TGIF :-)

Ah, the joys of mid-Spring!  The black flies are out.  I cleared some brush in the front yard yesterday.

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(I'm noticing the Befores and Afters don't look that different- Believe me they are! I guess because the brush itself is still there?  It's just cut down now!)

Anyway, as I was clearing brush, the black flies came out.  It had been so nice to be out before, I kinda forgot about the bugs!  We have plans to move our dirt piles over the brush to smoothen out the front yard so it's easier to mow.

BTW, we finally started cutting the grass May 19 (Victoria Day).  Even though we had such a long winter, the grass is right on schedule.  We cut it at the same time last year!

HH got the sailboat set up in the yard last night.   

DS has signed up for a 2 week sailing camp this summer (the same one HH took when he was a kid!) so HH and DS are both pretty excited to go sailing.

I got a bit of work done on the breezeway yesterday.  I finished framing up the windows and screwing in the extra plywood around the windows.  

I also started some trim work which I'll hopefully finish up today.  

I'm mostly using leftover 1x3's from the old kids' room.

Look what happened to our new coffee pot. 

Our old one was super slow, so HH got a new one a few weeks ago.  I don't really like the interior design where the coffee grinds sit and the carafe lid pinched my fingers a couple times while washing.  So, I accidently broke it. I set it on the counter to dry with some other stuff and it slipped off!  What a mess.  Now I'm using an old pot I had stored in the cabinet above the fridge for my coffee!  It seems to work ok.  I wonder if we'll end up getting a new one?  I just donated our old carafe to the Salvation Army.  I may have to go there and see if they have a replacement! 

Have a great weekend! :-)