So far in July...

We returned from beautiful PA and got back to work. Tim mowed the weeds for the first time... look at that hunk w/o a shirt on.

We took down the entertainment center built with plywood and 2x4's from the previous owner. We saved the wood for future projects (or bonfires).We took down the wall between the kitchen and living room to make one BIG greatroom. We love it! My girlfriend's dad came and bush hogged the property on the 4th after we realized the weeds were way too thick for the push mower. It looks so great! I started weeding one of the many flower beds and pruned some trees. Tim hooked up the new beautiful stove, rewired the breaker box, and replaced the old thermostat so that we could officially start living there (Monday July 6th). Luke rested during all of this! We are living out of a suitcase and have chosen select items to live with/without for the meantime. I finally picked the first paint color, groundcover. I sanded a section of the living room wall and tested it out... we love it! We also tested different stains on pine for our baseboard options. We have decided to stick with cedar 1x6 boards with a coat of poly, it looks great next to the green! Tuesday was eventful with trimming trees, taking nails out of wood, and finding a snake. Tuesday night we had our first relaxing moment swinging under the moonlight with a fire in the pit. It was so quiet and peaceful... Last night we built bat houses after Tim got home from work... he calls it, "his and her bat houses". How funny! We haven't put them anywhere yet, but we did see 3 bats last night. Yesterday (July 8th) was my first full day by myself at the house. I mowed the HUGE yard and pulled up dead bushes... I attempted to pull up all of the millions of juniper around the house, but got frustrated because it doesn't come up very easily... I think I might have to kill it first. This morning I took the shelves out of the pantry, measured the kitchen cabinets, and drew out a plan for placing them in the pantry. We love feeling productive and don't slow down til it's close to midnight. Keep checking back for more updates :)