A Very Productive Weekend

We removed the last remnant of green shag from the hallway this weekend, and boy, did it feel good! I love ripping up carpet. Seeing the gorgeous floor underneath is a huge treat!

After the carpet was gone, I continued pulling up staples while Eric headed outside to tackle the last of the tree stumps. I should have taken before and after pictures of our side yard because the transformation is amazing. All the stumps, gravel, weeds, and overgrown bushes are gone. One bag of top soil to level a couple of places, and that thing is ready for grass seed. I'm super excited. Perhaps it was stupid to get rid of all that stuff when we had a perfectly fine path, but all the overgrowth was driving me mad. Nice, smooth, lush lawn makes me happy. Thank you, dear husband, for your patience in that back-breaking, blister-creating endeavor. You are seriously the best.

Sunday, Eric went fishing with some co-workers and I finished up the painting and cleaning and waxing in the hallway. It was so great to wake up to this:

Remember what the shag used to look like?

Other weekend highlights: hockey-watching, fridge cleaning, bread & muffin-making, movie watching, and garage sale-ing...in which....Eric found me a bike!

Ignore the fact that I look like a goon, just look at that beaut! Eric has been searching forever for an old bike frame that he can clean up and make fancy (not technical bike jargon) for me, and he scored this old Schwinn for $35. Perhaps he will complain less when I drag him around to garage sales, now :)

I am already looking forward to next weekend!