Welcome to the Gun Show!

Rather than spend a ton of money going to the gym every day, I decided it would be WAY more fun to build muscles working on my yard. Because dirt and sweat are SOOOOOO attractive, you know.

But, enough about me! Let's see that yard! Woo woo!

This was one of my more brilliant ideas. I needed to mix up dirt for my roses I was planting. Lacking a large wheelbarrow or some such item, I dragged the slide over and used it instead! Genius! (I'm so humble...)

Grow babies! Grow! (My David Austin roses I got for my birthday)

See that trench? You know the one where he's dumping concrete? Yeah. I dug that. By myself. It goes all around the back of the yard. Don't mess with Mama!
Oh, did I mention that I laid the whole stone border myself? Yep. I sure did! Who needs a fancy gym membership when you can lug around concrete, stones, and spend hours crouching over a trench on your knees?!

Leveling the yard. What a good helper she is!

So, yeah, they're out of order.

It's like a puzzle for you to solve.

I want to make sure your brains stay active.

I'm a giver like that.

Girl Scouts Turn 100!

Early in March we attended the Birthday Extravaganza for the Girl Scouts 100th birthday. My favorite part was seeing all the memorabilia from past decades, particularly the old Girl Scout and Girl Guide uniforms, patches, manuals, pins, and cookie box designs. Super cool to see all of that and get a sense of the history of the Girl Scouts. As a child of the 80s it was fun to wander through that booth and show my girls things they have never seen, but were everyday for me: records and record players, the old banana shaped phone with a cord attached to the wall, the old Apple Macintosh computer that was little bigger than a shoe box with a tiny black and white screen, and don't forget the jelly bracelets & shoes with the super sculpted hair sprayed within an inch of its' life. Good times.

Congrats, Girl Scouts!

The Spoils of Age

As you can see, birthdays have their rewards.

Mwahahahaha!

P.S. My undying gratitude for those who provided all the sparkly, chocolatey, booky, and musical goodness. May the birthday fairies visit you with similar spoils of delight!

March Madness

Welcome to March Madness at the Weitzel House!

Insert something here about the glory of triumph and the majesty and physical prowess on display, blah blah blah. Oh, and by the way, I'm not talking about basketball here, People.

In the last month we:

Celebrated Girl Scouts turning 100!

Had two birthdays, plus various extended family member birthdays

Threw a legendary birthday party

Baptized the youngest child

Landscaped

Cleaned house

Made a comforter and various party accessories

Enjoyed having family in town for the Epic Weekend of Celebration

Lost my mind....you knew that already though, right? RIGHT?!?

So, to recap: glory, majesty, physical prowess, etc.

Fine. I'll stick to posting pictures.

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Yard Report!

Digging out tree roots.

Jackhammer.

Pickax.

Sawsall.

POP!

Repeat.

Repeat.

Repeat.

Repeat......

Moving bricks

(This was only about 5 minutes into the job. The smiles did NOT last long!)

Brick Jenga!

That monster tiller was aaaaawwwweSOME!

Chewed up that soil like it was buttah!

The week after we did all the above, we cleared and tilled the little hill you see on the right under the tree shadows. There were some nasty roots and old tree stumps on that hill. We both had the sore muscles to prove it.

Now all that's left is to finish clearing, level the ground, build boxes, fill boxes, create the border, revitalize the grass, put the playset back together, make the fire pit, get gravel, spread gravel, plant some stuff.....

Um. So, how 'bout that brick pile?!

Under Construction

Well, here it is a new year already. When did that happen?

Aaaand, that pretty much sums up the last 10 months.

"Blog" has been on my 'To Do' list for months, usually noted like this: BLOG!! (underlined too)

You can see how well I paid attention to my list. There were some bigger items on there and they kind of took up a lot of time, and can best be summed up by the title of this post....

Under Construction

Allow me to clarify:

1. We split the girls into two separate rooms, in which process I lost my office and the house looked like it had thrown up. And stayed that way for nearly 6 months.

2. We had a major upheaval in church responsibilities for both the Mr. and I, which was a two - three month process by the time everything got settled.

3. We finished the garage and built a storage room. (See no. 1)

4. I had a nervous breakdown.

5. I've started work again and will be done at the end of February again.

6. We've started to tame the wilderness that is our backyard - a serious undertaking I assure you. Again. Oh - but this time we have a real plan. It's not just hacking the jungle back for the third time.

And, that's just the stuff I can remember off the top of my head, People!

It's truly been a life under construction lately. So, pardon the dust and watch your heads, I intend to do better in the new year at keeping my blog updated on every grisly detail. Should be fun, right?!

Wait....! Where are you going.......?

PSYCH!

You thought I was posting something new today.

Ha! Fooled you!

This post is just to prove, contrary to appearances, I'm not dead.

I suppose I'll update the blog soon.

Today is not that day.

Tomorrow doesn't look too good either.

But soon.

I promise.




(I think.)