Another BUSY Weekend

We have been having lots of busy weekends as we take care of little things around the house. We had a ceiling fan on the back porch that has been scaring us. We found out that if you flip the switch in the house the fan makes a clicking sound like it is trying to turn on, but doesn't turn. I had put a piece of tape over the switch because I was afraid the boys would flip the switch and leave it on and the fan would catch on fire.

This weekend, Daddy replaced the fan. Now we have one that works AND looks good!

We have been looking for rugs for our living room and dining room since we moved. We have seen some that were "okay" but nothing that really jumped out at us. It doesn't help that Paul tends to lean to the more traditional and I tend to lean toward the more contemporary. We were actually able to find two that we BOTH liked and agreed on this weekend. I guess we just had not been shopping at the right place! We got a more contemporary rug for the living room and we are getting (we did not get it because we had not measured the room yet) a more traditional rug for the dining room.

We also flagged out the yard for the fence and storage shed/doghouse. We should be getting these within the next couple of weeks and get the dogs off the patio. YAY!!! We moved the kennel off the patio this weekend to hose it down. I forget how big the patio is until the kennel is gone! I think this may be one of the most exciting home improvements we have done. Keep the neighborhood out of our garage, the dogs off the patio and the junk out of the garage!

There will be a cross-fence down the length of the backyard to keep the dogs on one side. Since there will be a gate across the driveway, we don't need dogs running away when we go to pull in. Poor Jake is so old, he gets to sniffing and walking and can't hear. If he does not stay in a fence or on a leash, he runs off and we have to chase him. He used to be GREAT off a leash, but he is just too old and deaf now! The cross-fence will also be great because the boys can go and play in the back without having to worry about stepping in anything (although, much to Caleb's dismay - he will still have to pick up dog "stuff") or having dogs jump on them.

I am just looking forward to not feeling so "exposed", not having garage doors OR fencing. I will feel much better when Paul is out of town after that is up!

Eventually we will get around to doing things like PAINTING!!