Going To Use Our Time Wisely

We have a LOT going on this weekend, but before I get to that I thought I'd show you a picture of my first harvest.

 

Unfortunately because of the hot weather my lettuce has bolted (makes the lettuce bitter) early. As soon as I realized that I was out there harvesting.  We are going to eat it tonight but I'm not so sure how good it'll be.  We shall see!

So this weekend my sweet baby girl is taking a trip to her Mema and Papa's house.  For those that don't know they live around the StL area.  Which means my daughter will be on the other side of the state from where I am.  I miss her already!  I know it's good for her to go and spend that time with them and I know they'll love it but man it's going to be hard.

So, to keep myself busy I decided to do things around the house, things that are not so easy to get done while she's here.  And what is that exactly?  Painting!  I've been anxious to repaint my living room/entry/stairwell/hallways for months now.  I had already painted it after we moved in.  How it looked when we moved in...

Then we painted it to look like this...

It turned out exactly how I meant for it to look.  I wanted that color tan with the lighter tan stripes.  But once it was in there it just didn't look right.  It looked really traditional in that space, it just wasn't me.  So this weekend I'll be painting it all again.  It's a big undertaking because like i said, it's the living room, entryway, stairwell, upstairs hallway and downstairs hallway.  Not to mention a section of ceiling above the stairs and possibly the hand rails.  

I'm the kind of person though that when I set my mind on something I get it done.  This of course is hard when you have a kid, there are a lot of distractions.  A lot of really adorable, totally awesome distractions.

 

But nonetheless, they get me off track.   So I think I can get it done.

Also, Jake is taking on a building project in the backyard.  Most people that know me and are my friends on facebook have probably figured it out but I'm still keeping it under wraps on here for now.  Check back next week when hopefully it will all be done and I can post pics!

Another Garden Update

My other DIY post will be saved for next week, because it needed a little tweaking.  You'll see what I mean. =)

Today I'm showing off a little garden progress.  The tilling is done and the railroad ties are down.

 And again the dirt in front will be getting grass seed.  We just pushed it out there to level the very hilly ground.

 

And we are hoping to get enough dirt from putting in the patio to fill these beds, but if we don't we'll buy extra.  The sides will be landscaped... bushes, flowers, those kinds of things, and the middle is the garden.

 Jake even put in a step for Raeleigh. =)

I took this pic because of my excitement for spring, it's my willow tree starting to turn green!

 

Just for fun..... check out the before and current.

 

We're gettin' there!

Garden Progress

Rather than do a complete before and after I thought I'd update you as we get closer and closer to gardening season!  When we bought our house, this is what the garden looked like....

 

Not really the ideal conditions for gardening.  So last night Jake borrowed a tiller and started tilling it all up...

 Mad props to Granny Granny for letting us borrow her tiller.  And a shout out to Jake Wright for going to get it.  And thank you Miss Raeleigh for overseeing it all...

As you can see progress is being made.  The back section is pretty large so we plan to put the garden in the middle and landscaping on either side.  Jake also wants to replace the beat up retaining wall with some railroad ties.  Keep checking back on the progress!