Showing posts with label house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Yardwork

Yesterday was just one of those days that I wanted to get a ton done and by golly I did! Hubby's brother has been staying with us for a few weeks so I took advantage of having TWO people to boss, rather than the one I'm used to. We organized the garage...which was just horrible to look at, cleaned up all the junk the family the lived here prior to us left in the backyard.. including but not limited to tarps, pieces of guttering, bed frames, etc., I weed-eated like a crazy person, picked my garden, did laundry, cleaned the kitchen, and cooked dinner. Needless to say I was woooorn out. And so were the boys...even if they won't admit it.

My little friend I found in the garden

While working in the garden I found that guy up there and promptly freaked out. Thank goodness I had my gloves on! So hubby told me just to toss it over the fence and I certainly shouldn't have done that while laughing. I didn't exactly toss him over... more like tossed him into it. Right into the gap between two pieces of wood. I could have fallen over laughing right then and there.

My green green garden :)
Working outside makes me happy. I don't know why. I guess it's in my blood; my dad used to be a landscaper. I enjoy it so much, I might just do it some more this evening.

As for today, we're doing much of the same. Re-arranging furniture, cleaning, and laundry. A big chunk of the day was taken away when we had to take a trip to the base. Paperwork needed to be filed for hubby's extended leave and boy was that a pain in the rear. Anyway, it's taken care of now and that's what matters.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

A sea of boxes

Will I ever finish unpacking? Will we EVER be done settling into the new house? I feel like with every step forward I take, I take another two backwards. I really haven't been able to get a leg up on this crud. Hopefully I can really get going on all this mess this week and at least be done in ONE room. Our garage looks like the home of a hoarder... no joke. It's awful. In one little section I'm painting the furniture for our guest room, in another corner I've piled the garbage that didn't fit into the trash cans this week, and the rest of it is piles and piles of boxes. I literally have to keep my eyes straight ahead when I walk through it to get in the car otherwise I'll just feel even more miserable about all that's still left to do. I wish I had more than one day off this week, but I am determined to make headway! wish me luck!