Weather getting warmer

We were up early this morning. Coffee on the patio and now it is time to get going on today's project. 

We are working on the backyard and getting it ready for the summer. 

The fence needs to be replaced and and shrubs planted along the back. We have no neighbors behind us but we still want to block the view of the Rodeo grounds that are a 1/4 of a mile behind us. 

We leave in 10 days and between now and then we have this project and a yard sale that needs to be done. Who said they get board after retiring?? Not us we stay busier now than we did when we were working. 

It is good for us and we still have time to relax...

Somewhere in Time 

May is almost gone

Kris gets out of school in May and we get out of town shortly there after.
Sherri and I were up bright and early this morning. Drank our coffee and then took Kris to school. From there we headed out to the lake to clean up some stowed away items that will be in our yard sale next week.
The money we generate from this sale will fuel us on our up coming adventure. It has been about a month since our last trip and we are more than ready to head out once more.
Projects around the house have kept our minds occupied for some time now but they are coming to a close and hitch itch has taken over.
We have several things to get done before we head out so we will be hard at work getting those items accomplished before we can say jacks up roll-em out...

Somewhere in Time

Started a new project

Kris shows off his trophy for soccer

I have been waiting to have a project for the shop...now that I have it ready to use. Sherri wanted a cabinet for our entry. This old piece came from my Great Grandmothers house. It has to be well over 100 years old and has about 15 coats of paint and stain on it.

This is what I will be working on for the next few weeks. We are stripping it down to the original wood.

We also planted a tree on Mother's Day.

Kris made breakfast for his Mom and then decided to eat in bed with her.
Sherri had a great day...

Somewhere in Time

Things around here are shaping up

We have been working diligently on fixing up the house. We have lived here now for almost 5 months and things are coming together.

The house was really move in ready but we had certain things that we wanted to change to our own liking. Sherri loves the open concept in houses so we cut a opening between the kitchen and the living room so we could see what was going on when we were preparing meals.

The doors in the house were the slab doors that were so common in the 60's and the 70's. We changed those out for raise panel and added the dark bronze hardware to set it off.

The entire house was painted in a peach color which Sherri changed to a sand color in most of the rooms and left the peach in the master bedroom and bath.

The garage was not large enough to park the truck in so I converted it to my shop. I have a wood working shop that is the envy of many men. I have made the garage my dream shop and can't wait for the furniture projects to come around. One of my first will be the medicine cabinet for the RV. Next Sherri wants an entry table for the front door. So I will have plenty of time to work in my shop now that it is complete.

We have landscaped the front of the house and will soon work on the back yard. We have plans for a new fence and a patio for the outdoor grill. Some flower beds thrown in here and there.

Over all everything is coming together day by day. 

We are getting hitch itch on top of all that we have done around the house so soon we will be loading up and heading out on some new adventures...

Somewhere in Time