Busy as Bees

Our household projects have been outdoors for the past few weeks. Now that spring is finally here, there is LOTS of yard work to do.

My wonderful, and only, sister-in-law visited us a couple of weeks ago. She lives in the hustle and bustle of Chicago so I thought I would show her how we live. (She forgot how it is to live in a small town. Also, since there wasn't any noise at night from cars, horns, people, etc. she didn't really sleep.) We went to the local nursery and bought a bunch of flowers for my flower pots. After we had them all planted, I said to her, "Do you think it will be warm enough at night and not kill the flowers?" Why didn't I think of that BEFORE we got everything planted? Oh well, so far so good. I think we have reached the point where the temperature at night is warm enough. Thanks for all your help Jenny.

This past weekend, we painted the foundation on the house to match the color of the siding. (Sorry, I forgot to upload pics to my flashdrive last night so I don't have any pictures to post from this project, yet.) All the neighbors managed to find their way to our house ask Jason about painting or the lawn or fishing or hunting, but not a one of them offered to help. I would have gladly given up my part of the painting!

Also last week, the sprinkler company came out to move the sprinkler heads away from the foundation so now we can start landscaping. Our plan is to start the landscaping this weekend. We still need to get the sand (or gravel, whichever Jason decides to get), dirt, edgers, and people to help.

Anyone who wants to help, as I may have said before, we pay with beer and pizza. :)

Dear Rain,
You can come anytime after this weekend. Oh yeah, you should probably hold out until the farmers are all finished in the fields, too. Thanks.

Jason and Kim