i just wanted to let you all know that sheri has started a blog!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
it's a boat time!
we have been storing Matt's brothers boat at our house for the last 3 or 4 years. his brother only takes it out maybe one or two times each year, then it is promptly return to our side driveway. so the other day Matt called him up and told him either find it a new home or give us the keys!! to both of our shock he gave us the keys!
so three days later we took it out! the whole family, even Missy! this gave her a chance to wear her new life vest.
Matt started out by driving. we went up the Snohomish river in case we had any trouble we could float down. (the boat had not been used for almost a year.)
i loved siting back and enjoying the ride, but i really couldn't wait to drive the boat!
we saw lots of old boats along the river.....
this one has been righted at some point.
we didn't even notice this was a barge and not just the shore until our way back!
i was really shocked at how many boats had been "let go". (there were lots more than just these few)
we also saw some great scenery!
that's a hot air balloon!
it looked like the pilings were sprouting.
at the end of our two hour boat ride we even caught the sunset!
we had a great time and plan to do it again soon!
(you should come join us)
as you can see we had so much fun we tuckered out poor Missy! =)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
my tree
this Golden Chain tree is one of my favorite things about my yard!
sadly it is only great looking for about 3 days!
(just wanted to share my happy tree with you)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
weekend project!
Matt and I decided it was time to organize the garage. When we moved BACK into our house we just "put" stuff in the garage. So other than a place to hang our scuba stuff it all had no home. Not that we have a lot of things, but it all took up the center of the floor!
We sat down in our camping chairs at the front of the garage and decided what "zones" we wanted/needed. This is what we came up with; scuba, computer, tools, garden and storage/camping. Then we mapped out the most practical & logical layout. Then the hard part, moving everything out and around! We cleaned it in stages- removing everything, sweeping then repurposing that zone for it's new use. At one point the garage was looking really good then we looked at the driveway!!
Hey things always look worse be for they get better, right?!?
As we went along designing each new space things really started to fall into place and it all just felt right. Like in the garden area I asked Matt to hang a bucket for my gloves. But I wanted it mounted sideways so as to not hold so many spiders! Then we found it was handy for more than just gloves!
It works great for storing extension cords! We also mounted a milk crate to the wall for little things witch gave us room to store lawn care stuff under it. Next we decided that the shelf on the left of the garage was in the way for hanging our scuba stuff so we took it out and moved it to the right side witch then gave us more useable storage space all together.
We also moved the work bench out from the back, where it always got blocked and was not useable. It is now out with our scuba area so Matt can work on our gear with out having to climb over boxes.
That then freed up space so the air compressor and tool box could move to the right side in the back.
So then there was room for Matt to put up his computer desk I ejected from the house. Now he has his own space to work on peoples computers. (And it's not all in my living room! =] )
All in all, I would say it turned out pretty good!! 
And we could still park a car in there too if we wanted!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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