting into the seed. So last night after dinner Trey was in the kitchen cleaning up and he yelled "Hey, come see this!" So we all ran into the kitchen to see this...
What the?! The idea that the deer were eating it never even crossed my mind! Ha ha!
This past Wednesday our friends the Days went out of town and asked us to dog sit for them. Knowing how much the girls would love it, I said yes! So Penny has been here with us for the past 4 days and it's been a blast. She is the sweetest little Austrailian Labradoodle pup ever. If I could clone her in like 5-7 years for when we're ready for a dog I totally would. She is a beautiful copper color with the softest fur. And she doesn't shed! This is huge people!! I really don't like dog hair. She loves to play but also loves to cuddle and be loved. She follows me around everywhere. She must be a momma's girl. She is terrified of Trey. She has finally warmed up to him (kind of) today but they'll be picking her up tomorrow.
I only have pics on my phone of her but this is pretty much what she looks like, coloring and all. Adorable, right?
I have discovered that a dog is a bit of work and we (and when I say "we" I mean "I") are definitely not ready for one yet. It really is like another child. She is potty trained but she had a few accidents in the house. She also got up on the table and ate all the cheese and pepperoni off of 2 pizza slices sitting out on the table. She ate a bunch of a wet diaper (blah!!!) I left out in Lucy's room. And it was rainy which meant it was muddy so every time we had to take her out to go do her business I had to wipe her down. Some days it was super cold so going out with her (she always had to be on a leash) was kind of annoying, especially when she wouldn't do her stuff right away. Whenever we do get a dog, we will make sure we have a fence, that's for sure.
She really is a sweet little thing though, we'll miss her (especially the girls). Lucy loves playing with her and she sleeps on Lucy's bed with her every night. :) Ruby loves to give Penny kisses and get really close to her face and smile and giggle. We'll just have to be their official dog sitter whenever they go out of town. That way we can all get our dog fill every once and awhile.
Okay so we're piling up the list of projects here. We just started on the vanity for the bathroom that we're redoing in a few weeks. Yikes! There's no going back now! We found this dresser at a cool shop in West Cleve. The guy got it from an estate sale and he was trying to get rid of it. It was perfect!! And it comes with a mirror so we'll just use that for the wall. Done and done.
Trey felt bad cutting a big hole in it.
That's where the sink is gonna go.
I love the crystal knobs. They match all our door knobs throughout the house.
We're so not ready and we're going on a vacation the week before. That's kind of the number one thing we need to get done right now. The darn cold weather has kind of set us back. Here is the list of projects:
- Bathroom - need to pick out floor tile, fixtures, finish vanity, wall paint
- Yard - landscaping front, around trees, by garage, etc.
- Build a planter box
- Sun room - paint and put up new curtains and rods
- Reupholster and sand and stain dining room chairs
- Finish trim downstairs
- Paint kitchen cabinets white and paint fun color on the wall. Possibly a backsplash too.
- Top floor bathroom - redo floor and move catclaw tub
- Paint bedrooms and tiny bathroom
- Make laundry room less scary and organize tools and storage. Get rid of extra doors, etc.
- Trey build storage lockers
- Paint front door. Shutters.
It was also General Conference this weekend. I love GC so much. Talk about being spiritually fed. I always feel so enlightened, uplifted, and inspired after every conference. It makes me want to be better and remember what is important in this life and what isn't. I'm excited to go back and study each talk more. It's a little difficult to give my full attention with 2 youngens wanting my attention, especially the littlest one. What I did hear was awesome. This church is true!!! I love the gospel so much, it gives me hope in such a troubled world. This is Jesus Christ's one true church. I feel so lucky to be apart of it and that I was born into it. I'm so so grateful.
1 comment:
Good for you guys! Good that you are so energetic! Reading that list makes me tired but how fun for you!
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