true boy tales: Projects

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Projects

There's nothing like a looming due date to motivate you to get stuff done around the house. (Talk about preggo brain...I just sat here for an entire minute trying to think of the word "motivate". Wow.) Anyway, my parents came over on labor day and my dad and I painted the baby's nursery. Sorry, I don't have any "after" pics yet, but here's the work in progress with our little helper:

Jon also got our house fully landscaped. His work always blows me away. Especially how quickly he gets something done once he puts his mind to it. He landscaped around the whole house and it looks beautiful. (We'll add more flowers and stuff later, this was just phase 1, done with anything that was on sale). He's also going to paint the trim on the house. You can see the color it'll be on the strip to the right of the stone--a leftover gallon from our old house. It's pretty yellow right now, if you can't tell from the pic. I'll probably come home from my Costco run this afternoon to find it completely finished :)

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EmilySeptember 10, 2009 at 1:26 PM
cute house haverlee! can't wait to see the nursery!
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i'm B.September 10, 2009 at 6:07 PM
nice! i love that color!
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mandaSeptember 10, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Oh my goodness! It is a blog frenzy! Yay for projects, vans, and being hot!!
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Kristy @ Fried KristySeptember 11, 2009 at 5:42 AM
Jon does some great work! It looks so nice! Can't wait to hear when your newest arrives! (I was just asking Big John about you yesterday :) )
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