Happy Easter

I've been so horrible in updating this blog but I guess it's because nothing big has been going on lol. We've been working on the house slowly but nothing big yet. We're close to starting the kitchen. We've got most of the old ceiling torn out and most of the floor replaced. Just need some drywall and then we'll be ready for cabinets!

I can't wait to finish the kitchen as I'd really like to be able to bake and cook like I want to. It's hard to do anything elaborate with little space.

One new thing we got for the house is a new front load washer and dryer. We got them on black friday and I LOVE them. Never thought I'd be one to love an appliance lol.

Vacation Time and Dave's birthday

I get to take vacation this week. (Well from Wednesday to Monday) I can't wait. We're BBQing for the 4th. And then Dave's birthday is on the 5th. Just making him a nice dinner and baking him a cake. Birthday present will have to wait to next paycheck since my surgery is on the 6th and I have to pay 20% lol.

I'm also planning on working on my flower beds near the garage. I bought some flowerbulbs and will be putting them in the ground probably wednesday. I already sprayed the area with roundup grass and weed killer. I hope it works. I'm planting hollyhocks and dahlias.

We've also got most of the living room floor almost finished we've started putting the poly on it yesterday. Hopefully the third coat we'll do tomorrow will be enough lol

New Plants

So we went to Walmart yesterday for a few random things. I decided to check out the garden center and they had the most beautiful Jade plants. They are still small but the leaves are tipped with pink. So I had to buy one of course. And they also had some nice Aloe plants for a good price so I got one of them too. I am finally getting to the point where I can start getting houseplants again. And I just love my two little plants. I've already repotted them and they look great. I might go back to Wallyworld soon and get a couple other succulants/cacti I saw there. I am a sucker for them lol.

Flooring

Well we put more flooring down in the living room last night. It's almost finished we're up to where the hallway connects to the living room. We just have to move the rest of the furnature out of the living room so we can finish. We also bought some heavy duty varnish for the floors boy is that stuff expensive. $40 a gallon. We're leaving the floors natural with a satin gloss on the floor. We had to get the heavy duty stuff because of the dogs. They are hard on flooring.
We are so close to having a finished living room I can't wait. We do need to purchase 2 pieces of drywall and 2 windows for the room. It also needs painted and the trim work needs done as well as finishing the mantel. It's going to be great.
We're going to paint the walls chocolate brown and the tile around the fireplace and entry way look like this:
All the trim work and ceiling is going to be white. Furnature will be brown accented with pinks. Ahh I just can't wait!