I am so far beind......

I guess you all know the saying I’M SO FAR BEHIND I THOUGHT I WAS FIRST.  Well, that’s how I feel right now.  However, we are making progress.  Kevin has put the first coat of mud on the drywall and the second coat on the ceiling.  He also cleaned up some of the stuff outside and took it to the dump.  I have also been working outside.  Between the mess from the guys who put the bricks under/around the mobile home, and the contractors who built the addition, there is a lot of cleanup. 
 

The guys that put the bricks under/around the mobile home really made a mess.  It is going to take quite a while to get that cleaned up.  They made a big pile of dirt with bricks and stones and other junk.  There is mortar and cement scattered around in the grass.  Between Kevin and I we are using the weedeater before we can run the mower thru the grass because of all the junk that has been thrown around.  They also made a mess of both of my rock gardens.  I am going to have to get some more rocks and put them around.  I am also babying my one hydrangea.  On several of my plants they slopped mortar on the leaves, including the hydrangea and azaleas.  The azaleas are looking okay, but the one hydrangea is really bad.  I sure hope it survives. 

 

Ricky and Phil, the guys who built the addition, were not as bad.  Most of their mess has been cleaned up.  The item we are really looking for is nails.  I have been sweeping, using my pickerupper and bucket, and weedeater to cut back the tall grass.  After I finish using the weedeater and getting as much picked up as I can, Kevin is going to use a large magnet to try and find any nails I may miss.  We sure don’t want any flat tires.

 

This past week Renea got both back yards mowed and I took care of the front yards. In fact, I did my front yard again today.  I can’t believe how fast the grass grows around here.  I also did a lot of weedeating.  The front is beginning to look pretty good again except for where the addition is located.  The concrete pad is just full of all kinds of stuff. 

 

Yesterday, Renea and I went shopping for some new furniture.  She is going to take my two recliners.  So, we went to La-Z-Boy (they were having a sale) and I bought two wingback chairs (both recline) and a love seat size sofa bed.  They will go in my new room.  It will be about six weeks before I get them so Kevin has plenty of time to finish my room.  He was really glad to hear that.  There is no way I will even try to describe what the new furniture looks like.  I will post pictures when I get the furniture.

 

The weather is really nice right now.  However, it is supposed to rain tomorrow.  So, Kevin has decided we should have a campfire tonight.  It’s been quite a while since we’ve had one, and I am really looking forward to it.  As tired as I am I probably won’t last too long.  Campfires always relax me.