Projects Galore

Yup... more pics for you all.  I'm just going crazy over here!

I've been focusing a lot on getting a bunch of work done on my yard this summer.  And to prove it, I've got photos (since a picture is worth a thousand words).  No before shots though.  Ah well.

 I decided to put some mulch in a few areas, and since the one tree was a pain to mow around I decided to pull out as much of the grass as possible and place a black edger in there before adding mulch.  The area where the birdbath is had the same treatment... only no mulch.  I still want to get some pea-gravel in there.

 My fire pit!  Ah, tis my fire pit!  A lot of work but now (for now) it is done.  I'm waiting for the grass to grow in, but need to get different seed since the stuff I bought was obviously garbage.  It did squat all nothing.  Blech.  But doesn't the fire pit look so nice?  I'm so proud (sniff).  And I got another item on my 101 list done... #62: Fix Fire pit area.  And that was a doozy!

 I managed to finish painting our free toddler bed... and now M has it in her room!  She loves it... started saying 'bed' now.  We decided to move it in there even though she was still rolling off her mattress onto the floor while she slept.  Why?  Because during one of her naps when she started crying, my husband went up to see what was wrong and found her in the middle drawer of her dresser... trying to sleep in there.  Obviously a mattress on the floor was not a 'bed' and she needed some 'walls' around her of some kind (and to be off the floor).  Either that or she was trying to reach a diaper, although what she would do with that is anybody's guess!

 Along with all the brick I got for the fire pit area, I picked up some other brick to have a bit of fun with.  Here is my fun!  Doesn't it look like fun?  Now to find some ceramic and metal stuffs to place there for a little whimsical edge.  Decorates the front of my house a bit.

Here is an old sidewalk that was almost completely buried.  My sis in law came down the other day and she chopped away at the hedge that was WAY over grown... it looks so much better now.  We trimmed dead branches and dragged away so many of them... and I got out the edger and scraped all the dirt/grass/sod off the sidewalk and uncovered it again... a lot of work but so rewarding!  I'm so happy!  Those few bricks (that look a bit unfinished) were also from the load we got for the fire pit (would you believe ALL that stone only cost us $36?).  I'm hoping to revisit that quarry and get some more stuff... it's so much fun to see what you can all do! 

That is the gist of what I've been doing this last month!  Crazy... and I've got so much more fun stuff I want to do yet!  It's fall now, so I want to get everything ready for winter soon.  Lots to do... but so much fun!

I love projects!  ;)