Home Projects Galore

So I have been gone lately from our virtual Proulxville, but I have not been lazy. I have been working on several things around the house, and I have more projects in the works. This afternoon I bought another plant. I've been doing a lot of that lately. This one is suppose to keep the mosquitoes away. I've also been doing a lot of sacrificing my blood to the mosquitoes lately too. I decided to sit on the back porch by this fancy geranium while I write to you all and test this keeping the bugs at bay theory. I've also been doing a whole lot of natural testing, but we'll save that for another time.

First and foremost, I had a job. Actually, I had two. The latter job I quit, but the first one affords me a summer break must like a teaching job. That would be because it revolves around the school calendar. It will start back up in the fall, but for now I'm free again. I enjoy working to a certain extent. I like having a purpose for most of my days. Having a part time job helps me to have something outside of the home and a little extra spending cash. However, I do not like it to interfere with my life. That may sound petty, and I do not wish to offend any woman who chooses to work full time. To each their own. I was once on a career path myself. However, I have come to appreciate keeping my home. So long story short, last week I quit the job that was interfering.

That job kept me away from you all, but it did not keep me from working around the house some. My rePostable home project will be starting again....next week I've decided. Please give me a few days to complete something and post about it.

I have successfully built and planted a 100% organic vegetable garden. The weather has been crazy cool this year so planting from seed was not really a good option. I found this wonderful nursery in Arizona to purchase seedlings from. For those of you who know me personally, you may know this is my second attempt at having a garden. So far it is going infinitely better than the last time. I can't wait to see what kind of harvest we are able to have. I'll be sure to post pictures.

I've also worked on the outside appearance and curb appeal on our home. I'm working on trying to get grass to grow in the yard, thanks to the help of TruGreen. I'd like to say I was DIYing it, but lets face it, I'm lucky the garden and flowers are doing as well as they are. So far the yard is weed free and a nice deep green. I'd like to see new grass growing, but that will not happen until the fall. Speaking of flowers, I just keep coming home with more. I have gradually brought home several items and arranged them neatly in planters on the front porch. My favorite is the hydrangea mostly because that is my favorite flower in general, but also because I've wanted to plant them since we moved here and couldn't due to lack of shade. Second fav is the hostas for the same reason. So I worked around the no shade thing, bought partial sun varieties, and put them on the front porch where they are mostly protected. I'm also quite proud of my turquoise flower pot DIY. I took a flower pot I bought when we were first married and gave it a quick 30 minute face lift. Tonight I hung our street number on one of the columns because no one can find our house and a flagpole. Now we can properly show off our patriotism this summer.

Inside I've done a bit of decorating. I searched for months for this little table to go by my DIY armchair. I'm so thrilled I had the patience to wait for it. I had almost bought three other tables, but kept on waiting for something better with a smaller price tag. Add a cute pillow and some fake flowers (hydrangeas again), and we have one super cute entryway/bay window. Best part is you can see it as you walk up to the house. Love to be cute inside and out!

Last, I've been demoing a bit in our kitchen. I know we bought a brand new house, but that doesn't mean I can't make it better. So far I have ripped out the baseboards (oh yeah I'm strong) and taken everything off the walls. After my kitchen was naked, I filled in all the holes with spackling. These holes also included some large places from an over-sized puppy. I finished sanding the last few spots today so now its off to the paint store so I can paint and be ready for my handyman to come in and do the part that requires power tools. Being a fan of DIY, I would like to think I could handle this project all by myself, but the simple fact is I have NO power tools. I've asked for Mike to get some for Christmas, but Santa never brings them to him. The things I could do if he only had a saw and a nail gun.

Well I only have one mosquito bite. Maybe this plant was worth the 10 bucks. Go to Lowes and get one!

***Between the writing of this post and the editing/publishing, our giant furball er...Pyrenees decided we needed to demo the kitchen floors too. Yay we are getting new tile! Look for before and after pics of our kitchen....Coming Soon.

Beautiful angelic puppies....

do evil things like this.