A Few Projects Done & Some Fun

It's been a great holiday weekend...

I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to say "I'm done" working on the backyard, but for now I can be happy with how it looks. Although it may not look a lot different, there are some changes. We moved the basin for the fountain to raise it up (it was sinking down a little). I also made a new bamboo fountain, as the old one was weathered and falling apart. Several plants that I put in this fall actually survived and are starting to come up. And there are several shrubs that are just starting to bloom. More river rock have filled in some bare spots. I had to put in a new fountain pump because the old one kept tripping the breaker. And now that the electrician has come and figured out our outdoor wiring, the low-voltage lights and the fountain now work (aka, not a fire hazard/work when they want to/jimmy-rigged wiring)! YEAH!! I'm eager to put some annuals in the pots...

This is the view from the couch in the sunroom. Eddy's been wanting a tv out there since the day we moved in, and I finally caved. His dad came over and helped put up the wall mount. I have to admit, it's neat sitting out there in the evening.

One of Eddy's "to-dos" was to put up new lights in the hallway. I should've taken a before picture. It's not a huge change, but the old ones looked like pineapples and were shiny brass. These are brushed nickel (and I guess look like female anatomy!).

There's still a couple things I'd like to get to put on the walls, but for the basics, the baby's room is done! We're pleased with how it looks. The rocking chair is a recent garage sale find that my dad is going to spruce up for us. The trunk was my great-grandfather's when he came to America from Norway. I'm so excited that it will work in the room!



Isaac has been talking about going fishing (usually he requests to go with Grandpa J or Papa) for weeks. So we took him up to Fish Lake yesterday. Although we didn't get any fish, the weather was great and Isaac had a blast.

Isaac really likes tomatoes and had fun last summer picking cherry tomatoes off the vine last summer (I had a plant in a pot). So today we planted this year's plants. He was a great helper, even using the gardening gloves Papa got him.


I'm really going to try (seriously, I am!) to slow down now. At almost 36 weeks pregnant, I'm exhausted by the end of the day, and that's without doing any work. If anyone has some free time and wants to work on a project or two, come on over and help a pregnant lady out!