so much for yard work

We took out all our bushes the other day, but mother nature thought some tree's should go too. We lost a big tree and 2 medum sized trees. They were all behind the house and fell into the woods so we luckily dont have to do anything because they just get added to the pile. But, they all fell ontop of where we pile our leaves. Now we need to start a new pile.

There are 3 down in his picture

Goodbye bushes!

They were overgrown and never taken care of by whoever lived here before us. We could have cleaned them out and hoped for the best but it was easier to get rid of them since it would make our yard look bigger. Cause of course, our yard isnt big enough already...

Inside or bush fortress

Progress!

Cleaning up is not as fun as taking apart.

We found this little fence thing. The tree root grew through it! We did manage to get most of it out by hooking it up to a vehicle and pulling on it. We need to go at it with wire clippers still because it is still stuck in a few places.

Clearing away the parts of the bushes that gew up the tree.

Looks better already.

Thanks mom and Bryan! And Matt worked hard too! I sorta helped. I also worked at 4:30am. And it was 90 degrees out!

Animal update and trim painting.

"Need help measuring that?"

"Hmmm, it says..."

"I need my reading glasses for this"

Snickers looks small

"I'll get that!"

I took this picture at 3:45am before work.

mommy motivation

So, Matt decided to get the trim up after my dad gave us his air compressor and my mom let him borrow the finishing gun. Then my mom came over to help me paint closets. We painted the hallway one and the spare bedroom one. Both have 2 coats of primer and need one coat of white. Then I can put up shelves and stuff them full. The trim in the kitchen is done being painted white and we just need to find a stain for the window trim. The kitchen is almost all done. I really need to put something on the walls though cause they are so bare. We have a few small projects planned for the near future. We would like to paint the second bedroom white for now just to make it easier for when we do have a color in mind. We need to paint the dinning room and replace a few ceiling fans. The bathroom needs to be gutted but, we think it might be better suited for a professional. Outdoors is just boring. We need to add plants to the retaining wall and paint the white concrete of the house. We need a new garage door. Long picture shows us needing a new rood, furnace, water heater, and whatever else wants to break on the way. We are finding it hard to get everything done with Matt working so much and being tired and me never being home at decent hours. The dogs have also been getting more walks so we dont spend time painting like we should. We need to get as much done as soon as we can because I dont need to add mroe distractions to the mix when we are already procrastinators.

I took on a project!

The closet! I made Matt take the shelves out so I could do what I needed to do. I wiped it down with water and went to town with spackle. Well, time came to sand the spackel. The closet is too moldy fo me to want to sand. So, it sits unfinished with a layer of spackle to be sanded. Im too scared of the mold to want to sand it. I need Matt to sand it so I can paint it.  I need that closet to be done but, I dont want to get sick. He can wear the ugly mask and sand it. I have the mold killer paint and I wish I had used it first. He told me not too. His problem now.

remember the trim in the kitchen?

It is still on the dining room floor. Matt did however, paint the heaters last weekend.

New car!

How I convinced my husband to get me a new car is still a mystery. But for now, Im having fun with it! After one week I have already loaded up the trunk/bed of it with crap to bring other places. Its kinda lonely though drving alone in it, but it wont stop me from going places. And Im not parking very good. Perspective is so much different. I get like 4 feet away from a car when parking and think im about to hit it, and get out and have to get in and move it more, lol. I've driven many SUV's before, and trucks, but never in a daly basis with my own driving habits. And thank goodness the brakes work because a few days ago I just knew I was going to hit someone crossing my lane, but lucky for the girl in the passangers seat who's boyfriend almost killed her, my brakes stopped me. My focus would have hit them no doubt. Snickers loved the car ride in it! And Simon is not a car fan. He just lays there and looks uneasy and that is not usually like him. Snickers though, has traveled to a few states so he has come to like that the car takes him to fun places.