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As much as I hate winter in the midwest, I LOVE fall (and spring, too). Summer was strange. Rainy, so it screwed up the timing on vegetable gardening. It's been cool, then warm, then cool again. Amazingly, the $0.40 geraniums I bought from Km@rt are looking awesome.
And the front door is all dressed up for fall, too. (Note my reflection - I've started wearing overalls when working in the yard. An homage to Grandpa.)
Finally, a photo of the massive entertainment center that took over our basement for at least a month. I think David did a great job, but then, I am biased.
David started on the deck Saturday while I was having lunch with some friends. That lasted a lot longer than I thought, so he didn't have much help. Sunday, David's Dad Craig came and helped us. We got about 1/2 the deck boards on. When you start putting deck boards on, you find where things are out of whack that need to be straightened...which is why we didn't get as far as we would have liked. Plus it was WAY hot. Now, I know Holly will trump me with 100 degree temps and way more humidity. Like I've said before, I am a wimp now that I live in the midwest. So we called it quits at 5 PM. We might have been better off to take a siesta in the hot part of the day and then finish up...but oh, well. Craig is coming to help David this afternoon. You will get pictures when it's done and you will like it!
So, we went with a dark red with a lot of brown in it for the front door. We think it turned out pretty nice.
Ignore the bright orange permit sticker for the deck (it's coming eventually). And the smudgy stuff at the bottom of the screen door is part my reflection and part doggy nose prints.
David also just finished building a light box for a stain-glass window. So, I thought I'd let you all see his handy work.
For Valentine's Day, David grilled some steaks on the stove, cooked some fresh broccoli and I made garlicky oven fries (out of the current Cook's Country). Let me tell you...DEEE-liscious!
He's been working on building me a bookcase and a desk for my office (formerly known as the guest room). And he gave me some new earrings and a cool post-it note holder. I got him an Ohio State trailer hitch cover for his truck.
Oh, and 5 down. 95 to go.
The housing slump has hit the Quad Cities. Dave's regular work has slowed down, so it's just the odd side jobs for now. So, I have a house husband again. Miner has a weekday buddy and I get to come home to a clean house, supper ready and all the little projects at our house are getting done. I am the anti-Donna Reed! Several of the guys I work with are insanely jealous of Dave.
