Projects

So the past several weeks we have spent LOTS of time (and money) trying to get some projects done around the house.  There have been a few things we wanted to get done and then Monty's sister is coming to live with us at the end of the month for awhile so we decided to add a few more projects and make some room for her in the basement.First up was the fence.  We weren't exactly planning on putting a fence in this year but our fencing connection sold out in his company and this was going to be the last summer to get a great deal from someone who does excellent work.  The whole fence is in now, not just the posts, but apparently I don't have a picture of that.  It's so nice to be outside, working in the garden, or even just letting Mia play on her new toy and not have to constantly worry where she is at.

After the fence came framing the basement.

Then, a little over a week ago my dad came to help with the projects.  Him and Monty spent a day doing all the electrical in the basement.  Other than a hole in a water line and a pretty decent shock (that I found out about way after the fact) it all went pretty smooth.

The next day my dad and I put up ceiling fans.  The one in our bedroom went up pretty easy because my dad was able to go up in the attic and place the brace for it.  It's very nice to have at night now that it is so hot.

We also put a ceiling fan in the living room.  That one was a much bigger pain because of the vaulted ceiling.  Trying to line the brace up and get it in place just working through the little whole left by the light fixture was quite the challenge.  Luckily my dad is like superman and can do anything.

My dad also had a helper in the living room.

Mia is such a little climber and loved having the ladders out.  She didn't even care if the ladder was already occupied.  She didn't let that stop her.

The following weekend Monty's dad came up and helped us finish the flower bed.  The flower bed has been an ongoing project for several weeks now but we went from this...(It's not a great picture but you can kind of see it behind Mia)

 To this...

It's all leveled out now with nice dirt and the ugly pipes are buried.  Monty spent a lot of time digging, leveling, measuring, and placing bricks.  He was very worried that someone was going to sit or walk on his bricks and mess them up so then he glued them together.  Sadly Mia sat on part of it when the glue wasn't quite dry so now two of the bricks are glued in the wrong spot.  We've tried chiseling them apart but it hasn't worked yet.  Apparently it's good glue.

Thanks to everyone who's helped out!