Transplant

We've had these spiral trees in the front yard since we moved in.

I have always thought they were overgrown so

I've been trying to talk the husband into getting rid of them.

I'd estimate their age to be 20 years old and they've been neglected off and on

so their fun spiral flair is gone.

While on a faucet finding trip to Home Depot, the husband spotted these trees.

I asked if he'd like them in the front yard and he finally agreed.

His only stipulation was that they be transplanted in the back yard.

(That required a lot of work from him and the 16-year-old.)

Do you see the first one at the top of the hill?

Here's the before and after...

 So much better (IMHO)!

A Dream Come True

The husband loves a long soak in a hot tub.

He's wanted a hot tub for as long a I've known him.

He says that when he was little, he'd ask his mom for a hot tub 

and she would offer to blow bubbles through a straw in the bathtub.

Well...last summer when we redid the backyard, he had a pad poured for a hot tub.

And this week, his dream came true.

(This is him before work checking to see if it is up to temperature.)

It's going to be a fun summer for him and the half dozen!!!

I may even try it out.

45 Days!

This is something that our family finished.

The legislative session ended at midnight last night.

Now we get our husband and dad back!

(After he catches up on his real job, that is!)



It's finally wearing off!

After the husband got back from a business trip last week,

he made a nice comment about my side of the closet (something from last week).

When I got home from being gone for a few hours on Saturday,

this is what I saw!!!

He had gone through his side of the closet and added this

 to my D.I. pile!

Finally, after over a year of trying, he did something for this blog!

;-)

Everything is in the back of the car now

ready for someone else to love it!

Detailed

The husband has been looking at a new car lately.

He found one he wants, but has to sell his first.

Today, it got detailed.

We paid someone else to do this something.

I kind of like it that way!

Hey, if you're interested in a 2007 Ford Explorer, let me know.

I'll make a special deal for my blog readers!

;-)

"I Can't Believe I Let It Get This Bad"

That's what the husband said as I continued to unearth piles and piles

of papers in his office at work.

He had told me that it was bad,

for months.

I even heard from people who work with him.

And he made one last comment about his boss saying something about his messy desk.

So...

On Friday night, I surprised him with a babysitter and a trip to the office.

He wasn't thrilled to start with, but he sure is happy about it now.

Here are some of the before and after pictures...

And possibly the worst (and funniest) part of the whole evening...

(That a not very old, opened bag of beef jerky and 

a passion fruit from a business trip to California!)

 

 Since the job took three-and-a-half hours on Friday,

it counts for Monday's project!

On the way home, he thanked me over and over.

One of his comments was,

"I don't think any wife has ever done that for her husband...

in the history of the world!

And if someone has, it's only like 10...in the whole world."

Now I've gotta figure out how to get him to help me in my office!!!

Fire Pit Fun

I got the husband a portable fire pit for our anniversary.

It was actually for the family 

and I got the one I like with the stars cut out of the side,

but it was still his present.

He doesn't look at this blog so I'm not worried about confessing that!

I put it together tonight.

The 15-year-old is busy using it right now with a bunch of his friends.

That was the whole point of getting couches in the basement

and a fire pit outside so I'm thrilled that my plan is working already!

Day 45

Today, I didn't get a house project done,

but I did see something get done.

The legislative session lasts 45 days and today was day 45!

It's over and I get my husband back!

Too bad he has to go back to work now;).

A reminder for the husband

This something is to remind the husband who is waiting for him at home when he is up on Capitol Hill.

I bought this cool frame and Michael's, 

resized, printed, and trimmed the pictures, and put them in.

I told him that he could keep it in his new office or on his desk on the House floor.

It looks better without the black circles.

If you know us, you already know what we look like.

If you don't know us, you can use your imagination!

The Husband's New Toy

The Husband got a new fish tank last week.

The lady he bought it from gave him lots of accessories including more than 12 bottles of chemicals.

After a few days, I decided that it was time to put it all away so the little ones would stop playing with them!

It looks pretty neat now.

I'm putting The Husband in charge of making sure that this one stays done!