Front of the House

Ok...I know it has been a long time coming, but here is the front of our house! Ooo...pretty!

This is the planter we created on the front of the house. This one also wraps around the side. Although this one is unpainted, it will be painted soon. You can see the white creeping over to that side of the house on the trellis which was just recently brown and blue. I like the white much better.


This is the otherside, already painted with my extra petunias sticking their heads above the edge. We like the white because it ties the house in with the windows. And now with the white going all the way across it creates a nice flow and continuity.

P.S. My fabulous friend Sheasa painted some of the lattice with me...in her Easter best no less!


So in case you didnt notice in the above picture, the lawn....not so much of a lawn. That is because Ray has been diligently tearing it up! We are starting from scratch! This is him tearing up the "garden" on the side of the house.

This is the front entry to the house...which will eventually be torn down because it is definately not Scottish (...and for those not familiar with that particular reference..."If its not Scottish, its crap!")
But I have pretty hanging baskets with petunias on either side of the steps, so that looks nice. They are flowering madly. I cant wait to have a cascading waterfall of flowers!

Gardening with the Gnomies!

Ok...so spring is finally coming to Massachusetts! We have small leaf buds on all the trees and our beautiful flowering trees are driving peoples allergies crazy...although they are very beautiful. So we have begun our gardening project, at least in the front.

First we pulled out that very large yellow bush Dave is preparing to punch. We were going to dig it out, but thought we would let the truck give it the old college try. Wonderfully, it popped right out. The reason we are getting rid of this bush, despite its pretty yellow flowers, is because it brings bee's and smells bad and was too close to the foundation. And everyone has them and who wants to look like everyone else anyway!

We Have a Wall!

We have a wall in our bathroom! This is truly amazing. Now dont get too excited, its only one wall, but more will be soon to come! We even have electricity! I no longer have to have a lamp plugged into an extension cord running from our kitchen to light the bathroom. It is so wonderful.
Ok, so the first pic is Dave working on the wiring. The second pic is the light bar we just installed. Isnt it so very nice! We are very proud of this fixture, there was a lot of deliberation. I will try to get a nice close up picture of it so you can see the detail. The last pic is Dave in our Edison blessed bathroom!

New Cabrio

So...I have a new car. I know, I cant believe it either! It is a VW Cabrio, 1999, black with a cream interior...and yes it is a convertable....and no I did not trade in the jeep. But I love my new cutie car. It is my first "adult" car...it even gets good gas mileage! But here is a picture of me with my new cabrio after Dave dropped it off at my work. See how fun it is! Plus I got a haircut, not that you can really tell in this photo.