Happenings...

Things have been slowly happening around here. Nothing too exciting, but still important nonetheless. Remember this post where I talked about things slowing down because of our expenses? Well, we are trying not to let that completely stop us. So, this past few weeks has been all about accomplishing tasks that cost no moolah. So far, so good!

Let's start with the back yard. Jonathan has been itching to cut down the two trees beside our garage. We would love to plant a veggie garden there possibly. Or maybe put an outdoor pen for the dogs. Regardless of what happens, the trees weren't really in a great spot and were always dropping sap on our cars. That, plus the ideas mentioned above made us decide it was time they were gotten rid of. So, Jonathan cut them down.

Can you see him climbing in the middle of the picture? 

He started by limbing the entire tree. This allowed him to make his way to the top using the tree stubs.

Then he dropped the top quarter of the tree.

Then the next quarter.

Oh and I might add that while he was working on the tree, I was loading the trailer with branches. We probably did a half dozen loads of branches and then two loads of just the trunk.

Finally, the last half of the tree was dropped. Sorry for the horrible pictures, it was actually pretty dark out, so this is the best I could do.

 And here is the wedge that he cut out. Pretty impressive.

Jonathan cut down the other tree this past weekend. So, both are down. One has been hauled off and gotten rid of. And the other one is waiting for us to have a free weekend to load it onto the trailer. Next step: making plans for next summer. I'm still crossing my fingers that the garden will work. 

The other project that Jonathan worked on is inside our house. Do you remember our less than complete bathroom corner? You can see it here in this old progress picture. 

Well, we have been trying to figure out what to do with that corner, because we didn't think we had enough beadboard to finish it. Turns out, the only problem was that there wasn't enough base trim to finish it. So, we just decided to make the spot that doesn't have trim, be in the corner so it could easily be covered up. In the future we have plans to fix it, but for now, its fine the way it is. 

See the little corner peeking out under the sink? Yea, that is all the base trim that we are missing. ARGH!! Oh well. I'm just glad that the rest of the wall is done! Yes, I snapped this picture a bit early, so Jonathan hadn't put up the last piece of trim, but don't you worry! Stick around tomorrow and you will get to see it all completed!!!