Braves Baseball

We love Braves Baseball, that is all.

We won!  And think about this for a minute - Kimbrel struck out 4 batters in the 9th inning.  Pretty unusual

There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living

 - Nelson Mandela

Gardening

Last weekend Barrett finally got some of the nasty weeks and monkey grass pulled out of our biggest flower bed and we put mulch down to make it look nice and crisp.  This weekend I got some plants on sale and put them down.  I'm so happy with how it looks!  I wish I had a picture of the before, it was awful! Right now this first bed has hydrangeas and asters.  There are still some big open spaces that we'll fill as time goes on.  The bed behind this one that you can just get a peak at has roses but it is overgrown with monkey grass also.  Once all the monkey grass is pulled up we plan to ad more roses and extend the bed to the driveway.  We might spread out (replant) some of the roses that are there and mix in Double Knockout roses with them because we think those look so much prettier.  

These bed in front of the house had some really big, gnarly bushes that we pulled out.  On the right side of the steps there are several gardenias but we are going to move them back closer to the railing and put edgers in so that the bed ends at the edge of the steps.  Right now it comes out really far and it'll look better with clean lines.  We also need to trim back the huge rhododendron on the right and on the left side we have gardenias and azaleas.  The little box sitting onto of the railing will be mounted to the front like a window box.  It has dianthus in it right now.
I could use some help on this - I am also thinking about staining the front porch a fun color so that we can give the front of our house some color.  If I do that I think I'll paint the door a complimentary color.  What do you guys think about this?  I am thinking a dark blue stain on the porch and a lighter blue for the door.  This might be a project for early spring but I want it done now!

And just for good measure a picture of my lovely pups.  And don't you love my Mississippi State Door Hanger?!?!?!

Puerto Rico

Barrett and I went to Puerto Rico last month for a (slightly late) 5 year anniversary trip.  We had a great time.  We spent a ton of time relaxing on the beach and got a lot of reading done.  We also ate great food, explored Old San Juan, hike in El Yunque rainforest, and kayaked in a bioluminescent bay.  

DIY

Last week while Barrett was out of town I took on a home improvement project.  Our basement carpet was horribly stained and we knew it had to come up so I took the liberty of ripping it up.  We will soon put down tile which will be so much easier to clean and still look finished.

Just Getting Started

 

Moving Along

Look at that Pile of Nasty carpet

Other Direction, With a blanket for Reggie to lay on

New Goal

Its been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely time....

I don't have any excuses, I just didn't feel like blogging and I didn't think I had anything worth sharing. Sometimes our life gets a little boring around these parts, but boring can be good.

I've made a new goal for myself and I hope you all keep me to it.  I want to try to blog once a week.  I figure some times I can tell about fun things we've done but some weeks I might just put up a quote or picture I like or maybe a book or movie review.  I think by keeping it simple like this I can stick to my goal.

So today's post will be a quote, next week stay tuned for vacations photos (we went to Puerto Rico).

I am only on, but still I am one
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something
I will not refuse to do the something I can
           - Helen Keller

Family Weekend

A few weekends ago Andrew and Lorri came to visit and we had such a fun weekend. Jam packed with activities and lots of yummy food.

They got here Thursday night. On Friday I had to work but when I got home I made soup for dinner and we relaxed and hung out.

Saturday started with Monkey bread and a trip to the Farmer's market. Lorri and I then went for a 5 mile run and we did it at a pretty good speed for both of us. We ate paninis for lunch and then went to Red Brick Brewery for the tasting and tour. After the beer we went to eat italian food with Logan and Andrew (friends from small group)

Sunday after church we ate lunch at Ghengis Grill and then Lorri and I went shopping at the outlets. I got some christmas presents for people so I am well on my way to having all my shopping done :)

Sunday night I made Chorizo Tacos for dinner and we played games until we all got too sleepy.

I was sad to see them leave on Monday and can't wait for their next visit!!