Out with the Old, In with the New

This is what I keep seeing:

This is what I want to see:

{fingers and toes crossed}

Progress on the Deck

This is one of the fabulous planter boxes my hubby built for me. Or, rather, for the kids. I told them they could have their own garden with herbs and veggies. I may be more excited than them, but not by much!

We (me direct, hubby do) piled all the nasty clay-dirt in the bottom of the planter to take up space, then nailed in landscaping fabric to keep the weeds out. Up next: fill the planters with dirt (sorry, Mom, soil) and let the kids help with the planting. Can't wait for garden fresh veggies and herbs!!


Here is the planter box on the left side of the steps. The wood covered box in the top left of the photo is the sandbox. Another "we" project. You know what I mean.


The planter on the right is much taller. Hubby put rocks in the bottom to take up space. The only part missing is the top ledge that go on this coming weekend.


View of the new wraparound steps! I am in love with these!! Maybe even more than the super loverly weather we've been having! :)


How was your weekend?

Deck Sneak Peak!

Hubby has been We have been working on the deck over the past little while since we have had all this wonderful weather (except for this past weekend when we had hail. Yes. I said hail.) and I am sooo excited to get this finished!

We have a small backyard so I designed a low deck with some extras for visual interest. I did do want rails around the deck as that would break up the view and I wanted a seamless integration in our small backyard. I am hoping to get this project finished within the next month, flowers and all, and am planning a reveal around the middle to end of May.

In the meantime, here's a sneak peek of the skirting that my hubby installed last week. Goodbye, bunny family! Now you will have to move to someone else's yard and eat their plants.

wishing and hoping

for SPRING!! I am sooo ready for the smells of spring. Winter smells so dirty cold. I want to smell flowers and rain and even dirt. Sorry, soil, as my mother tells me every single time I talk about it.

I am waiting for my timer to beep - chocolate cake coming right up! Actually, I am going to test-drive a super fab recipe I found at bakerella - her cake pops are amazing!! Are these not the most adorable things you've wanted to eat?! Hopefully mine will look as wonderful as hers! Not that the kindergarten kids who get them will mind if they are slightly crooked, unless of course my son gets one of those ones. Takes after his mother, that one. Yeah, you sow a little and you reap a little.

Gotta go. Bwoo's Cwoo's is on.