Making Summer Plans

 Well, here I go feeling over enthusiastic again.  Making plans to fix things, attempting to plan a garden-at least I don't have a tree in the way again! 

So I'm keeping it small.  My two oldest love to help with the garden, so I can pretty much put them in charge of that and we'll be set.  

I want to redo one of the rock gardens in the front...  So pulling out as much vegetation as possible, probably replacing (that's a BIG probably) and making the faucet able to be winterized. Grading the dirt away from the house. Taking the tiller to it, laying down something to help block the weeds and putting the rocks back over that.  There are some lilies and tulips I would love to save and  replant, but I'm also not against just tearing everything out and rebuying the bulbs for those two plants.

Now, as much as I would LOVE to do more than one garden, I'm not planning on it.  There's still general yard maintenance that takes a lot of time so I'm taking things slow.  The vegetable garden is a must to help with the grocery bill and the kids will love to be in charge of that. 

My other big project I'm enlisted my parent's help, which will probably be more of a "sit and tell us how to do it" kind of help. Which is just fine with me.  I learn better if I have to physically do, and so does hubby.  This project doesn't have to wait for summer, but it does have to wait for funds.. Most of the rock garden redo just take the ground the thaw and time, we have almost all of the supplies needed. 

My poor kitchen needs help.  The whole kitchen really does need help, but we can only focus on a bit at a time, so focusing on the worst first-the faucet is leaking and the dishwasher needs to go for storage.  We're saving up for a new faucet.  Under the cabinet needs replaced, the bottom of the cabinet is not fit to use.  The dishwasher is finally coming out, it's been broken for 9 years.  As much as I would love to replace the dishwasher, we simply do not have the money so shelving of some sort is going in for storage.  I'll try to work on getting the green stick on tile up without ruining the linoleum underneath, that's a project I started 6 years ago and am still working on, though every time the floor is mopped (so....daily) a little bit comes up by itself.  Everything from the corner on the left to the set of drawers on the right needs worked on.  I would love to do more, but we cannot right now.  So I will be satisfied with what we can do.  

As far as the healthy changes we've been making. Dennis is losing weight and feeling better.  I'm not losing, but I am starting to feel better until I eat excess sugar.... Then I feel horrible-go figure.  

I'm also saving up for a bucket or two of paint to start painting walls so they are white again.  It's a plan anyway.  

~Tabitha