It's Ok, I'm A Doctor

It feels like it's been a long time since the last post we did about stuff around the house. It hasn't been that long... but it feels like it. Time flies, I guess? Oh well.

We've been planning on redoing our closet for awhile (and already had some prep work done), but we're finally getting close to making these changes a reality! Menards was kind enough to have their 11% rebate sale thingy again, so we've taken advantage and ordered all the needed items for our fancy schmancy closet. Buuuuuut of course not everything is in stock, so we're stuck waiting until all the bits and pieces come in for us to be able to put together shelving and whatnot. Not to worry, though. We hadn't gotten around to painting yet, so we're using these few weeks to take care of that step. This past weekend we painting the ceiling, which has probably been the simplest painting project we've tackled so far. Seriously - total time for each coat was less than an hour and we finished both coats in the same day. Not a bad way to do it.

And, per the usual, we changed out the light fixture in there too. It was one of those cheap contractor grade fixtures - single bulb and not very impressive. We replaced it with the same fixture we used in the laundry room when we upgraded that. And that brings us one step closer to what seems to be our goal of replacing every fixture in the house. I think we're almost there, too.

We also got outside to do some work in the yard. It was a nice weekend for it - not too humid, sunny and warm, all that good stuff. One of the things we've been wanting to do outside is replace our mailbox. Partly because the old one was green (a colour we hope to eradicate from the exterior paint palette eventually) and partly because we would rather have it on the other side of the driveway. We opened up some space by removing that little tree from the front of the driveway and wanted to put the new mailbox in its place. Having it on this side allows us to pull up in our cars on the way home from work and get the mail before turning in. This isn't a big change, but since we were already going to replace the box we figured we'd move it to a more convenient location while we were at it.

Getting that PhD!

Adding the house numbers

Out with the old...

...and in with the new

Another project that we've got cooking received some attention this weekend. I started digging out a lot of the leftover dirt and roots from where we had those trees removed next to the house. We're going to put some cool stuff where it goes (and picked up a lot of the materials from Menards during the sale too!), but we've gotta get this prep work done first. I'm about a third of the way through, so there's lots more fun work ahead of me. Oh joy. And as for the final project... well, you're just going to have to wait.

Leo is a great helper

In other news... actually, that's all the news I have. Well, on house projects at least. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for our next exciting broadcast this Friday! (Probably!)