That sprinkler system

So we had a patch or two that our sprinkler was not hitting. Why? Well the tree grew up that was by the fence and we added a jungle gym for the kids.

Of course while digging up the water line. The fence was seen to be in big need to scrapping and painting.

So Dennis dug and dug and tried to cut off my finger with that wicked looking pick axe thingy.

I took pictures until he noticed the fence.

Then i got to work and power washed that fence and got it ready to kiltz and paint. And I might have maybe got Dennis a bit wet while I did it. oops! Of course not on purpose! Of course it started to rain the next day so no painting going on. But thank goodness for the rain. We really needed that rain and my outside plants are thanking God for it too!

Carpet cleaning

Yesterday, yes that means I am caught up! Yesterday I emptied out the toy room and the livingroom as much as a could and Nate came in to clean my carpets. And then he did the stairs and the landing too! Oh I think I have a new love. Nate if I were not married! And have 4 kids. And well ok you just come see me anytime and you can clean my carpets again. And the best part was His boss and Dennis swap talents and so I do not need to pay for this! See I knew computer men were good! of course now that they are clean I need to bring all that stuf back into my house. My arms hurt already.

Cleaning the deck

The cedar boards need to be resealed. Dennis wanted the graying out of it first. SO he bleached and powerwashed the boards. Linda and Alan were here with the kids and Alan helped him. Thank you so very much! As I am sure I would have told him no. The kids had a good time playing and the guys cleaned the cedar and Linda and I played some wii bowling. I had cooked all day from 9am till almost 2pm. And then made supper so I was done. But my kids have pancakes in the freezer. they have french toast sticks in the freezer and they have mini muffins so breakfast is covered for awhile. Love it!

Yes that is a toilet

Dennis is fixing the other toilet. We loved the one form the downstairs so much we switched out this one to. It was needed. And I love this thing. Though it is louder then I notice the one form downstairs. So at night it wakes me up.

yes, that is a toilet sitting in my bathtub. Isn't that where they belong? I mean really I think it is a wonderful artistic statement. I think we should keep it there don't you? But no Dennis took it out the same night even. My house is all put together. No more art. Sorry guys!

Love it

Here it is with food in it. I have way more room then I had before. This is all the food Ihad in the old frig. Mind you we have been careful for a few weeks not to keep left overs for more then a day. We ate them all the time so keep space open downstairs. But wow! Space. This is also all the food form my old freezer! Space glorious space!

Here it is my frig

I have not named our new frig but I feel like I should. Because it has taken on so much with us as a family! It best live up to those expectations to!

Refrigerator shopping

I wish I could say we bought the first one we found. The first one we liked at the first store we went to. Well I can say that but only after going home, going to 4 more stores, going back again. And then talking to Jim and Kent to see about moving my cubbards. And then going back to the first place and buying a refrigerater that for now does not fit in my kitchen! The picture is of the frig we would buy if we could not move our cubbards but now we are going to be moving cubbards tonight. Yes we are taking the pantry and moving it 1 3/4 of an inch down the wall to be flush. Then the frig I bought will fit when it is delivered Wed. So please let this work! Or I own a very expensive piece of wall decor!

The one we bought has twin doors on top. It also has more space. Wish Castco sold it. But oh well. We got the bigger frig for almost the same price as the smaller one and we like the bigger one much much better. So we will go with it. And the men will come deliver it and take away my old one and they will set up my new one. And I will no longer have to walk the stairs 100 times a day getting milk, butter, ketchup, or anything else I need from my frig.

But for tonight I am emptying out my pantry and I am cleaning a kitchen so we can make it dirty. Yea you have to love just wrecking things! I am afraid very afraid since Dennis and I have no clue. Kent can do it though. He has done it before. If not Jim has promised I can call him. Got to love brothers. Anyway, I have more posts they have to come later. Laundry is being done and that kitchen will not be ready for the boys if I do not get my butt in gear!

my old frig

So the repair man came wed and said you need a new frig. Your old one here has a compressor that is seized and the burning smell came from this here override switch. It has switched enough times it burned out and then smoldered and this here blackened area is what that smell was. Thankfully we were home and I smelled it. The thoughts it brings to my head if we had been fishing at the cabin for a week when it happened is not good thoughts. Though really nothing in this house is worth anything to me as long as my family is not in it. But still this will take some forgetting for me.
So I took everything out of the frig and I put it on the table and I had to figure out where it would all go. Somethings went in the garbage. Some went in the basement frig. I took out all the beer. And I squeezed all the freezer things outside in the freezer. but really it is amazing what you find in your frig when you empty it all the way out to clean. (Well I am not cleaning it now that it will be going to the recycling center)But out sad is this at 5 1/2 years it still has on its protective coverings on the shelves in the freezer! If only it worked!