weekend warriors

Before we moved in, one of the biggest things we talked about was all of the projects we wanted to do to the house/landscaping/etc. Even though everything is pretty much in great shape, there are still many things we want to change and improve. Hearing endless conversations of, "Let's do this to the front and this to the kitchen and this to the basement and this to...", everyone kept warning us to not go too fast in order to avoid getting burnt out. And while that is sounds advice, I think we've silently agreed that we'll push our luck on that one. Smart? Who knows. All I know is that all weekend was one big house project party and we ended the day yesterday covered in sweat, dirt, and accomplishment. It felt so great!

Projects we accomplished:

organized and cleaned up basement storage room
got rid of a lot more "stuff" that was left in the house when we moved in
overhauled the front landscaping (see proof below)
put new hardware on the kitchen cabinets

Looking at the list now, it doesn't seem like that much, but taking out the landscaping alone was whole afternoon project. And on top of all this house fun, I got to take some photos of baby Evie being all cute, purchase my first pair of really good base layer bottoms for camping, go out to sushi with Matt/Marji/Zach, and enjoy a warm summer evening looking at the Minneapolis skyline from St. Anthony Main. If this weekend is any indication of how this summer is going to go, I'm willing to claim "awesome" right now.