The Girls

Preslee, Me, My Mom, and Kim in Portland

She had no idea what she was about to see...

Up Up and AWAY!

Preslee did an Summer Orchestra camp, this was the final concert.

One very cute audience member and her amazing cello playing sister!

The Joy of Gardening!

This is a year of experimentation for me in the Garden.  I am trying to make the most of Oregon's unpredictable summers.  For the past 3 years I've hardly gotten any tomatoes when I've had surplus amounts in previous years.  This year I planted more cool weather crops so even though I'm low on Summer Squash, Cucumbers, and tomatoes, I am abundant in peas, lettuces, cabbage, bok choy, spinich, and swiss chard.  Even though this place only takes up a small portion of my yard I could still get lost here tending to my garden.  And for anyone who hasn't tried out their green thumb, I say do it!  It is so rewarding!  To see what it has grown from check out:  

http://familysellers.blogspot.com/p/in-garden.html

I put peppers and basil in pots next to the house to see if the house helps insulate and creates more heat. 

My peas are taller than Dustin and the carrots are wild.  I am going to move my Herbs to the yard so I have more room to plant other veggies next year.

My cabbage did amazing.  Since I took this picture medium size heads grew.  I did not cover them with cheese cloth, and was finding way too many eggs on the leaves so I harvested the heads earlier so the bugs could not get to them first.  Next I'll be making some sauerkraut!

And this is my cutest little gardening assistant.  She doesn't exactally help, but she does like to pick random things from the garden.  And I'll take all the help I can get at this point!

new to me!

The dining room... still a work in progress.  But what a great table!

The new wood floor and new appliances!

Used to have carpet in the Front Room, now its wood with  some new furniture  Ikea inspired!

My husband LOVES Ikea.... and now it is in both bathrooms!

The master bath also has a new all tile shower!

The new washer and dryer that is so wonderful.

Once Upon a time there was a Dad that went hunting and a Mom that started a load of laundry before she went to bed.  The mom was in bed by 9:30 but was woken suddenly around midnight to the sound of running water.  She ran to see what was going on and ran right into a puddle of water in her hallway. See previous post DeMoLiTiOn! Now nine months later she has a lot of wonderful new things to show for her stupidity.  It is like a new house! Insurance did cover this accident, and when your husband isn't working very much he has time to do the work so the money goes a whole lot farther!

We had to get all new flooring and in so doing, decided it was a good time to make some changes we'd been wanting to make for a long time.  Its like a whole new house and YES!  I did clean before pictures and NO, my house is not always this clean.  I am a real person!