"while you were out"

When the cat's away, the mouse will play! T took the kiddos on a weekend getaway to a friends, so that meant that i had to surprise her with some home improvement.



behold the new garage door!

and the new shutters (not to be used to shut anything...for decorative use only!)



iT might be hard to tell from the pictures. but they along with the door are a kind of dark cranberry/purple color

here are some before and afters





so instead of our garage door looking like a milk chocolate hersheys bar, it now looks like a dark chocolate hersheys bar.

you will notice our yard is full of tiny rocks. yes, we are far from finished but at least its no longer just weed blanket. im sure the neighbors were like, "finally!"

My one raised bed is now complete, i will be making two more for the front. next month.

its starting to come along! you can see in the one picture where we are going to outline a half moon section with rock and plant some flowering plants and shrubs and put down some mulch. I did have it as a contained circle but now im taking it all the way to the curb. we will put a bird bath in the center of that too.






our little rosemary xmas tree is starting to bloom