Getting the Gears Turning

The Mr. and I are both taking work off tomorrow to meet with a landscape designer. This designer was actually a regular at the gas station I worked at when I was a teenager. He would stop in every morning and evening to fill trucks and feed his crew so I got to know him and his guys well. He owns a company that installs and maintains decorative ponds in yards, but he also does general landscaping as well. Actually, I referred my parents his way about a year ago because they have a decorative pond/waterfall in their backyard which needed some maintenance. Designer guy swooped in and saved the day. Actually, saving the day is an understatement. I am forever grateful to him. He has come out in his spare time to help with trimming of shrubs for free. Such a huge help to my dad who just can't keep up with that stuff anymore due to his MS.

Anywho...he's coming out to our place tomorrow morning to help us brainstorm some ideas for out 2 acres of wide open nothingness. Seriously, our yard is pretty sad. Beautiful for it's size, especially now since the grass outnumbers the weeds (success!), but it has nothing going on. Once he does some design work for us, we have to do the hard work. It's definitely not in our budget to have people come out to landscape for us, but with a little sweat, and probably a decent amount of bickering through the process, I believe we can totally do this. Especially since my sister and brother-in-law have volunteered to help. Yay!

Ch-ch-ch-changes!

Things are going to be changing at our household. Well, some things have actually already happened but there are more to come!

Last week we said goodbye to the motorcycle. It was a sad, sad day but we know it was the responsible choice. The bike had been a part of our happy home since September 2009 and although we loved it dearly it still didn't get the love and attention it deserved :) We quickly discovered that we didn't have free time to just go for a ride, and a motorcycle isn't a feasible travel option when you always seem to have stuff to bring to your destination. However, I may have been known to just carry things inside my jacket a time or two! Anyhow, with children in the plan for the near future we knew the bike would just get less and less use so it was time to get rid of it. Luckily we were able to take it out shortly before the new owner picked it up and I was able to get a cute lil pic of our niece going for a 'ride.'

Next up: A deck! The Mr. and I made a trip to the Home Depot to get the exact materials list so now we just need to go back and order once we're ready. It's the goal to have the footings in this weekend and then start building Friday the 6th. I am so unbelievably excited! I love the idea of being able to spend many summer evenings on our new outdoor living space. Best part of the deck is that it will be the size of my kitchen, living room, and dining room all rolled into one. Oh so fabulous!

Back to Reality

We are officially back from vacation and back to reality. Can I get a big ole "boo!"? That's how I'm feeling right now. I want to throw a fit because I don't want to get back to reality. But, guess what? We're throwing a big party at our house in less than two months and we have a lot of work to do so it's time to get with it. I promise that I will do a San Francisco wrap up complete with a few pictures, but in all honesty, my cat is sitting on my lap as I write this so I can't get up to grab the camera and upload my pictures. Lame excuse, right? I'm sticking with it.

Try, try again.

Well, not pregnant this month but trying to think positive and now I know I can drink as much wine as I want in San Francisco this weekend. Still pretty bummed though. Hopefully April will the the lucky month!

Yellow Songbird's Saturday Snapshot

In honor of my dad's 53rd birthday today I thought I'd take part in Yellow Songbird's Saturday link up. So without further ado, here's a picture circa 1989. Congrats dad on the awesome short shorts and tube sock look :)