Honu House

I started this post last summer. Just noticed it wasn't published. So this is all stuff that was done during the Summer of 2011. We've been a little busy around the house this summer. We finally got some mulch around the trees in the back yard. Mom came over one weekend and we dug up all the hosta's from in front of the house and divided and replanted them around the plum tree. Before Before Before This is what I'm hoping it will look like next year. I'm hoping to take the grass that I planted in the planters in the back yard and put them in front by the railling.

Starting to move the "edgers" to the back yard. We plan to make a small patio/pad to put our grill on... The stack so far...still have a couple more sections up front to remove...so this will grow! Hopefully we have enough to make something decent. Made another planter. Hopefully I'm happy with the locations! These things are HEAVY!!!

So we've made a few small updates at home... Purchased a kitchen table...now we can actually eat at the table!!! Mom and I started putting some planters together for the back patio. Okay, so we've only done one so far, but i have the makings for a couple more. Mom also gave me a couple rose bushes for my birthday - just need to find the place for them! This view doesn't look nearly as nice as the others, but it has some pansies, clamatis and I don't recall what the little white flowers are...:-)

We've made some changes in the house...Here are some new photos! Kitchen! Living room finally has a color! The wallpaper is down...FINALLY! Good work Lou. Now just need to finish prepping the walls and then the paint can go up! The crazy lopsided plum tree. We are trying to clean it up as best we can, though we think it's on its last leg!

WOW!!! We finally found something that will read our camera's memory cards! I've broken our move down into a couple different albums. If you click on each photo it will take you to the respective Picasa Web Album! Enjoy!!! Packing up and moving from Birch Ave Birch Ave House Our stuff in Lou and Rose's house Storage Moving to the new house and new house photos Western Ave House

Check it out...the tree in front of mom's house is gone! Also, two trees on the side of the house is gone. Here are a few pictures.

Well, we are basically done the patio!!!! Saturday Lou & I were able to get all the stones laid and started to fill in the cracks with sand, but after an hour of sweeping sand, decided to stop for the night rent a couple of movies and relax!!! Enjoy the photos!!!

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to help my roses???

Okay, so as I'm sure most have heard...we are not done with the patio yet...We did get a really nice weekend and were able to make a huge improvement. We were almost done and realized that something wasn't right and the patio wasn't squaring up properly so we had to stop and walk away for a bit...Here's the progression: Saturday -- Lou got an early start on the patio, I went and got my hair done and then ran to Lowe's for a few more bags of paver base and a few more patio stones. Somehow we didn't count correctly for the patio stones. Driving around to two different Lowe's I was finally able to find everything. Shortly after I got home, Rob stopped over to help us for a little bit. Little did he know how much he was getting into. Rob did suggest that we build up the farthest part of the patio since there was about a 6-7inch drop from the highest point. This was something Lou & I talked about, but couldn't decide if we should do. Thanks Rob for the p...

Here are some pictures of our patio adventure!! Tuesday -- Lou & I staked out the area, then Lou went and spray painted the spot and scored around the edges! Wednesday -- Lou hired someone to come out and excavate the area for us...Best money spent. We'd have spent all week digging out this area, and these guys got it done in 30 min. Thursday -- Lowe's was supposed to deliver the brick, sand and paver base...read story below about this!!! Friday -- We got rain over night and had a nice wadding pool. Lou went out and tried syphoning the area. Ended up just using a bucket and bailing the area. Lowe's finally came and delivered the stuff this morning!!! Saturday -- Lou & Don move all the brick & sand to the back yard. We had to cancel the reservation for the electric tamper because the area was too wet and the paver base wouldn't set correctly if there was standing water. They (the weathermen) were calling for rain and severe storms all weekend. Oh...