Summer livin'

In my last post I talked about how freeing it was to step away from social media. So even though I'm back a little I am still spending most of my time off of it. There was so much of my time wasted on it. Since I have time, time do do things I want and need to do. I have cleaned more, read more. I even have worked a little on my novel. I added more plants to my plant family. That's for another post. Lately though, I have put alot of work into improving my home.

Here is some of the things I have done the last few months.

I hung a few wind chimes and a bird house.

Early May I built a retaining wall for a large patio and this smaller patio for our griddle.

Mother's day I built this gate by myself as a surprise for my husband. Our old one was falling apart. My kids helped me move and hang it and my husband got home just in time to help with the final details.

After mother's day I cleaned up my front garden and planted new flowers. (I need to clean it up again.)

May 18 I leveled and packed down the dirt and layed the weed barrier for the larger patio and started laying sand and brick.

May 21 I finished the large patio

May 22 built our patio set.

May 23 my 3rd child graduated from high school. 

This weekend of June 14 I had my very first garage sale. I also cleaned out my garage, and cleaned up my front patio.

June 15 I set up my husband's new smoker that we got him for father's day and smoked him some ribs and brisket.

There is still sooo much to do. I hear the sun calling my name as I sit here. You should get out in the sun and do things that make you happy. Enjoy some summer livin'

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