First yard work day!

So what does the first warm day of the year mean for new-home buyers? Go ride our bikes? WRONG! It means get off your ass, and get the sticks and leaves out of the yard so the neighbors don't think your bums. For us it also meant getting rid of the massive amounts of neon orange wood chips, if anyone can enlighten me what era orange wood chips were in style please do.

We reused some pavers that were oddly scattered throughout the yard to hold in our new soil and we planted some seeds, I say seeds because I am doubtful they will become more than that. But we have a lot of wild flowers that are growing nicely that I am sure I will find a way to kill.

Progress

We have water! Thanks to the "hired" plumber also known as Dad. I don't think I have ever been so excited to see running water. Working on the built-in where the tv and other things we are sick of looking at will hide. The weekend was mostly plumbing, the built-in, framing out the last wall, and finally getting rid of the last of the linoleum tile. We also picked up the bulk of our materials for the next couple of weeks including the drywall and cement board. We got some unexpected hail on Sunday, luckily it didn't slow us down.

04.01.11

Took a night off from upstairs to switch out the sconces and hang our mirror.