Front Room Closet/ Back Side Door

Hi!

I can't believe it's Wednesday, already!

We had a belated Mother's Day Lunch on Sunday since my MIL was out of town on May 8.  We picked up some Lobsters for the grown ups and chicken strips for the kids, plus fries and rolls.  My MIL made potato salad and cole slaw and dessert- chocolate cake and lemon squares.  It was nice.

I've made some progress on the front room closet.

It was a mess. 

I had already cut two 3/8" plywood pieces for the back.  They were cut for width, but I had to cut one for height.

I had to finish taping up the plastic.

And figure out that wall on the left. 

This is it with the plywood installed on the back wall. 

Here you can see the angled part of the wall that will be between the master bathroom and the closet. It's on the left. 

I took a break, then installed the drywall on the right. 

And I got the last piece of plywood up on the angled part of the ceiling/wall. 

Of course there are still a lot of things to do... But it's progress!

I finally put up the trim around the back side door.

Here's a picture of the door from Halloween, 2015.  That red tuck tape had been like that for years!!!

The door looks much better now!

So far it's been 3 days and no one has even noticed!

I did a bit of the caulking, but ran out of the tube I was using so I still need to finish that up and then paint!

Have a great day!

:-)

Between some Ferns (Courtyard/Shed)

Well, Hello again!

With the nice weather over the weekend, I got some work done outside.

Including moving some ferns from the courtyard and moving the trashcans over.

This was taken last June.

I liked the ferns there, but wanted to scoot the trash cans over, so when we look out the side master bedroom window we don't see them.

Notice the buried stones in front of the ferns made from bags of concrete that got left out and hardened.

Here's the messy courtyard a couple weeks ago.

This is looking from the Pineapple Door.

 Here's the courtyard now.

(Still a bit messy since our Recycling goes out on Friday and K is figuring out where to keep the gas cans for the boat.)

I moved the fence back.

Right now we have our old BBQ (which will also go out on Friday with the Recycling) in front of it. 

There has been some progress on the step removal behind the orange cone.  K has moved lots of dirt over.

Here it is before. 

 More pics of the other side of the courtyard.

Where did the ferns go? you ask. 

I moved the ferns under the spruce tree by the shed.

I also dug up the concrete bag stones and just placed them around the ferns. There are too many Spruce roots to bury them...

I hope the ferns like it here!

K has been clearing the area behind the shed.

 It gets quite overgrown! This is it last October.

Have a great day! :-)

Mother's Day Weekend

Hi!

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a good weekend/Mother's Day!

For Mother's Day yesterday, K fixed a lovely pancake brunch in the morning and then in the afternoon, he took the kids to town to pick up some Thai food for dinner!

I put my lovely pansies on the front porch.

I like how the yellow pot ties into the yellow of the flower.  I think that will be my accent color this year.

Last week, C participated in Music Monday with her school choir. 

It was held at Credit Union Place in Summerside.  There were lots of musical acts, including this giant choir of over 450 students from different schools across the Island, including C, who sang 3 songs together.

Have a great week! :-)

Patio/Breezeway

Hi!

I've slowed down on my blogging... Not sure why exactly?  Maybe because I've got no new projects on the go and the things I'm doing are just the regular things I do every year....

Such as clean up the patio.

Here it is a couple days ago.

We had a great weekend, weather wise so I cleaned up all the dead branches, leaves, etc. from the back and front gardens.

I moved the little lavender plant (again) because it was getting crowded by the hardy oregano.  I moved it beside the sage and chives. 

I took our patio table  inside the breezeway for the winter.  It's in the above picture laying on its side, upside down. When I took the legs off, I remember thinking, "I must keep track of these nuts, so I'll put them in a little baggie".  However, now I can't find it and I'm wondering why I didn't just screw the nuts onto the bolts on the legs!

I cleaned out the breezeway.

This is the "After"! 

Inside the courtyard's pineapple door, is this little space that leads to K's office.

It's also cleaned up, but still, so much junk! 

The angled shelf is new.... 

And here is our crazy tool bench! 

I hung out our first load of laundry to dry on Saturday! 

We're a bit ahead of last year's weather, snow-wise.

There was no school on Friday for the kids and the same this week! N is sick today with a fever so he's home with me. ;-(

Hope you are healthy and have a great week! :-)

Hello!

Hi again!

Another week has gone by....

Still no major home projects on the go, although I did get the flower decoration put up on the left of the door.

The flower box on the left hand side of the porch railing fell down yesterday. A few weeks ago, the one on the right fell down, so now I've got to figure out a better way to keep them where they belong!

The weather has been nice.

K has been doing lots of boating.

Across the road from our house is a field.

If you go through the woods on the right, you get to the water.

Last week, K put the boat in at the landing down the road and brought the boat up to this spot so we can just walk down to get to the boat. 

Friday afternoon, K, N & I went for a little ride. 

We saw a Bald Eagle, but he (she?) flew out of the picture! 

Here's K paddling to get us out of the shallow water. 

C wasn't with us because she went to a friend's house after school. Then she had a 4H party at the Bowling Hall until 9:00!

Saturday night, K and I went to Charlottetown for dinner at Papa Jo's and to see Scott Thompson (from Kids in the Hall).  He was funny!

Yesterday, K and N put the boat in at the landing and then N drove the boat all by himself from the landing to the woods.  Plus, he drove the car in the field! (K had driven the car down the side of the field so they could bring the electric motor back to the house.)

Have a wonderful week! :-)

Update

Hi!

Wow!  It's been almost 1 1/2 weeks since I've written!

How's it going?  I was sick last week with a sore throat so, I haven't done many projects.

Last Wednesday, C's school had their Heritage Fair.  

C teamed up with her friend to do a project on the History of Gymnastics in PEI.

N had Beginner Band Day on Thursday.  This was a showcase where all the beginner bands from PEI got together in Summerside to play.  It wasn't a competition.  N's band has 20 members and one band has 117!  They had to dress up and N did not want his picture taken!

We had a nice weekend. Friday was a day off school plus K took the day off, so it was a long one.

The weather was sunny and warm yesterday, 10C (50F), so K and the kids took the little motor boat out for a ride.  

I didn't take any pictures, but here's the boat after.

 Fishing season started Friday, so the water was busy. 

K started digging in the front for the circle drive.

We're working on taking out these steps.

 I hung up the flower wreath (temporarily) yesterday, 

but it fell down.  I need to re-attach the ribbon.

You can still see it under the driftwood hanger.

I took the evergreens out of the window boxes. 

The front of the house looks so blah!

Maybe this is the year I paint the front door!

Have a great week! :-)

Box (Kreg Jig Project #4)

Hi!  How's your Hump Day going?
Mine is good!
It's sunny, but cold- Neg 8C (17F) with a windchill of Neg 16C (3F)!

The other week, C got decided she didn't need her doll house/book shelf anymore.
This is how it looked when it was all set up as a dollhouse.  

The top part had been removed when C wanted to use it as just shelves.

Why did C want to get rid of such nice shelves?
Well, she needed an empty wall to practice hand stands!

So, K and I took the shelves apart and left the pieces in the hallway for a bit.

Then, I decided to make a simple box for shoes, to go under the front room lockers.

And I used the Kreg Jig!

Luckily, these pieces didn't need cutting!  I just kreg jigged the top and bottom to the sides and one middle divider. I didn't even bother to re-paint it.  This is the bottom so you don't actually see the windows and door painted on!

Here's underneath the first set of lockers.

(I'm noticing I still need to paint the side and put in baseboards...)

This is the box, with shoes in it. It's hard to see, but there are boots on top of the box.

It slides all the way to the wall.

In front of it, is another shoe holder.

I have two other boxes to make to hang up in the front room closet.

However, these pieces have to be trimmed. Plus, I have to install the 3/8" plywood wall before I can get them up, so I haven't made them yet!

Have a great day! :-)