Archive for June 22nd, 2010

Basement in Progress at last

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Family Room 1

On Tuesday we had the carpet people here and they put new carpet down in the family room, the stairs to the basement, and the basement hallway.

Family Room View 2

We think it looks really nice and it is great to have pad under the carpet with fresh paint.

Family Room View 3

Thanks Kristen for all your hard work to get this done. She did most of the painting and helped select the bright colors. Melodie came home during this project and was put out of her room, bless her heart! She also helped with the ceiling in the family room and the hallway painting. Mel’s room is next, and we hope to get it done in the next week or so, as soon as we can get everything out into another space. Then the bathroom and we will have an almost complete renovation since the flood last summer! I took a few pictures so you could see what things look like now the painting is done and the new carpet is down. Kristen wanted to have us put the entertainment center by the north wall next to the stairs. What do you think? The sectional is placed all along a single wall which makes it look VERY long (it is!) but will accommodate everyone so all can see the screen at the same time, comfortably. Do you notice the changed curtains? The old ones are still OK but they are quite bleached by the sunlight from the past 12 years so we are trying some others that Mom got on sale somewhere and didn’t use in the kitchen. We hope you like it, and look forward to your visits during the summer.

Summer appears to be here (finally)!

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Summer Flowers are here!

This year spring came and went, came and went (back to late winter) and then finally Summer appears to have arrived the week following our last snowstorm. This is one of the most beautiful times of the year as long as the periodic cold weather doesn’t kill your young plants in the garden, or the heat do the same. We are trying to get some things out in our garden space and have been somewhat successful, but the weeds this year are more persistent than last year so it will take more work to fight them off. We used some 2-4-D on the grass last year and need to to it again this year but it is too hot this week to apply it. Hopefully a few cool days will be here next week and this chore may be taken care of to get rid of the morning glory in the lawn and help the grass grow more vigorously without burning it.