Apr 23 2008
Spring is here
So spring has finally arrived in Southwestern Ohio. Check out the pics of the tulips we planted in the new flower bed along the front of the pool deck.
Apr 16 2008
Indoor Weekend Project
The weather went from beautiful to down right cold in just a few days so all the plans we had to work and play ourside were foiled, so we played inside. Saturday night, Corrine decided that the area over the fireplace looked dark.
So we spent Saturday night, part of Sunday afternoon, and then Monday after work installing some track lighting.
It was a lot of fun, the work was a little hard, but fun too.. Anyway, here is what the same mantle area looked after we had got the lights installed. I would agree that it looks a little better then before. Wouldn’t you agree?
Apr 07 2008
Beautiful Weekend in Oxford
The weather outside this weekend was beautiful, so we spent most of the weekend outside.
Earlier in the week, John and I put up a Purple Martin Bird House. You can see it here, no tenants yet, but I will keep you updated on our first attempt at being landlords.
On Saturday, we planted 11 trees, we donated $15 to the National Arbor Day Society, so as a thanks they sent us 11 trees to plant. We planted them there in the garden because they were bare root trees and only like 12-18inches tall, so we wanted to protect them from the wind, and we fenced in the whole area to hopefully protect them from the deer too.
Then yesterday, I decided that since it was so nice, I needed to do something else outside, so I put lattice up across the front of the pool deck, there were several pieces of lattice that were under the deck, so John and I cut them up and put them across the front. I think it looks pretty nice. I think next year or later this fall, we will edge the flower bed across the front of the deck, and add more dirt, but that’s a project for another time.
Apr 01 2008
Easter
I know I am a week late in writing this post about Easter, but I have no excuse. Anyway, I wanted to say how much fun we had last weekend over Easter. Corrine’s friend Barri (Kristine) came down from Chicago to spend the weekend with us and go shopping with Corrine and her sister Shao. The girls had a lot of fun shopping, and Don got to have fun hanging out with some guys in Oxford, so all around a good weekend.
After church on Sunday, there were lots of flowers at the front, so we decided to get some pictures taken.