No more carpet!

Yesterday we decided to take up the living room carpet. Low and behold the beautiful hardwood floors underneath. They are in great condition and need only a little bit of work. The room looks so much bigger now and I feel like I have a new house! Getting rid of that enormous entertainment center was key to making this room a better place. We put in in the front yard with a couple for sale signs and after no one showed any interest, we dropped the price to FREE (a.k.a. PLEASE TAKE IT)! We left it in the front yard while we went to a birthday party and prayed for someone to just come get it. When we got home, it was still there. Had to get my sales pitch on and go work the neighborhood....it worked! One of our neighbors ended up claiming it and I hope they find great use out of it. The new TV stand is an old tack box that my Dad made me back in my horse days. I would take it with me to horse shows filled with all my stuff, it's great that I found another use out of it years later...thanks for making such a quality piece Dad!!

Just for the hal-i-but!

Here's a picture of a gourmet meal that Jamey concocted! It starts with fresh Halibut (compliments from his parents on their most recent Alaska trip), wrapped in prosciutto and placed on skewers between slices of fresh andouille sausage. Talk about a meaty meal, but it was very good. Made us feel like we were royalty for a moment.

How does your garden grow?

Mine is doing alright so far. I give myself an A for effort but I'm definitely a novice at this. Here are some pictures of the variety of flowers I've planted this year. I love how people walk by and go, "Oooh, now that's a cute house" and then they point at the pretty flowers. It's not only enjoyable for me to look at but for others too! I'm all for keeping the neighborhood lookin' good!

Happy Birthday Tash!

Hip Hip Hoo-ray, it's Tasha's birthday today! For those of you who don't know her, she is my beautiful, lovely sister in law, Mark's wife. Hope it's a great one. Love you!!!!!!!