First flower beds I've ever planted, and in our front yard!

Our house is a work in progress. Constantly. And probably forever.

I'm not kidding when I say that we will probably always have a  major project going on at our house. We bought an older house with the intent to fix it up, but man, is it going slowly. The plan was to do a huge overhaul on the first floor when we moved in two years ago (check!), the next year fix the back yard (un-check), and then the next year finish the basement (un-check). We should have fixed the back yard this year, but it hardly looks like we touched it. We have, however, fixed the front yard, which is probably more important anyway. It feels like there are not enough days to do the work we can, and not enough money to do the work we want.

This summer we (and by we, I mean Garrett) had three goals: the path on the side of the house, a gate, and gutters. We mostly accomplished those; path (check!), gate (check!), gutters (half-check). We only put gutters in the front, but that is where we need them most, so I count it as a win. 

It was a big ditch for a whole year before this.

Path on the side of the house, before.

Yay for gutters! Never thought I'd be so grateful for gutters.

Since snow (and hell) are suppose to make their appearance sometime soon, we did a major fall cleaning today. I actually did get a lot accomplished. I finally (only 14 months later, mind you) stored away some wedding stuff, halfway cleaned my office (big project!), and took pictures of all the things around here that need to be sold online. Garrett told me I could pocket any money I made from the things I could sell online, so I am making an effort to clear out the clutter and make a pretty penny--I want a new laptop. I'm hoping to get a few hundred from everything, but it could take a while. Anyone want a cheap dining set, blender, or 2005 HP printer? If you are, you're in luck!

I may go back to being MIA on this here blog... I start my new (and final!) term on Tuesday. Bleh. 

After two months with out a kitchen or living room and hours of hard work, I am so happy it is all over! We knocked out a wall in the kitchen, gutted the kitchen, put in new cabinets, counter tops, appliances, lights and floors.We added bar space and tripled the storage.
In the living room we stripped the fireplace, painted the walls, added base and crown molding and added recessed lighting.
We documented each stage of the remodel and here is a quick look at what we did.
The Before:

The Demolition


I just want everyone to know that I put these can lights over the bar, mostly by myself...
 And now, The After

It has been so long since I have posted anything and part of that can be blamed on my lack of internet connectivity and not having my desktop hooked up, for that matter.