Projects!

It's finally warming up a bit in the Midwest. Mom and I are starting to work a little more on projects in and around the house. We are having a few neighbors over for dinner tonight and mom is cooking duck!  I think after next week she'll have the taxes behind her and we'll be working on revamping her bedroom. Shannon, Erin, and I are going to be painting it the weekend of April 1st and we're getting new carpet and a new mattress for her. We'll be starting some of the gardening soon as well. I'll keep you posted as things go along. I'll try to get more pics as well. Stay tuned!

Tax Time!

So it's been a busy week of errands and meetings so we are stepping on the brake a bit with the clean out until mom has all your paperwork together for taxes. I'm still working on cleaning out the office a bit at a time and trying to do a few things in mom's bedroom while she works on taxes. It's been a productive week but just not much in terms of pictures. It looks like a pretty overcast and rainy weekend so we are working inside. I'm looking forward to next week. I should be warmer and I'll be out in the barn a bit taking pictures of the equipment. Gotta figure out what some of that stuff is! I'll have more next week.

Busy Few Days!

Since last I posted Mom and I have been busy around the homestead. Mom's getting things in order to get her flowers and plants started as soon as the weather warms up. We've continued to clean out the office with the help of Mom's best friend Mona coming down on Friday. Five hours and three people we really put a dent into it. It's amazing to go through all the stuff my dad kept over the years. It's certainly emotional to go through all the stuff but therapeutic at the same time. He kept just about every single birthday and Father's day card my sisters and I gave him, as well as all the cards m mom gave him. It's crazy to look back at what I wrote him when I was a little girl and realize how much it means now.

Mom's looking at the room in a different way and really excited about it being a functional space for her to do paperwork and enjoy the beautiful view of the barn. While I didn't get an accurate before and after pic of the clean out here is a picture with the desk cleared off and another with the desk out of the room. I think within another week we'll have the whole thing pretty cleared out! A paint job and new carpet and the room will be completely new and go along with the rest of the house. Can't wait for mom to be able to really use it and get her dinning room table back!

After clean out - before desk is gone

Desk gone!

We also sold 18 bales of hay today and made another massive trip to the dump. About 6 trash bags of stuff this time. We are looking into renting a dumpster for the next few months to make things easier as the clean out continues.