Todd & I spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon catching up on some yard work. We have a large lot and several trees, so we can expect to spend some quality time outdoors 🙂 I guess it’s not too bad when the weather cooperates. On Christmas Eve Todd spent about five hours raking leaves. He was only able to do about 2/3 of the yard at that time. This weekend we worked for another two hours raking and pruning rose bushes…and we still have a lot to do. I think it will all be worth it in the spring. I’m looking forward to my thirty-one rose bushes in bloom!

Here are a couple pictures of the upstairs bathroom I painted. The green was not exactly what I had in mind, but it ended up working with what I had for decor… froggies 🙂 It adds a certain boldness, don’t you think. The wallpaper is difficult to see in the photos, but it was a pink and white stripe with a hummingbird and ivy boarder, lovely for the 90’s 🙂 Also, in all our before and after pictures, we only painted the walls. We will have to leave the cabinets, counter tops, and floors until we can afford to replace them someday. They function just fine for now.