Intro
I entered middle age a few years ago...okay, a little more than a few. Our daughters are 28 and 26. After they left, I cautiously redecorated their bedrooms. I did the usual, donated "Lucky" brand jeans (left from 3rd grade) and stuffed animals to a local thrift store. Next, I threw away countless plastic bags from "The Gap" and other retailers. Some of them included various amounts of change, which of course I took as my housekeeping fee. Every $6.40 helps!
I slowly bought new furniture items that I liked - a futon and frame, small roll-top desk, area rugs and lamps. One room was starting to resemble my new "office" which would double as a guest room when necessary. One morning as I was getting ready to leave for work, I heard (and felt) a very large boom-crash. I cautiously walked upstairs to find the dust clearing and about half of the ceiling of my new room on the floor. Ah, the joys of owning an antique house...
No time for work on Memorial Day, but the tree bloomed!
Well, I didn't even make it upstairs to take the "before pictures" on Memorial Day weekend. We were busy from Friday night through Monday evening. There were a few hours here and there, but nothing that would allow time to make a good start on the monster upstairs project.
The next weekend, though, was very productive for our little home, but not for the downsizing that I crave. The garden planting was begun. I put the flowers in an assortment of pots and the hubby began on the vegetables. Last year we decided not to have a vegetable garden - although we do have herbs that come back year after year. After 20 months of inattention, the herbs and the weeds had gone wild, so there was much digging, tugging and compost building done on Saturday and Sunday. Murphy's Law did not prevail and there was a respite from the rain for the weekend. Monday afternoon the deluge resumed and we have many little tomato plants on tables in the family room. They're eagerly awaiting their chance to join the broccoli, onions, zucchini, radishes, potatoes, carrots, and herbs.
One last thing... as the new photo shows, the crabapple tree finally bloomed. The wind and rain have knocked about half of the petals off by now (they're on my car), but the lilacs are just beginning to show their colors. They're my faves!
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