Work is slow

Not getting a whole lot done since Craig has been working more due to the good weather (NOT a bad thing) and last weekend shearing started, so the weekend work is going to slow up as well. Here are a few pictures of what has been going on lately.

Josh came over last week and finished the plumbing and also put the new bathtub in.

The bathroom closet re-framed after being torn out with the rest of the room. I think its going to be really big!

Dad came up this week and ran all the wiring for the bathroom. Next step- drywall! I think…?

Now on to outside. TONS of flowers are popping up all over our yard! I’m so excited to see what we all have. So far from what I can see, we have daffodils, tulips, hen and chicks, maybe some lambs ear, one or two rose bushes, mums, and some other things that I cannot identify. I decided that this year I will just kind of “experiment” and see what comes up, and where it comes up, and then next year I will focus on making the yard pretty. We have two small grow boxes for gardening, which I would like to make bigger. However, this summer we will have to see where our sunny spots and shady spots are because there is a big ol pecan tree in the back yard.

Craig ripped the porch of the small shed. I kinda liked it… but I trust that everything will eventually start to look nice once all of the debris is out of the yard and we can start cleaning things up!

Here are the grow boxes. Tiny, yes. Like I said, it will only be for this year.

Easter Lilies- i think? (Below)

What a mess…

Can anyone tell me what these purple flowers are?

Can anyone tell me what these are? They are coming up all along the north side of the house.

Well as you can see we also have a lot of work to do outside- most of the flowers coming up are not in beds. I have an extreme Type A personality and need structure!!! So if anyone could give me any gardening advice I would appreciate it. We do gardening as part of my internship, but it is mostly vegetables. Speaking of the internship, only 9 weeks left!!! SINGLE DIGITS! Can’t wait for this phase of my life to be over!

First Demolition!

Today Craig and Josh started the demolition of the bathroom. My brother will be helping with all of the plumbing jobs. I tried to get a picture of the inside of the bathroom before my camera died, but caught Josh cleaning up instead. But you can still see what the bathroom looks like now.

Here is what the boys got out of the bathroom, which is pretty much everything!

I don’t have the most recent pictures of the floors, but this is pretty much what they look like after being sanded, stained, and polyed. We really like the way they turned out!

George has been doing the mudding and taping in the middle room around the stairs.

The garage looks more like a workshop for the time being! Craig has been working on making our trim for the windows, doors, and baseboards, and I have been painting them! Hopefully we will be able to put all the trim up in the three rooms that are ready by the weekend, (hopefully). . . . .

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