Another day, more jobs complete

Today was an eventful day. We set out to take care of a lot of things and almost got to them all. First thing for Amanda was to start prepping for some serious painting. She took care of the inside of our front door and trim. It was originally a really dark ugly wood color. I'll post some before and afters once everything is cleaned up and dry. After that she started on priming and painting the stairs as well. Looking forward to having those done cause they look pretty ghetto right now and it's the first thing you see when you walk in either door. It's going to feel good to have most of the entryway done.

While Amanda was painting I took care of the lawn stuff, made a Home Depot run, hung a rack for her to dry clothes on, fixed the screen door rollers, and silenced a squeaky door hinge. Who would have thought that chores around the house could be so fun.

Will try to post more as we finish up this week. But in the mean time, here's Amanda at work.

My first mower

Got my handy dandy lawn mower all put together and set out to tackle the overgrown lawn. Figured I'd try and old school mower to see how she handles.

Action Shot!


Goober at the helm:


It took me 2 separate passes to get it all chopped down to size. It was REALLY long! Also, found that I now need to pick up a weed eater/edger of some sort to take care of those tricky hard to reach areas. After I was all done with the trim, I tried my hand at fertilizing. Not sure if I did it right so we'll see what happens.

Over all, it was fun and a now my grass can grow back healthy.

Welcome to the Jungle!

The lawn has gotten so long since we took over the house. Unfortunately we couldn't do anything about it because we didn't have a lawn mower. Last night, that all changed. Time to break out the mower and go to town!

Living room colors

Can't decide on which colors to go with for the living room. Any of these strike your fancy?

Broken Office

One day my office will be complete, that will be a happy day for me. I thought it might be ready a bit sooner but I only have myself to blame. One thing led to another and well, this is all that's left for now.

Another look back....."MOLD OFFICE"

Taking another look back at our first week we got the house, we tore through a bunch of stuff to help prep before the move in. One of those tasks was finding the source of the moldy smell down in what will eventually become my office one day. Here's what I found!

Cats still getting settled

Well, Rosco is getting pretty comfortable his new house but Lucy on the other hand isn't. When she does venture out she gets scared back into the room if the ceiling fan is going. Any little sound sets her right back to her favorite spot, under the sheets!