Spring Cleaning and Spring Decorating

We have had a very eventful weekend!  Since Winter never really happened, we've just decided to embrace Spring with open arms.  This means decorations and cleaning the house (especially outside).  Since we both live here now, we want to be able to enjoy our house together.  These are some pictures of what we've been up to lately.

As most of you know, we are in the process of building a garage for Jonathan's machinery.  Our first step was having the stump ground.  This is what was left over.  Jonathan's first project on Saturday was to clear the rest of the wood chips so that we know what the ground looks like where the concrete will be poured.  I don't have an after picture of this, but it looks much better.

Our ultimate goal was to pressure wash our deck and driveway.  We borrowed my dad's pressure washer last weekend and we just went to town!  This is what the deck looked like before hand.  We have a BIG tree that grows in the middle of the deck and when it rains or the wind blows, the deck gets covered in debris.  It also splashes up on the walls and windows.

 

Just wanted you to see how wet the hose got him.

Ya know...once you get started, you just can't stop...we did the chimney, the gutters, the sidewalk leading to the mudroom, the sidewalk out front, and Jonathan is planning to pressure wash his hack saw.

Can you believe the difference in before and after?!

I even got in on the action!  I'm sure my grandpa would have a cow if he knew I did this!

This is how we felt at the end of the day.

 Moving on to other events of the weekend...I finally got around to planting my plants for the summer!  We're going to grow tomatoes, hot peppers, and sweet peppers.

I bought this wreath at Sandy's Country Christmas last year and I use it for every season.  I just change the garland.  And we all know that I love hydrangeas!

Isn't this a great tablecloth?!  I found it at TJ Maxx and just couldn't turn it down...I think it looks great with this piece that we brought back from Belize.