It has been a long time since I last posted! So I've been a little busy with life.
Since last I wrote I have been trying to finish up my kitchen table and chair staining project and it turned out GREAT! It went from a light blond wood color to a beautiful honey brown. Love how nice it looks.
Also, the weather has been warming up rather rapidly around here and so I have been trying to help my hubby work on the yard without melting. Not an easy task in this area of the world. Our poor yard has done a complete 360 since we bought our house last year. Where there was once nothing but weeds in the back yard is now beginning to show grass and a lot of potential. It's a comforting thought to know that our hard work is paying off. The true test is when my son, R, prefers to run around in bare feet instead of wearing his shoes.
Along with the hot weather arriving so has a season I have dubbed "Overtime Season". It is named thus because the thunderstorms roll in so hot and violent that they take out poles and transformers and cause my poor hubby to have to go out and help fix them. The other bad part of the storms is that they do tend to bring on tornadoes. Coming from the north west to this part of the country, it came as a bit of a shock to learn that we were on the edge of "Tornado Alley". *Knock on wood* I have not seen one yet, but there was one that touched down about 40 miles north of us with the last storm.
Not only do these storms bring violence and tornadoes, but they also bring large sized hail. Come to find out we live in the county that claims the most hail damage for the state each year. Greeeeeaaaaatttttt......That is what I had to do this past week was file a claim with our insurance over hail damage to our roof. Such fun, but the insurance has been great to deal with so far and hopefully we can get a new roof put on soon.
July can not come soon enough because I am taking the boys with me to a visit up to Oregon for 2 weeks. (Yes, I am torturing myself again, flying with children alone.) Look forward to cooler weather and more greenery and mountains.
