Fire! Fire!

We had a little emergency this week. On Wednesday evening we decided to have an early dinner and sit on the front porch and enjoy the evening. The noseeums (size of a gnat but bites like a mosquito) have been awful lately so we moved two of our tiki torches from the back yard to the front yard. About 45 mins into our front porch fun, we saw our neighbor about 6 doors down out so we decided to walk over to his house to ask him a question about his porch. Fast forward 30 mins later and there is a family walking down the street and then running down the street to put the FIRE out that was occurring in our pine straw! We noticed the chaos and quickly ran to put the fire out. Thank goodness for that couple! Our cars were in our way of seeing the fire from where we were standing. Everything is ok except the tiki torch that caught on fire and a little bit of pine straw.

Chris did some enhancements to the front yard this week. He added some railroad ties to the flower beds and around the tree in the front yard. He also bought some small tables with mini tiki torches on them. Please know that we will NEVER leave a tiki torch unattended again!

The project of the day was the under cabinet lighting in the kitchen. I've got some before and after pics for you. We had the builder do the prewire and we (Chris) did the rest of it today. I LOVE it!
This little project unfortunately shows us how dirty the wall is behind the stove. We really need to get the backsplash done.

Until next time....
Amy

Long time, No Update

Ok. The last time we talked we had been in the house for a month. We have now been in the house for 2 1/2 months and loving it.

The lack of updating is not because we have been lazy and doing nothing.

Today I thought I would show you last and this weekends project! The yard!

First the front yard. We added some whiskey barrels with flowers to the front yard today along with more rocking chairs. We had 3 rocking chairs (2 of which matched). We sold the one that didn't match the others at our neighborhood yard sale yesterday and bought 2 more today. Our front porch is long so it holds the 4 chairs well. See the pics below.

The backyard has been a project since day one. The fence went up the first month. Chris finished the dog run about a month ago. Chris made a fire pit a few weeks ago. We have been able to enjoy it several times at night when it gets cooler. We finished my vegetable garden today!

Dog Run- we did a double fence with the dog door actually being on the side of the house. Those boys have it made! Check out the pictures with the nice roof, lights, and mats. Cooper is even in one of the pictures demonstrating the door. The sand was a nightmare on our floors until we had our first rain. It is much better now because it is compact. We knew they would kill the grass so we opted for sand instead. The double door is so they can't get into the backyard while we are gone.

Veggie Garden - Chris did a great job making a BIG garden out of railroad ties. He lined it with some plastic and then put cedar on the top and sides. Unfortunately, that was not big enough so we had to plant the tomatoes in barrels. I don't have big expectations but I'm hoping for success with something. I can't wait to eat the veggies out of the garden. (If they grow.)

I didn't post any pics of the patio or screened in porch. Both are still a work in progress! I'll post more when those are further along. Right now we have the grill on the patio and an L shaped couch, table, rug, and TV on the screened in porch. We are so glad we did the cable outlet on the porch. We love sitting out there and watching TV.

In other news, we've hosted two large parties and so happy at how well the house holds people without feeling crowded. We've had lots of dinner parties since we moved in (my fave past time) and had numerous house guests. This house has become our home.

Until next time ...