Weekend Wrap Up

Hello Monday! Well, it's time to start the week and get things going. So, what happened this past weekend? Not too much. We got some work done around the house. On Saturday J installed an air conditioner in the garage. He's not sure how much he's going to use it, but it will be nice to have on the hot, humid days.

We also got the deck stained. And it looks so nice. We still need to do the facial boards between the stairs, but the hard part is finished. I'm very happy with how it looks. I can't wait for us to put the furniture up there so we can enjoy it again.

And while we were out working on the deck, we had an audience. We have baby bunnies. They are so cute and I just want to squish them, but I know they need to be left alone. There are two of them and they are big enough to be out and about and play. I love watching them.

And the most exciting news. I have zucchini in the garden. a lot of zucchini. I'm so excited and I'm already planning all the different things I can make with them.

I didn't get a ton of beadwork finished this past weekend, so that means I will have to work overtime this week to get everything finished. But, that's okay. 

What did everyone else do this past weekend? Did you enjoy nice weather? Did you get work done around the house or did you get some artsy stuff done? I'd love to hear about it.

Weekend Wrap Up

So I'm going to confess something to everyone.  I didn't get a whole lotta beadwork done this past weekend.  I meant to, I really did, but I just didn't have that much time for it.  And why you ask?

Because this is what we did this past weekend.

We stained our deck.  Our massive, ridiculously large, huge, well you get the point, deck.  We thought it would only take us a couple hours with the two of us.  Oh how we were wrong.  It took us half a day with four people working.

I think we underestimated how large this bad boy is.  Our neighbor calls it the air craft carrier of decks.  It's that large.  But, we didn't really have a choice, it was this large or about 1/5 the size.  We opted for the larger size.

So now the top is all stained before the Wisconsin winter hits and next spring we'll be staining the stairs.  And for those who have never built a deck, you have to wait a year before staining.  Since the stairs were just built this year, next spring is the soonest we will be able to stain.

But I'm very happy with how it turned out.  We were hoping for a little bit more of a brown stain, but the red tint goes very well with the new paint job on the house.

Oh, I started painting the garage, which is the last thing that needs to be finished before winter rolls around.  I'm an expert painter, I've painted almost all the rooms in the house and the majority of the outside of the house.  Maybe I should start my own painting business.  My motto will be "Just one girl and a brush".  Hmmmm, I think I'll stick with beading.