Weekend Fun, Yard work & Fence gates

It was a fun weekend, we watched the Cougar football game saturday at Crystal & Ryan's house... and then did lots of yard work Sunday followed by a great dinner at Dan & Ashley's in West Seattle.

Matt filled in parts of our yard (not the part that we put in Sod in the spring) which were lacking grass - there was one area by our fence which was kind of a big hole and we never got around to planting anything there. So everything got filled with dirt/compost a couple weekends ago... and now the grass is coming in! success!




Today we gave the yard a good overhaul, chopped back lots of bushes/weeds/etc. We also worked on finally building gates for our fence (we got 2 of the 3 gates done).

The fence... lacking gates.

In progress...

Looking good!

House Projects

After being sick most of last week... I am finally feeling better, and Matt and I have decided to get started again on some House Projects.

Most urgent is our upstairs bathroom off of our Office. The toilet is constantly running. So Matt has been reading up on plumbing... and managed to also find our main water shut-off valve. He shut off the house water today, got parts at Home Depot to replace some parts of the toilet (I know thats not very technical - but hey he is the plumber not me, haha) - and now it works!

My project today was re-painting our bedroom door (it was kind of a 70's style wood door) - and I painted it chocolate brown on the outside & white on the inside and replaced the gold knob with a silver one. I know this project sounds a bit simple... but with Matt preoccupied fixing the bathroom, it took me 4 screwdrivers and 5 trips to Yahoo answers just to get the first doorknob off. =)

... lots more projects to come this fall/winter!

I also finally hung up some pictures in our house from the wedding!

Congrats Danielle & Jake!

Our friends Danielle & Jake got engaged last weekend and we are so excited for them! They are such a fun couple and it is great to see them so happy!

A large group of their friends went out last night to celebrate Danielle's birthday and also their engagement, we had a great time at a couple bars in west seattle I hadn't been to before. We ended up at the Celtic Swell on Alki, about a block from Danielle & Jake's place. Very strong drinks and good live music.. we will have to head back there again sometime. =)

Tomatoes!

This may seem silly... but I am very proud that I have successfully grown some Tomatoes this year! I have never been much of a "green thumb" and have killed everything from Basil in my kitchen to a Jade plant which supposedly you cannot kill.

Well... I planted 4 types of Tomato plants on the side of our house this summer and they are doing quite well. The "Lemon Boys" are already almost ripe - and we will soon have Beefsteak and some other sorts of red Tomatoes as well. =) Maybe next year I'll try carrots and potatoes too... I hear those aren't too hard...