03.30.08

Weekend Projects

Posted in Reflections on Life in General at 6:38 pm by Administrator

Tracy was out of town this past week at a conference, so while he was gone, I became suddenly inspired to tackle a few major projects. I cleaned out the garage and stowed seasonal stuff on the shelves in the garage. The shelves, I might add, which Tracy so diligently built in January and which sat basically empty until last week. We are slow when it comes to completing projects.

All my activity, however, had a dual purpose. It made me feel better about my home, and it also served to (hopefully) inspire Tracy to tackle even larger projects upon his return. Guess what?

It worked!

We ripped out a ton of shrubs from the front of our house which were old, over grown and half dead.

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This is what it looks like for now…until we fill it with new, smaller shrubbery.

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And today, we went to Lowes, bought pre-fabbed cabinets and installed them in my laundry room.

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All in all, I’d say it was a very productive weekend.

Now if I can just get him to commit on repainting the outside of the house, remodeling the kitchen and our bathroom, hanging shelves in Molly’s room……

03.20.08

Spring…Winter…Spring…Winter

Posted in Reflections on Life in General at 12:41 pm by Administrator

Somedays it’s nice here…some days it’s just plain nasty. Today, it’s beautiful: 50 and sunshine (I know…this is frigid winter weather for some of you). Yesterday, it was 38 and raining. Tomorrow it’s going to be 53 and rain. Saturday? 36 and snow/rain mix. This is the beauty of Spring in the north.

This is also the beauty of spring in the north:

HyacinthsHyacinths starting to poke their heads through the dirt.

DaffodilsDaffodils preparing for a glorious, sunny show.

TulipsAnd tulips hinting that they will be stunningly graceful this year.

It’s these little signs that keep me going. Oh, and my continually developing interest in birding. I love to watch the birds outside my window. I decided I’m not Tippi Hedren (of “The Birds” movie fame) but I must be her sister, Tilli, who enjoyed birds so much she drove her little sister to bird madness!

Either way, I’m glad Spring is finally starting to arrive…even if it is every other day.