Productive Saturday

We had every intention of going to Home Depot, buying a dishwasher, and installing it today. However, we didn't realize, though maybe we should have, that we have to wait for them to deliver the dishwasher. Soooo, we just ordered a dishwasher today. We're pretty excited about it. We did a lot of research and chose the GE GLD5900N, in white. I'm sure you're thrilled to know. :-)

Since our Saturday was unexpectedly freed up, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and did our first yardwork in the new house! I cleared up the big sticks in the yard while Matt swept off the roof (yeah, I was NOT going up there).



Then Matt mowed the lawn while I swept the patio and deck and trimmed the hedges. At this point I should have finally taken photos of the outside of the house with no snow, but yeah, I didn't think of that. However, picking up all those sticks gave me one thought - "kindling". So, after checking with the fire department to make sure they are allowed, we headed to Target and picked up a patio fire "bowl"! It will most definitely be christened tomorrow when we have some guests over. We also got a hammock for the deck - woohoo! I can't wait to sit and read in it, occasionally looking up through the branches of our backyard trees. Or making goofy faces.





And finally, we put the painted paneling on the back of our IKEA bookshelf! I heart our office colors. *sigh* Grey walls, blue ceiling, and green accent.