Handy Lady

I have been at my job for over a month now and sadly it hasn't gotten any better. I just tell myself every day that "this too shall pass" and I get through the day knowing that our school district is holding interviews for the rest of this month so hopefully something will come of that and I will be classroom bound! Onward and upward!

To cope with the ickiness of my job and the fact that Allen is wrapped in so much training right now I have decided to take on a challenge... our patio.

Our apartment has a great patio, unfortunately we are not great patio owners. We have neglected ours and it has become a dusty wasteland of junk we don't have room for in the house/don't know what to do with/ forgot we even owned. We had a beautiful day on Saturday and we wanted to take advantage of that and eat dinner outside... we opened the back door and quickly shut it and sat down and had our dinner indoors. It was overwhelming disgusting. So I decided today that I wanted to make our outdoor space something that we could enjoy this spring/summer and I set to work on transforming it. When I say transform I mean I left Lowe's this morning with a power tool and a car full of lumber and paint... I'm not talking about hosing it down! I know it is a big job but I will have some extra time on my hands during the evenings this week and I want to see if I can complete my challenge in time to have friends over this weekend!

Much to Allen's dismay I don't have a written out plan or step by step instructions. I didn't watch a how-to video or print off a blueprint. I have a plan in my head and I am pretty creative, I think I can make this work. This is a part of my personality that drives Allen up the wall, so I'm going to keep him minimally informed until if is finished... I'll post pictures once it is done, we'll see how it goes! :)

In other news the weather is gorgeous and my garden is growing! I will post pictures of that soon as well. We love eating veggies straight from the garden. Yum!