I was a lethargic teen. As I've grown older I've really come to enjoy hard physical labor. Since we moved in into this new house in September of 2006, a huge chunk of my spare time has been spent laboring. Actually, the house repairs have been hard physically and creatively. The architect who built and lived in this place for the first 6 years had an affinity for odd sized, difficult to replace fixtures.
This past week, we were finally able to replace/fix some items we're really excited about.
1. The cabinet hardware. The old stuff was an impossible to find, custom size. We were able to replace it with a standard 3.75 inch pull that has a large base that covers the old and new hole. The end result looks like we have new cabinets. I'm glad we spent only $250 for new hardware vs. 10 grand+ to replace everything.
2. Raised garden beds on our upstairs deck. We're getting hooked-up for Armageddon. Our latest preparedness endeavor is a decent sized garden up on our deck outside the master bedroom. Wake up and eat a carrot. Yum. Here are some pictures of our labor. The girls were making "birthday cakes" with their wood blocks and nails...naturally.
3. A meandering path. We are going lawn-less in the front yard. We smothered the lawn in mulch last fall. Yesterday we carved out this path. We used the flagstone (leftover from last summer's walk way project) and added some river-rocks to finish it off. Next we are going to plant an assortment of decorative grasses, dahlias, and colorful bulbs.
One last thing. What's up with this crazy-early day-daylight savings? I'm gonna be getting up at the equivalent of 4AM for Seminary now. Lame.
6 comments:
These projects all turn out so great...I'm esp impressed w/ those raised garden beds. Were they difficult? (i'm wondering if we need raised beds since we are close to Kennecot land...we might grow a third ear). Also, I didn't know you taught seminary...I'm sure you do a fabulous job!
I love your projects and your daughters out helping you! Cute birthday cakes!
Looking at your Square Foot Gardening takes me back to my summer in El Salvador. I might have to come and check it out just to remember those days. Better yet, maybe we'll start one...Wait a sec, do people that wear Glamour Sweats garden? :)
Really, everything looks great! So fun to see the evolvement of the casa.
Looks great! Are you getting ready for the dancin at your house? When when when? I am all for dancing, but of course, you have to have people who are cool and actually dance over! Hopefully you will be blessed more than you could imagine for waking up at 4 in the morning for those teenagers! Your payday will come...hopefully! I am off to go practice my dancin skills and make sure they arent from the 80's or even 90's...how do cool people dance these days...ok, I am blabbing!
I'm loving the projects.They look great. I agree with Aja "Work's so fun". Well when it's work that I want to do like mowing the lawn. Oh what would it be like to have yard instead of dirt...
I'm very impressed. Verrrrrrry impressed! It all looks great!
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