Friday Phone Dump Week 21

row 1 *bedroom*hot tub time!*taking my niece to story time at the library*

row 2 *hanging out with my niece(we were both on our laptops)*pretty roses at  dd's piano lesson*my shoes & dress*

row 3 *my daughter at class day*hydrangeas are blooming*yummy bread at dinner*

row 1*more from story time with my niece*making my dd's bed*

row 2*class day awards*looking down at the garden from upstairs*dd leaving for her senior trip at 3:15am*

row 3*candle lighting ceremony at class day*senior class*

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a good life

Say G'day Saturday

Super Stalker Sunday

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Preppin' for the Party

I feel like I haven't had much to blog about lately but that's so not true...I can show you what we've been up to as we prepare the house and yard for our grad's party.  I've crossed out what we've accomplished so far.
Mail Out Invitations

Organize Garage

{from this)

{to this}

Assemble Fire Pit

Clean up Deck

Plant Flowers

 {embarrassing}

{in progress}

in pots and in the gardens...

{much better!}

Repair/Stain Small Deck/Staircase

{scary!}

{Replaced a few steps, power washed and stained to match our big deck.}

Order Party Supplies

{taking over the dining room table!}

Makeover Garden Bench

 {pitiful}

 Paint we already had...

 {to prett-i-ful}

Finish School!

woo to the hoo!

Clean Up Lower Patio

 

From DIRTY

 

to PURTY!

With the exception of buying the fire pit and flowers, all of these projects were FREE!!

We still have a lot more to do in the upcoming weeks, like:

Power Wash House

Touch Up Outdoor Paint

Move Gazebo
Plant Bulbs and More Flowers
and I'm sure many more things that I've forgotten about.
This method of taking a picture of something I want done has been very effective. I'm hoping it works on this swing that's been waiting for a hanging place for 6+ years.

What have you been up to?

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Wordless Wednesday - Last Day of High School!

I caught her just as she got home from her last day of high school.  

{Seniors tie-dye their uniform shirts to wear that day.}  

It's hard to believe she's done!!

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Projects-Part 1

We have a big list of to-do projects to finish before the graduation party, starting with organizing the garage.  I don't have a good before shot but here are some "during" photos.

 We pulled everything out from under the shelving unit and went through it deciding what to keep, donate and toss.

We don't have an outdoor shed so the garage has to hold all of the yard equipment plus two cars.  We have attic storage above for seasonal items, like Christmas decorations.

We're off to a good start. We wanted to house the tool box, generator and power washer under the shelf. 

We also cleared out the far corner for the wheel barrow and moved an existing shelf to another wall to hold some sports equipment and toys. 

These shelves are also getting a makeover.  One of them holds my craft and scrap booking supplies as well as larger entertaining items.  The other one is used for paint, painting supplies and other storage.

The nice thing about them is that they can be closed when needed.

More on that later...

one year ago...A Lil'Thrifting

two years ago...Finger (and Foot) Prints

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