Monday, March 23, 2009

Our latest project!

We have taken another step in our urban gardening project. Say hello to the new members of our family!






Monday, March 09, 2009

Spring Forward

We had a blank calendar slate this weekend, so even though we "lost" an hour, we gained a lot of time to regroup. It feels like it's been forever since we've had this much energy, and it feels good to be back! Here's what we accomplished.

Fixed the downstairs shower and officially moved into the downstairs bathroom.
Got a gas leak fixed. (No telling how long this has been going on... We never noticed the gas smell in the basement before, so hopefully not long!)
Did a bunch of dishes.
Made a bunch of chicken broth.
Did prep work to make dinner for 30+ people at the Shalom House.
Made pumpkin muffins.
Did 2 weeks worth of laundry. (Since we were out of town last weekend)
CSA pickup & grocery shopping for the week.
Made progress on smoothing the bathroom walls...
Made progress on stripping the bathroom trim...
Made progress on clearing a decade of weeds in the back corner of the yard...
Got a HUGE roll of black landscaping plastic and started covering the garden to warm the soil.
Started some seeds (tomatoes, broccoli, various flowers & herbs) and ordered some others online.
Burned some brush. (Don't worry, it was all in the fire pit)
Hung out with some neighborhood kids. (Agnes' former family. The fire brought them over!)
Trinity studied some anatomy.
Tim gave himself a haircut.

And somehow we still had time to sleep and veg out in front of some HGTV for motivation. Seems like the motivation worked!