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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Look at my Presents

I have been eyeing these shrubs for the back of the fence line.  I wanted something easy to maintain and give the fence some dimension.   I helped my friend Kris tile her bathroom and she bought me these beautiful shrubs.  She's knows I've been wanting them.  Thanks Kris.



Sunday, May 21, 2023

Garden Pond

 Starting the project of putting in a garden pond.  I had one at my old house but I didn't like the fact that I had to get on my hands and knees to work on the pond.  My solution was to build it up.   I put 2 rows of concrete blocks and then put in the pond.   It's still a work in process but it's got water!







Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Starting on my Backyard remodel

 I'm done with the interior and the last year has been the exterior.  Now to put the finishing touches on.    A new patio set with a fire pit.



Sunday, May 14, 2023

Happy Mother's Day

 Just sitting here enjoying my domain!  Happy Mothers Day to all.



Friday, May 12, 2023

Finishing up the Fence

 Now that the trailer is gone and sold it's time to finish up the privacy fence.




Wow, that was fast, and the majority of the time was waiting for the gates to be built.   I love it!

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

What a Storm

 We are in a severe drought and really need the rain.  Don't really need the hail but I guess we take moisture as we can get it.   Hail didn't do any major damage but did a number on all my plants. 



The wind was terrible.   Stripped all the leaves off of trees and speckled the houses and the garage.  



My poor hastas looked like a salad.   


All I can say is at least we got some moisture. 

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Family Time

 This was the best of the best weekend.  Mom's 89th Birthday, celebrating John's retirement and finally I retired.  


Happy 89th Birthday Mom


All of Gigi's grand kids. Excited that Stephanie and Jason came all the way from Oregon and Michael traveled in from New Hampshire.
Only missing 1, Dan.


All of Gigi's great grand children.


Mom's brothers and sister in laws came to help celebrate.


Mom and her girls.


Love these guys!


1986 vs 2023









Saturday, April 15, 2023

Happy 12th Birthday Johana

 This little lady is growing up way too fast.  Happy Birthday Johanna.



Sunday, April 9, 2023

Dressing Up Gigi's House

 I loved the cedar planter box the guy off of Facebook made so I ordered cedar shutters for mom's house.  Dresses it up a little and it looks so nice.



Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Bye Bye Trailer

 Well I finally made the decision.  I'm getting rid of trailer.  Several reasons that I'm doing this is #1, analyzing sales I'm changing my business strategy, #2, I can finish the fencing if the trailer is gone.


Auction company came and hauled away the trailer.  Auction in 2 weeks.


It looks so much bigger with the trailer gone.  Now to put every thing away.

Saturday, April 1, 2023

Tile Job - Helping a Friend

 Helping a friend tile her bathroom.  I gotta say this was a little out of my comfort zone but it turned out great.  We tiled the floor, shower and even the ceiling in the shower. 





It's official, no more tiling, I'm retiring from tile!


Friday, March 24, 2023

New Planter Boxes

 Starting to work on the exterior of the house.  Purchased these custom made cedar flower boxes off of Facebook.  Love how they turned out.




Thursday, March 16, 2023

Beautiful Smile

 Guess who got her braces off today!  

That's right, look at Elin's beautiful smile.



Thursday, February 16, 2023

Two Front Teeth

 Guess who lost his two front teeth.  Isn't he the cutest!



Saturday, January 7, 2023

Celebrating Christmas

 Well better late than never.  We miss Mike and Erin being here but were finally able to celebrate Christmas with Jeff's family.  Everyone is healthy and it's so good to have all the kids together. 

We had to start off with the traditional Christmas PJs picture. 












My Pride and Joy

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Happy New Year

 Happy New Year.   It's a tradition called winching to go visit family and kids receive coins.  Gigi was ready and each one got a 50 cent piece.  



They even learned how to say Happy New Year in German!


Photo Recreation

 I love recreating old photos.  

Boy have these kids grown and Gigi has on the same shirt.  ;)



Sunday, December 25, 2022

Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas from my family to yours.   Christmas is a little low key this year and we had to cancel Jeff and his family coming down because we had a case of COVID.   


Made robes for the kids for Christmas


I think Sam likes his....reminds me of cousin Eddy.


Merry Christmas